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Scott Westerfeld is me. I'm the author of five science fiction novels for adults. I've also been an occasional ghost writer, which is like driving someone else's car really, really fast for lots of money. (I could tell you what famous authors I ghost-wrote for, but then I'd have to kill you.) In my artsy days, I wrote music for artsy downtown New York dancers, some of which sounds like this.

I have written three sets of books for young adults. The first is called Midnighters, a tale of five teenagers born on the stroke of midnight, for whom time freezes every night, revealing a dark and terrible hidden world. All three books are out now.

My other trilogy is Uglies, set in a future where cosmetic surgery is compulsory when you turn 16, making everyone beautiful. Of course, there are some people who want to keep their own faces . . . but they're not allowed. All three books—Uglies, Pretties and Specials—are out now. A companion novel to the trilogy, Extras, will be out in October 2007.

My third set of books is three stand-alone novels from Razorbill, all set in contemporary New York. The first is So Yesterday, about a cool hunter who runs afoul of a plot to end consumerism. The second is called Peeps, a "vampire" novel. The third is The Last Days, set in the same world as Peeps, which is also out now.

I've also written a few short stories that you can find online for free, but be warned that all of them contain dirty words.

I was born in Texas, and split my time between New York City and Sydney, Australia. (I have more frequent flyer miles than you do.) You can read many personal details of my life on my blog. And consult the Scott fact sheet here.

coming appearances

I am not currently scheduling appearances. Please do not email me with appearance requests. It's not that I don't love you all, it's just that you outnumber me.

Here's where you can catch me in person:

18-20 January, 2008
High Voltage ConFusion
Author Guests of Honour:
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
Art Guest of Honor: Carl Lundgren
Science Guest of Honor: Kevin M. Dunn
Music Guest of Honor: Throwing Toasters
Fan Guests of Honor: The Roaming Pirate Party
Toastmaster: John Scalzi
Detroit-Troy Marriot
200 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Troy, Michigan USA

recent appearances

Monday, January 7, 2008
6:30 PM
Barnes and Noble
267 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-832-9066
Here’s a map.

Wednesday, November 7
6PM-7:30PM
Teen Author Reading Night
Alaya Johnson, Kristen Kemp,
Louise Plummer, Abby Sher,
Scott Westerfeld, Jake Wizner.
Tompkins Square Branch of the NYPL
331 E. 10th Street (Ave B)

Saturday, October 27
Meet the Australian Fantasy Authors:
Margo Lanagan, Justine Larbalestier,
Garth Nix, & Scott Westerfeld
3-5PM
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th St.
New York, NY

Thursday, October 25
4PM-6PM
Fairfield Public Library
1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT
203-255-7394
Books will be sold there by the local Borders

Tuesday, Oct 2
7:00PM
Andersons
123 West Jefferson Ave
Naperville, IL 60540
In-store reading/signing

Wednesday, Oct 3
7:00pm
Barnes & Noble
55 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, IL 60077
In-store reading/signing

Thursday, Oct 4
7:00pm
Harry Schwartz Books
10976 North Port Washington Road
Mequon, WI 53092
In-store reading and signing

Monday, Oct 8
7:00pm
Copperfield’s Books Petaluma
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
In-store reading & signing

Tuesday, Oct 9
7:00pm
Books Inc.
Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
In-store reading & signing with Justine.
The “Not Your Mother’s Book Club” will be attending!

Wednesday, Oct 10
3:00pm-4:30pm
Hicklebees
1378 Lincoln Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
School event followed by in-store reading/signing

Thursday, Oct 11
7:00pm
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
15343 25th Avenue NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Books will be sold by Third Place Books
Public presentation and signing.

Friday, Oct 12
4:00pm
Edmonds Branch Library
650 Main St.
Edmonds, WA 98020
Books will be sold onsite by Barnes & Noble

Monday, Oct 15
7:00pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
161 Lexington Green Circle
Lexington, KY 40503
Reading/Signing

 

Aug 31-Sep 3, 2007
DragonCon
Atlanta, Georgia

May 24-26, 2007
Reading Matters Conference
Centre for Youth Literature
Melbourne, Victoria

Book Expo America (BEA)
31 May-3 June 2007
Jacob Javits Convention Centre
New York, NY

Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 4PM
Meet the authors:
Scott Westerfeld & Justine Larbalestier
Tompkins Square Branch Library
331 East 10th St
New York, NY

