Garth Stein Best Selling Author and Academy Award Winner

NWP welcomes Academy Award winner and New York Times Best Selling Author Garth Stein. I talk to Garth about his involvement in the establishment of the non-profit SEATTLE7WRITERS www.seattle7writers.org

Seattle7writers is a collective of Pacific Northwest authors creating connections between writers, readers, librarians and booksellers to foster and support a passion for the written word. This group encourages and promotes Northwest literature with the rallying cry of "Read Local" and encourages you to support your local writer, and to support your local independent bookseller and library system.

Garth has enjoyed tremendous success as a NYC best selling author for "The Art of Racing in the Rain" (going to film soon) and as Co-Producer of the Academy Award winning short film "The Lunch Date".

Garth will tell us more about this group and how reading changes lives everyday.

In the second half of the hour, I welcome Top NYC Chef and author, Michael Romano. Michael's new cookbook "Family Table, Favorite Staff Meals From Our Restaurants To Your Home" is available now.

Michael is the culinary director and partner for the Union Square Hospitality Group and a winner of the James Beard Award for Best Chef in NYC!