Seattle in Culture
Books
Films
Companies in the Area or Founded in the Area
- Border Crossing by Jim Lynch
- Disclosure, Michael Crichton
- Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James
- Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- The Good Rain by Timothy Egan
- The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
- The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
- The Winemaker’s Daughter by Timothy Egan
- Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch
- Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Waxwings by Jonathan Raben
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Films
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Frances
- The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
- Harry and the Hendersons
- The Heart of the Game
- It Happened at the World’s Fair
- Say Anything
- Singles
- Sleepless in Seattle
- The Last Mimzy
- War Games
Companies in the Area or Founded in the Area
- Tech—Amazon, Bungie, Expedia, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, Redfin, T-Mobile USA, Valve, Zillow
- Retail—Blue Nile, Costco, Eddie Bauer, Nordstrom, REI, Sur La Table, Zulily
- Transportation—Alaska Air, Boeing, UPS
- Food—Jones Soda, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Red Robin, Starbucks, Tully’s Coffee
- Other— Gates Foundation, Getty Images, PEMCO, Russell Investments, Safeco, Vulcan, Weyerhaeuser