John Keeble is the author of "Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound" and four novels, including "Broken Ground" and "Yellowfish," His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the "Village Voice," "American Short Fiction," "Outside," and "Best American Short Stories," Keeble is also the writer for the prize-winning PBS documentary on the life of Raymond Carver, "To Write and Keep Kind," He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and received a Washington State Governor's Award.