David Guterson

David Guterson (born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and journalist best known for his debut novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which sold nearly four million copies, won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was adapted into a 1999 film. Mountaineers. His other notable works include East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003), and The Other (2008), and he is also a Guggenheim Fellow. Birthdays.