Scott Westerfeld

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Scott Westerfeld
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Westerfeld at Utopiales 2010
Born (1963-05-05) May 5, 1963 (age 50)
Dallas, Texas, USA
Occupation Writer, composer, ghostwriter, media designer, also worked as a factory worker making lead soldiers
Nationality American
Period 1990s–present
Genres Young adult
Spouse(s) Justine Larbalestier
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Scott Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American author of science fiction. He was born in Texas and now divides his time between Sydney, Australia and New York City, USA.

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Books [edit]

Scott Westerfeld is well known for the Uglies series. He also wrote The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds, parts one and two of the same work, originally titled Succession, published in the UK in 2005 under the title The Risen Empire.

Scott Westerfeld has written a manga series called Shay's Story. This book is now available.[1] Scott Westerfeld has also written the Leviathan trilogy, consisting of Leviathan, Behemoth, Goliath, and The Manual of Aeronautics, an illustrated guide to the Leviathan series.

Scott Westerfeld has revealed on his blog that he is currently writing another book. For now, nothing about it is known to the public.

His novels have also been optioned for films: So Yesterday has been optioned to be made into a film by one of the producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine.[2] However, this option 'slowly died', as Scott Westerfeld wrote on his blog. The Uglies series was optioned in 2006 by Twentieth Century Fox as a possible film series.[3] The script has recently been written.

Personal life [edit]

As a child, Scott Westerfeld moved to California and Connecticut for his father's job. Lloyd, his father, was a computer programmer. He saw his dad working with planes, submarines, and the Apollo missions.

Westerfeld graduated from Vassar College in 1985. In an early career, Scott Westerfeld was a composer. In the 1980s, Scott Westerfeld moved to New York, which inspired his book, Polymorph. In 2001, Westerfeld married the Australian author Justine Larbalestier.

Awards [edit]

Bibliography [edit]

Novels [edit]

Succession series [edit]

Midnighters trilogy [edit]

Uglies series [edit]

  • Uglies (2005)
  • Pretties (2005)
  • Specials (2006)
  • Extras (2007)
  • Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies (2008)
  • Shay's Story (Manga version of Uglies) (2012)

Peeps series [edit]

  • Peeps (also known as Parasite Positive in Britain and "V-Virus" or "Peeps" in Canada) (2005)
  • The Last Days

Leviathan series [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Westerfeld, Scott (2009). Leviathan. Simon Pulse. p. 448. ISBN 1416971734. 
  2. ^ "So Yesterday, the Movie". Scottwesterfeld.com. April 13, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2012. 
  3. ^ Publishers Weekly, January 8, 2007.

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