Met Spokane novelist Jess Walter, and his wife, Anne Windishar on Thursday for drinks. Jess is the brother of Ralph Walter, the assistant design director at The Spokesman-Review, and by all accounts also "Mr. Spokane," at least that's what the folks at the bar kept calling him.

Jess, as previously mentioned on this blog, has written several novels set in Spokane (check out his stuff at www.jesswalter.com) and, as it turns out, his most recent book, "Citizen Vince" is being made into a movie, with Richard Russo writing the screenplay.

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