Scott Sigler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Scott Sigler
Born Scott Carl Sigler
Cheboygan, MI, USA
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Genres Science fiction/Horror
Literary movement The Podiobook (Podcast Novel)
scottsigler.com

Scott Carl Sigler is a contemporary American author of science fiction and horror as well as an avid podcaster.

Contents

Life and work [edit]

Raised in Cheboygan, Michigan Sigler's father passed his love of classic monster films along to his son. His mother, a school teacher, encouraged his reading offering him any book he wanted.[1] Sigler wrote his first monster story, "Tentacles", at the age of eight.[2] Sigler didn't travel far for college having attended Olivet College (Olivet, MI) and Cleary College (Ann Arbor, MI) where he earned a BA in Journalism and a BS in Marketing. Scott has had a varied career path having worked fast food, picking fruit, shoveling horse manure, a sports reporter, director of marketing for a software company, software startup founder, marketing consultant, guitar salesman, bum in a rock band,[3] and currently as a social media strategist. He now resides in San Francisco, California with his wife and their dog, Emma.

EarthCore was originally published in 2001 by iPublish, an AOL/Time Warner imprint.[4] With the novel doing well as a promotional ebook, Time Warner was planning on publishing the novel. With the economic slump following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Time Warner did away with the imprint in 2004. Scott then decided to start podcasting his novel in March, 2005 as the world's first podcast-only novel[5] to build hype and garner an audience for his work. Sigler considered it a "no brainer" to offer the book as a free audio download. Having searched for podcast novels and finding none, Sigler decided to be the first.[6][7] Sigler was able to get EarthCore offered as a paid download on iTunes in 2006.[8] After EarthCore's success (EarthCore had over 10,000 subscribers[9]), Sigler released Ancestor, Infected, The Rookie, Nocturnal, and Contagious via podcast.[10]

Sigler released an Adobe PDF version of Ancestor in March 2007 through Sigler's own podcast as well as others. Ancestor was released on April 1, 2007 to much internet hype and, despite having been released two weeks earlier as a free ebook, reached #7 on Amazon.com's best-seller list and #1 on Sci-Fi, Horror and Genre-Fiction on the day of release.[11] Sigler is leveraging new media to keep in-touch with his fans, regularly talking with them using social networking sites, via email, and IM. Scott Sigler was featured in a New York Times article on March 1, 2007 by Andrew Adam Newman, which was covering authors using podcasting innovations to garner a broader audience.[12]

Sigler calls Stephen King a "'master craftsman', who writes from the 'regular guy' strata from which he hails. His older stuff had no pretense, no 'higher message,' no 'I’m extremely important' attitude, just rock-solid storytelling and character development. He also would whack any character at any time, and that’s what hooked you in – when characters got into trouble, you didn’t know if they’d live, unlike 99% of the books out there that are trying to develop franchise characters." According to Sigler, Jack London's "The Sea Wolf totally changed my views on life". Sigler saw King Kong (1976 version) when he was a little kid. He said it, "Scared the crap out of me. I hid behind my dad’s shoulder and begged to leave the theatre. As soon as we were out, I asked when we could see it again – that was the moment I knew I wanted to tell monster stories. I wanted to have that same impact on other people."

Awards [edit]

Sigler has been a runner up in both the 2006 and 2007 Parsec Awards. In 2006 Sigler was a runner up for his short story Hero in the Best Fiction (Short) category and for Infected in the Best Fiction (Long) category. In 2007 Sigler was a runner up for The Rookie in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form) category. In 2008 Sigler's Contagious, the sequel to Infected was listed at 33 on the New York Times best sellers list.

In 2008 Sigler broke through and won the Parsec Award for Red Man in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) category. He followed up with another win in 2009 for Eusocial Networking in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) category. 2010 saw him continue to bring in the hardware in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) category with his podcast, The Tank, and in 2011 he again took out the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) category with Kissyman & the Gentleman.

Bibliography [edit]

Books in print [edit]

eBooks in print [edit]

  • Scott Sigler (2009), "The Rookie"
  • Scott Sigler (2010), "The Starter"
  • Scott Sigler (2011), "Blood is Red"
  • Scott Sigler (2011), "The All-Pro"
  • Scott Sigler (2012), "The MVP"
  • Scott Sigler (2012), "The Detective" (with Matt Wallace)
  • Scott Sigler (2012), "Title Fight" (with Matt Wallace)
  • Scott Sigler (2012), "The Reporter" (with Mur Lafferty)
  • Scott Sigler (2012), "Bones are White"

Podcast novels [edit]

  • EarthCore (2005)
  • Ancestor (2006)[13]
  • Infection (now 'Infected') (2006)
  • Rookie, The (2007) , originally aired from September 25, 2006 to April 24, 2007.
  • Nocturnal (2007), originally aired from Oct. 10, 2007 to December 18, 2008.
  • Contagious (2008), now concluded.
  • Ancestor (2010), originally aired from June 6, 2010 to February 13, 2011.
  • Starter, The (2010), now concluded.
  • All-Pro, The (2011), Concluded.
  • MVP, The (2012), airing October 15,2012 to Present.

The crypt

Adaptations [edit]

Film [edit]

In May, 2007 the novel Infected was optioned by Rogue Pictures and Random House Films,[14] however the option lapsed in April 2010. [15] The short story Sacred Cow was made into an online only mini-film by StrangerThings.tv and was Stranger Things debut episode.[16] "Cheating Bastard", a short film about a couple in love with football and their obsession with it, was created by Brent Weichsel and released via Sigler's RSS feed.

Graphic novel [edit]

In 2010 work began on a graphic novel adaptation of Sigler's Infected, with IDW setting a projected release date of summer 2012.[17]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Detrich, Allan (2007-04-01). "Podcasts are a novel idea for Scott Sigler". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2007-09-18. [dead link]
  2. ^ Newman, Heather (2001-12-04). "Detroit Free Press Home Computing Column". Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  3. ^ "iPublish.com at Time Warner Books unveils third round of authors discovered through online writer community.". Ingram Investment Ltd. 2001-11-07. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  4. ^ Weinberg, Anna (2005-08-26). "A Novel Approach to Podcasting". The Book Standard. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  5. ^ Angell, LC (2005-03-24). "Fiction author releases ‘Podcast-only’ novel". iLounge.com. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  6. ^ Kerley, Christina (2006-08-26). "Access to Supply Powers Demand--and First Sci-Fi Podcast Novel. (Q&A with Scott Sigler)". CK's Blog. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  7. ^ "From Podcast to Paidcast". PRNewswire. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  8. ^ "Earthcore Podcast Now Pay to Play". Podcasting News. 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  9. ^ Mehta, Devanshu (2006-02-23). "From Podcast to Paidcast". Apple Matters. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  10. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (2007-03-01). "Authors Find Their Voice, and Audience, in Podcasts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-16. 
  11. ^ "Scott Sigler’s Ancestor Skyrockets to Top 10 of Amazon Best-Seller List on First Day of Release". PodShow.com. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  12. ^ Ploutz, Morgan (2010-10-22). "Scott Sigler Talks Ancestor and Hard Science Horror Writing". Dread Central. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
  13. ^ Enter Scott Sigler's Video Contest for His Upcoming Novel Ancestor
  14. ^ Borys, Kit (2007-05-31). "Rogue, Random book 'Infested'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  15. ^ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100616165859AAS0lY1
  16. ^ Newton, Earl (2007-03-02). "Episode 01: Sacred Cow". StrangerThings.tv. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  17. ^ IDW Get Infected With Scott Sigler Bleeding Cool

External links [edit]

Authority control
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Sigler&oldid=555407080"