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ABOUT GAR LASALLE
Gar LaSalle is an award-winning author and filmmaker, a physician, a sculptor, and a creator who has been honored widely in the fine arts and medical communities for his leadership and creativity.
He is the author of two award-winning historical fiction novels. Widow Walk, published in 2014 by Greenleaf Book Group, won multiple awards including the Eric Hoffer Award for Literature, the eLit Silver Medal, the IndieReaders Award for Best Novel, and the San Francisco Book Festival Grand Jury Prize for General Fiction. Isthmus, the second book in the saga, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the PNWWA Nancy Pearl award for literature. His third novel, The Fairness of Beasts, is scheduled for release in 2017.
ABOUT GAR'S BOOKS AND "THE WIDOW WALK SAGA"
WIDOW WALK is based on the real events surrounding the revenge murder of Isaac Ebey, a prominent citizen who lived on Whidbey Island in the mid-1800s.
Author Gar LaSalle combines his love of history with a compelling story of a woman’s determination to find her kidnapped son. The novel vividly depicts those turbulent times, when the United States and Britain both attempted to control vast, fertile new lands in the Pacific Northwest and contain its native “aboriginal” populations.
In Widow Walk, brave people fight to survive predation and the violent confrontations that inevitably accompany ambition and expansionism. This is a story of courage, character, and the emergence of those who endured.
ABOUT THE LASALLE STORYTELLER AWARD
This annual award recognizes outstanding work by an established or emerging author of fiction based in Washington State. The recipient receives a $10k grant to continue their work. The grant is awarded through a partnership between the Artist Trust and Gar LaSalle.
