John Douglas Marshall - Memoir, Non-Fiction
John Douglas
Marshall is the author of two non-fiction books. "Reconciliation Road: A Family
Odyssey" (1993) is a memoir of a 12,000-mile road trip around America which
examines the split in the Marshall family caused by the Vietnam War. "Place of
Learning, Place of Dreams: A History of the Seattle Public Library" (2004)
recounts the challenging story of a beloved Seattle institution.
Marshall has
been involved in two other non-fiction books. He was the editor and a
contributor to "Home Field: Nine Writers at Bat" (1997), a literary anthology
focused on Northwest baseball. And he is co-author of "Volcano: The Eruption of
Mount St. Helens" (1980), a national best-seller.
Marshall was
a writer on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for more than a quarter century
until it ceased publication in 2009. He was the paper's longtime book critic
where he did in-person interviews with scores of notable authors, including
Stephen King, Joan Didion, Richard Ford, Alice Walker and Amy Tan, plus Kristin
Hannah and David Guterson, two best-selling authors from Bainbridge Island. Marshall -- whose work has also been published in The Daily Beast, The Atlantic and the Los
Angeles Times -- has lived on Bainbridge Island since 2011.
