Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars is the first novel written by American writer David Guterson. Guterson, who at the time was a teacher, wrote the book in the early morning hours over a ten year period from the 1960s to the 1980s. After the novel was a success, however, he quit his job and wrote full-time. The novel was published on September 26, 1995, becoming an immediate bestseller and winning that year's PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Influenced by Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Snow Falling on Cedars also deals with racism. Snow Falling on Cedars was adapted into a film (Snow Falling on Cedars) in 1999, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Cover of Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars

As a result of the intensity of the violence and sexual content in this novel, it has in some places been banned. However, the book remains a popular novel in English classes at high schools across the United States. It has appeared several times on the English Literature AP Exam.

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