Scott Westerfeld
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Westerfeld at Utopiales 2010
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May 5, 1963 Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, composer, media designer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Genre | Young adult, science fiction |
| Spouse | Justine Larbalestier |
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Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series.
Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connecticut for his father Lloyd's job as a computer programmer. He saw his dad working with planes, submarines, and the Apollo missions.
Westerfeld graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1985. He began composing music as a teenager and composes music for modern dance. In 2001, Westerfeld married the Australian author Justine Larbalestier.
He now divides his time between Sydney, Australia and New York City. He has written 18 books, five adult novels and thirteen young adult novels.
Westerfeld is well known for the Uglies series. He also wrote Afterworlds, as well as 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.
Westerfeld began his career writing novels for adults, but switched to YA literature with his Midnighters series. He has written four YA novels that take place in New York City: Peeps, The Last Days, So Yesterday, and Afterworlds. While The Last Days is not a sequel to Peeps, it follows a group of different characters in the same setting. So Yesterday is not related to these novels, but is often grouped with them because it is also set in New York City.
Westerfeld has written a graphic novel series called Shay's Story. He has also written the Leviathan trilogy, consisting of Leviathan, Behemoth, Goliath, and The Manual of Aeronautics, an illustrated guide to the Leviathan series.
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