Scott Smith (author)
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Scott Smith is an American author and screenwriter and is a graduate of Columbia University. He has published two suspense novels, A Simple Plan and The Ruins. His screen adaptation of A Simple Plan earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Scott Smith was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1965 and now lives in New Orleans. After studying at Dartmouth College and Columbia University in New York, he took up writing full time. He wrote the screenplay for his book A Simple Plan starring Billy Bob Thornton. This film was nominated for numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, one for Best Adapted Screenplay. The screenplay won numerous awards, such as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and a National Board of Review Award. Billy Bob Thornton also won numerous awards for best supporting actor for this film.
Scott Smith recently finished his long awaited second novel, The Ruins.
[edit] Bibliography
- A Simple Plan (1993), ISBN 0-312-95271-6
- The Ruins (2006), ISBN 1-4000-4387-5
Slovac traduction by Katarina Juskova. Ruiny. Bratislava. Ikar 2006. ISBN 978-80-551-1369-2
[edit] External Links
- The Bat Segundo Show #76 (2006 -- podcast interview)
- Online interview from CBC Words at Large
- LibraryThing author profile
