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GARTH STEIN is a New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and playwright based in Seattle. He is the winner of several literary awards, including two Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards. He is also the author of several plays and four books, including The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, which has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and has been produced as a stage play, children’s book, and film.

MATTHEW SOUTHWORTH is a comic artist and writer based in Seattle. The acclaimed cartoonist behind The Cloven series, he is also the co-creator (along with Greg Rucka) of the comic book series Stumptown, as well as an executive producer of the ABC television series of the same name.

STONA FITCH is the author of seven novels, including Dark Horse, Give + Take, and Senseless, the latter now an independent feature film, a graphic novel, and cult classic. Fitch is the founder of Concord Free Press, a revolutionary publishing house that publishes and distributes original novels throughout the world, asking only that readers make a voluntary donation to a charity or person in need. Since graduating from Princeton University, he has worked as a daily newspaper reporter, dishwasher, musician in a popular country-punk band, director of a nonprofit organic farm, and communications consultant. Fitch's latest novel is Death Watch (Concord Free Press – Arrow Editions).