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
NJLA (New Jersey Library Association) Conference
Long Branch, NJ

Monday, 16 April 2007, 7PM
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
BookPeople
603 N. Lamar (at Sixth)
Austin, TX

April 11-14, 2007
TLA (Texas Library Association) Conference
San Antonio, Texas

Wednesday, March 14, 6:00 to 7:30
Reading and signing
Elizabeth Public Library
11 South Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ

Saturday, February 24, 2007
Humble ISD Libraries'
Teen Lit Festival 07
Guests are: Chris Crutcher, Gail Giles,
Justine Larbalestier, Benjamin Alíre Sáenz,
Scott Westerfeld and Chris Yambar
Atascocita High School Campus
Humble, Texas

Saturday 20 January 2007, 2PM
Deb Abela, Michael Parker, Justine Larbalestier
and Scott Westerfeld talking about their work
Kinokuniya Books
Galeries Victoria
500 George St, Sydney

Wednesday, October 18, 7:00PM
Siginging at Kips Bay Borders
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
576 2nd Ave (at 32nd Street)
New York, NY

Monday, October 16, 6:30PM,
Signing at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
267 Seventh Avenue,
Park Slope, Brooklyn

Saturday, October 14, 3:00PM
Reading & Signing
Lake Hills Library
15228 Lake Hills Blvd.
Bellevue, WA 98007

Friday, October 13, 2006
Washington Library Media Association
Seattle, Washington

Thursday, October 5, 2006, 5PM-7PM
Susan Cooper, Ellen Kushner, Gail Carson Levine,
Celia Rees, Delia Sherman and Scott Westerfeld
Signing at Books of Wonder
18 W. 18th St
New York, NY

Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 6:00PM sharp
(Come early to get a seat!)
Teen Author Reading Night!
Coe Booth, Daniel Ehrenhaft, John Green, David Levithan,
Carolyn MacCullough, Leslie Margolis, Scott Westerfeld
Jefferson Market branch of the NYPL
425 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue)
6th Avenue and 10th Street
New York, NY

Saturday, September 16, 2:00–3:00PM
Brooklyn Book Festival
YOUTH PAVILION
The World Beyond:
Award Winning Sci-Fi and Fantasy for Teens.
Readings by Maureen Johnson, Justine Larbalestier
and Scott Westerfeld.Q&A to follow.
Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 7PM
(doors open at 6:30PM)
NYRSF Reading Series

Justine Larbalestier &
Scott Westerfeld
Melville Gallery
213 Water Street
New York, NY

Friday, 21 July, 2006, 10:00-11:00AM
Children's Writing Grows Up
Toran Isom
, Justine Larbalestier, Laura Rennert, Scott Westerfeld, Lynn Sinclair (moderator)
Backspace Writers Conference
The Algonquin Hotel

59 West 44th Street
Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
New York, NY

22-28 June, 2006
ALA (American Library Association) Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana

26-29 May, 2006
WisCon 30

The World's Best Feminist Science Fiction Convention
Madison, WI

Thursday 27 April, 2006, 6PM
Signing at Galaxy Bookshop
Justine Larbalestier &
Scott Westerfeld
143 York Street
Sydney, New South Wales

April 14-17, 2006
Conjure: 45th National Science Fiction Convention
Brisbane, Australia

27-30 March, 2006
Bologna Children's Book Fair
Bologna Fair Centre
Bologna, Italy

25-26 March, 2006
SCBWI Before Bologna Conference
Bologna Children's Book Fairgrounds
Bologna, Italy

Saturday 18 March 2006, Noon-2PM
Great Teen Reads!
Sarah Durkee, Linzi Glass, Justine Larbalestier,
Scott Westerfeld and Markus Zusak
Signing at Books of Wonder
18 W. 18th St
New York, NY

Thursday 16 March 16, 4:00 PM
Meet the Authors
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
Bronx Library Center Teen Advisory Group
Bronx Library Center
310 East Kingsbridge Road
The Bronx, New York

Wednesday 8 March 2006, 6PM
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
Signing at Books Inc
Laurel Village
3515 California St
San Francisco

Tuesday 7 March 2006, 7PM
Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld
Signing at Borderland Books
866 Valencia St
San Francisco, California

