Next Live Production:

Thursday, December 13, 2007

7:oo p.m. @ The Puyallup Public Library

(Click here for address and directions)

Hosted by Jay Bates

And featuring the following artists:

Garth Stein is a writer, playwright, erstwhile documentary filmmaker, and father of three.  He grew up in Seattle, but later received his B.A. from Columbia College and later an M.F.A. in film from Columbia University, School of the Arts.  He worked as a documentary film maker for many years, directing, producing, and co-producing several award-winning films.  He has since moved back to his native Western Washington and has turned to writing fiction.  His novel How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets won the Pacific Northwest Book Sellers Award in 2005.  His new novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, will be published by Harper in May, 2008. He has fond memories of childhood summers spent catching garter snakes and eating macaroni salad on his uncle's farm near Orting.  

Joanna Manning grew up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania where, as a kid, she used to sneak into the barn and taste the salt lick kept out for the cows.  These days, she is an occasional contributor to the Tacoma News Tribune.  Her work has been featured in Wilmington Blues and her essay, "Dissection," was named finalist for The Bellingham Review's 2007 Annie Dillard Award.  Following graduation from Syracuse University, she was commissioned as an officer in the Army Medical Service Corps and served in Heidelberg, Germany.  She currently lives in Tacoma with her husband Chad and young son Dylan, who, at seventeen months old, has already acquired a passion for watching football on television.

Kristin Connell is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Puyallup, Washington. Her debut album Second Chances shows her range of influences, from contemporary pop/folk to Americana.  With a peaceful voice that is easy to listen to, Kristin creates a sincere appeal to her audience with her accessible lyrics and soulful vocal expression. You can order a copy of her CD through her website, kristinconnell.com. 

Plus our standard favorite features:

Name That Book -- This audience-participation trivia contest will challenge your ability to name the titles and authors of three different books with only a short clue about the books history and reading of the book's first sentence. 

As the Publishing World Turns -- Follow this continuing saga of writers in crisis.  Meet our hero Heathcliff Beed, his nemesis Eustace Faulkner, and the woman they both love, Ophelia Payne, and listen to them solve the mystery of the murdered Reader's Digest editor.