Get Lit!

Meet the 2013
Get Lit! Festival Nonfiction Writers:

Dr. John Marzluff is Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington. His book, In the Company of Crows and Ravens(2007), reveals the hidden relationship between humans and corvids (crows, ravens, magpies). His latest work, Gifts of the Crow(2012) combines biology, conservation, and anthropology to present an in-depth look at the way humans and crows have mutually influence each other. 

Chris McDougall has worked as an AP journalist and a writer for Outside,New York Times Magazine, andMen’s Health. In Born to Run (2009), he travels from Harvard’s laboratories to Mexico’s Copper Canyon where he meets a unique tribe of runners who often cover over 100 miles, for fun, without injury or rest.

David Shields is the acclaimed author of fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including work that often defies strict categorization, blending and defying conventions from multiple genres. His most recent work, How Literature Saved My Life (2013), continues his appeal to writers and readers to demand more from their art.

Glenn Stout is the author of Young Woman and the Sea (2009), the true story of Trudy Ederle—the first woman, and sixth person, to swim the English Channel. He is also the author of Fenway 1912 (2012), which covers the early days of Fenway Park.

Joe Wilkins's poems, essays, and stories have earned vast recognition and awards. In his memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers (2012), Wilkins captures life in the Big Dry, a desolate region in eastern Montana that shapes the men who live there and rarely lets them go.
 

Upcoming Events:

15th Annual Get Lit! Festival
April 8-14 - Spokane, Wash.