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Scott Westerfeld

(b.1963)

Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling author of YA. He was born in the Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier.

He is best know for the Uglies and Leviathan series, and his next book, Afterworlds, comes out September 23, 2014.

His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and both Leviathan and Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour won Aurealis Awards. Peeps and Uglies were both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by the American Library Association.

Awards: Dick (2000) see all

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

Series

Succession
1. The Risen Empire (2003)
2. The Killing of Worlds (2003)

Midnighters
   1. The Secret Hour (2004)
   2. Touching Darkness (2005)
   3. Blue Noon (2006)

Uglies
   1. Uglies (2005)
   2. Pretties (2005)
   3. Specials (2006)
   4. Extras (2007)
   Bogus to Bubbly (2008)
   Uglies: Shay's Story (2012)

Peeps
   1. Peeps (2005)
     aka Parasite Positive
   2. The Last Days (2006)

Leviathan
   1. Leviathan (2009)
   2. Behemoth (2010)
   3. Goliath (2011)
   The Manual of Aeronautics (2012)

Zeroes (with Deborah Biancotti and Margo Lanagan)
   1. Zeroes (2015)
   2. Swarm (2016)
   3. Nexus (2018)

Spill Zone
1. Spill Zone (2017)
2. The Broken Vow (2018)

Impostors
   1. Impostors (2018)
   2. Shatter City (2019)
   3. Mirror's Edge (2021)
   4. Youngbloods (2022)

Novels

   Polymorph (1997)
   Fine Prey (1998)
   Evolution's Darling (2000)
   So Yesterday (2004)
   Afterworlds (2014)

Collections

Love Is Hell (2008) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

Stupid Perfect World (2012)

Series contributed to

Powerpuff Girls Plus You Club
Rainy Day Professor (2002)

Horizon
1. Horizon (2017)

Books containing stories by Scott Westerfeld

Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life (2016)
edited by
Liesa Mignogna

Futuredaze 2: Reprise (2014)
An Anthology of Young Adult Science Fiction
edited by
Nancy Holder and Erin Underwood

Future Games (2012)
edited by
Paula Guran

More books

Awards

2000 Philip K Dick Award : Evolution's Darling

Award nominations

	2019 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Impostors
	2019 Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel (nominee) : Impostors
	2016 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Zeroes
	2014 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Afterworlds
	2012 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Goliath
	2011 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Behemoth
	2011 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Behemoth
	2010 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Leviathan
	2010 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Leviathan
	2009 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ass-Hat Magic Spider
	2008 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Extras
	2007 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Touching Darkness
	2007 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Peeps
	2006 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Uglies
	2006 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Touching Darkness
	2006 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Peeps
	2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Risen Empire

Scott Westerfeld recommends

A Hunger of Thorns (2023)
(Hunger of Thorns, book 1)
Lili Wilkinson
"In this wonderful book, Wilkinson creates a whole new kind of magic - enchantments woven from family, from living things, and from the marrow of Story itself. Unlike anything else."

Monkey Around (2021)
Jadie Jang
"As delightful, nimble, and unpredictable as its namesake, Monkey Around is phantasmagoric in every sense of the word."

The Black God's Drums (2018)
P Djèlí Clark
"A sinewy mosaic of Haitian sky pirates, wily street urchins, and orisha magic."