Saturday 25 February 2006
Aurealis Awards Ceremony
Brisbane, Qld

Friday 18 November, 2005
School Libraries Association of Victoria Conference
Melbourne, Victoria

Sunday 16 October 2005, 6:00PM
Justine Larbalestier
Bennett Madison
Scott Westerfeld
Barbès Reading Series
376 Ninth Street (at 6th Ave.)
Barbès Bar
Park Slope, Brooklyn
New York

Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 3:00 PM
Meet the Authors: Justine Larbalestier
& Scott Westerfeld
Ages:12 to 18
Donnell Library Center
New York Public Library
20 West 53rd Street
(212) 621-0619

4-8 August, 2005

Interaction
The 63rd World Science Fiction Convention
Glasgow, Scotland

4 June, 2005
Book Expo America (BEA)
Javits Center
New York City, NY
Description

27-30 May, 2005
WisCon 29
World's Leading Feminist Science Fiction Convention
Madison, WI

Sunday 8 May 2005, 1:00-3:00PM
Artemis Fowl and Fantastic Fantasy
Eoin Colfer
Justine Larbalestier
Scott Westerfeld
Signing at Books of Wonder
18 W. 18th St
New York, NY

8 March 2005
6:30-9:00PM
Booktalkers: Meet the Author
Australian Centre for Youth Literature
Held at: Vision Australia
Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC

19 March 2005
Magic Casements Festival
NSW Writers' Centre
Sydney, NSW

22 January, 2005, 6:30-7:30pm
Aurealis Awards Ceremony
Ian Hanger Recital Hall,
Qld Conservatorium of Music
South Bank, Brisbane
Queensland, Australia

Thursday, November 11, 5.00-7.00 PM
I'll be signing with Jean Craighead George,
Richard Peck, Ann M. Martin,
Sylvie Weil, and Sharon Dennis Wyeth
at Books of Wonder
16 W. 18th St
New York, NY

Wednesday, October 20, 7.00 PM
I'll be reading with Lucius Shepard
at the KGB Science Fiction Reading Series
85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave)
New York, NY

Saturday, October 2, 5AM-7AM

Jim Freund will interview me
and my wife, Justine Larbalestier,
on the Hour of the Wolf, WBAI
99.5 FM Live streaming: here
(Requires Real Player)
If there's time, we'll also read.
New York, NY

September 2–6, 2004 Boston, Massachusetts
Noreascon 4

The 62nd World Science Fiction Convention
I'll be reading, autographing, and hosting a literary beer with Justine Larbalestier, as well as appearing on the following discussion panels:

Thursday 7:00pm "The Seven Deadly Sins of SF and Fantasy"
with . . .
Geary Gravel
Rosemary Kirstein
Justine Larbalestier (M)
John Zakour

Friday 12:00 noon "The World Map of 2100—what does it look like?"
with . . .
David McMahon
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
S. M. Stirling
Jim Young (Moderator)

Friday 1:00pm "Is your 'First Novel' a First Novel?"
with . . .
Phyllis Eisenstein
Terry McGarry
Mike Shepherd-Moscoe (M)

Friday 3:30-4:30pm
Signing books at the Borderlands booth in the dealers' room

Friday 6:00pm "Constructing Technobabble"
with . . .
Geary Gravel (M)
Mark Mandel
John McDaid

Saturday 11:00am "Space Opera Noir"
with . . .
Jim Frenkel
David G. Hartwell
James Killus (M)
Toni Weisskopf

Saturday 1:00pm "What the Writer Needs to Know that doesn't get in the published story."
with . . .
Robert Reed
Lawrence Watt-Evans
Martha Wells

Saturday 4:00pm Autographing
with . . .
David G. Hartwell
Alex Irvine
Jean Lorrah
Katya Reimann
Robert Silverberg
Jack Speer

Sunday 1:00pm "The Justine and Scott Grand Literary Beer"
with Justine Larbalestier

Sunday 5:00pm Reading from So Yesterday

June 19 New York City
Books of Wonder
16 West 18th Street
212-989-3270
Noon-2PM
A signing with L.G. Bass,
Bruce and Katherine Coville,
Kenneth Oppel, David Randall,
Tor Seidler, and Sam Swope.

May 28-31, 2004 Madison, Wisconsin
Wiscon 28
Wiscon is the world's only feminist sf convention.
It's like summer camp for smart kids.

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