I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

Work
Guterson is best known as the author of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994) recipient of the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. Currently he lives on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound and is a co-founder of Field's End an organization for writers. The film was directed by Scott Hicks and starred Ethan Hawke James Cromwell Sam Shepherd and Max von Sydow and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for cinematography.

David Guterson (pron.