Scott Smith (author)

Scott Smith (author)

nomination.

Scott B. Smith was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1965 and now lives in New York City. 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". Stephen King claims "The Ruins" is "The best horror novel of the new century." which Scott Smith recently adapted into a film, released on April 4th, 2008.

Bibliography

*"A Simple Plan" (1993), ISBN 0-312-95271-6
*"The Ruins" (2006), ISBN 1-4000-4387-5

Translations

*Slovak (by Katarína Jusková): "Ruiny". - Bratislava : Ikar 2006. ISBN 978-80-551-1369-2

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=186 Online interview from CBC Words at Large]
* [http://www.librarything.com/author/smithscottb LibraryThing author profile]
*imdb name|id=0809895|name=Scott B. Smith


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