How did Jess Walter make the leap between his romantic novel, Beautiful Ruins, and the end-of-the-world sadness of his stories in We Live in Water (Harper Perennial)? Walter is a shape-shifting trickster. Now, he settles down to tell intimate stories about his hometown, Spokane, Washington.
Jess Walter: We Live in Water
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