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West Seattle native Dan Raley is an award-winning writer and the author of a new release entitled "How Seattle Became a Big-League Sports Town: From George Wilson to Russell Wilson" by Seattle's Fairgreens Publishing. According to Raley it's the "consummate Seattle sports bible", all about the city's heroes and scandal-makers including the UW contract-hit proposal, the cocaine moment at the Rose Rose Bowl and the Sonics' Sharon Stone-like court-side tease. The book contains 100 stories and more than 200 photos, with a definitive 'Where Are They Now' theme.

Sponsored by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, this FREE installment of “Words, Writers & West Seattle” begins at 5 p.m., Friday, March 4th, 2016 at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village. All purchases made by those attending the talk that afternoon and for the next five days will result in a contribution of ten percent of proceeds to the Southwest Seattle Historical Society under the Barnes and Noble's Book Fair Program. .
A graduate of Western Washington University, Raley currently is a magazine writer for Boeing, and was a news editor for MSN.com, following newspaper writer/editor stints at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Raley's work has appeared in nearly every major newspaper in the country through New York Times syndication, plus he has written for Athlon college football, college basketball and NFL magazines. Other local historical books by Raley include: "Tideflats to Tomorrow", "Pitchers of Beer", and "The Brandon Roy Story". Raley resides in the Cascade Mountains lowlands.

"Words, Writers & West Seattle's" next First Friday book-talk is scheduled for April 1st and will feature Greg Hatcher's pulp fiction work that includes Domino Lady, Sherlock Holmes,Consulting Detective; George Chance the Green Ghost, and Black Bat Mystery. Additional information on future presentations can be obtained by contacting Dora-Faye Hendricks, Chair, "Words, Writers & West Seattle" by phone at 206-280-9983 or by e-mail at Dora-Faye@comcast.net.