Book City: Mystery novelist Elizabeth George rarely reads mystery
But she does love Atticus Finch and Edith Wharton.
Valerie Easton
Valerie Easton started her career as a librarian shelving books at Lake City Library when she was in high school. Now she writes full time, and has authored five books, includingThe New Low Maint
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Politics
Book City: What's on Eric Liu's nightstand?
Civic entrepreneur Eric Liu puts on a yearly conference to encourage Seattleites to be better citizens. What has he been reading in the civic brouhaha that is the lead-up to this year's election race?
Book City: What's Seattle's head librarian reading?
Marcellus Turner heads up Seattle's library system. With all those books at his disposal, which ones is he checking out to read at home?
Culture
Whidbey gets serious about building local, healthy food systems
Using Whidbey Island as a blueprint for healthy, sustainable food communities, the Whidbey Institute launches the first in a series of conferences dedicated to thriving communities.