Garth Stein is an American author and film producer from Seattle, Washington. Although best known for his New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Stein has also spent time as a documentary film maker, playwright, teacher, and amateur racer.

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Garth Stein was born in on December 6, 1964, but spent most of his childhood growing up in Seattle. His father, a Brooklyn native, was the child of Austrian Jewish immigrants, while Stein's Alaskan mother comes from Tlingit and Irish descent. Stein later revisited his Tlingit heritage in his first novel, Raven Stole The Moon.

Stein earned a B.A. from Columbia College of Columbia University (1987) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in film from the University's School of the Arts (1990).