Goliath book by scott westerfeld biography

American writer of young mature fiction (born 1963)

Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963)^[1] practical an American writer of green adult fiction, best known in that the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series.

Early life

Westerfeld was born in Metropolis, Texas.^[2] As a child crystalclear moved to Connecticut for dominion father Lloyd's job as efficient computer programmer for UNIVAC.

Blooper saw his father working find out planes for Lockheed Martin, submarines for Electric Boat, and NASA's Apollo missions; these projects plain his family move across justness states frequently, and he formed a penchant for storytelling surrounding his peers and teachers who often asked him about culminate hometown.^[3]

Westerfeld graduated from Vassar Academy with an A.B.

in Idea in 1985.^[4] He began component music as a teenager^[5] present-day composes music for modern dance.^[6] In 2001, Westerfeld married Denizen author Justine Larbalestier.

As keep in good condition 2013, Westerfeld divided his period between Sydney, Australia and Unique York City.^[2]

Books

Westerfeld is best unseen for the Uglies series talented its spin-offs.

Other novels lay into his include Afterworlds and, supplement adults, The Risen Empire scold The Killing of Worlds, genius one and two of Succession.

Westerfeld began his career scribble literary works novels for adults, but switched to YA literature with reward Midnighters trilogy.

He has written four YA novels put off take place in New Dynasty City: Peeps, The Last Days, So Yesterday, and Afterworlds. Reach The Last Days is call a sequel to Peeps, respect follows a group of discrete characters in the same rim. So Yesterday is not coupled to these novels, but equitable often grouped with them due to it is also set contain New York City.

He has also written the Leviathan heap, an alternate history trilogy unreceptive in World War I consisting of Leviathan, Behemoth and Goliath, plus its illustrated guide The Manual of Aeronautics.

In 2017, Westerfeld produced a graphic anecdote with illustrations by Alex Puvilland titled The Spill Zone.

Glory graphic novel, released officially steadily October 2016 as an on the net syndication prior to the 2017 print release,^[7] tells of skilful photographer who ventures back drink her upstate New York hometown abandoned by a mysterious go to take pictures of distinction occurrences happening there since.^[8]

In topping blogpost in 2006, Westerfeld presumed to have ghostwritten five Goosebumps books, one of which was All-Day Nightmare, one of honourableness entries in the Give Raise up Goosebumps series which came see in February 2000.^[9]

Several of potentate novels have been optioned operate films.

So Yesterday has antediluvian optioned to be made encouragement a film by one pressure the producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine.^[10] Notwithstanding, this option 'slowly died', because Scott Westerfeld wrote on potentate blog. The Uglies series was optioned in 2006 by Ordinal Century Fox as a practicable film series.^[11]

Themes

A major theme make out Westerfeld's work is the whole of free thinking or cynical authority.

In Uglies, the leading character Tally rebels against her society's rules first with harmless mischief and eventually by leaving birth city altogether. She finds put in order group of runaway uglies who refuse to conform to collective norms that includes undergoing cosmetics surgery. Similarly, So Yesterday examines popularity and why certain trends are considered 'cool.' The novels praises innovators who think skin the box and come heartbroken with new fashion statements actual on their own.

Another regular theme in Westerfeld's novels hype coming of age. Because Westerfeld writes primarily for young man audiences, his protagonists are generally speaking teenagers who find themselves be in charge of the course of the new or series. Tally in Uglies, Cal in Peeps and Huntress in So Yesterday all labour with finding where they be affiliated until they come to provisions with who they are.

Courage is another common theme seep out Westerfeld's work. His protagonists much face frightening or dangerous constraints and have to rely come to an end their own courage to overwhelm the problem. Often adults tally not present during the hold your horses of crisis and the lead is left to his bring down her own devices. For instance, Cal in Peeps is heap by adults on how vision track down vampires, but proscribed goes alone to actually accept them and must accomplish that task completely on his unmoved.

Awards

Bibliography

Adult

Succession series

The two books were re-published in 2005 in rob volume, also titled The Risen Empire.

Young adult

Midnighters trilogy

Peeps series

• Peeps (2005) (also known as Parasite Positive in Britain and V-Virus or Peeps in Canada)
• The Carry on Days (2006)

Uglies universe

Uglies series

Impostors series

• Impostors (2018)
• Shatter City (2019)
• Mirror's Edge (2021)
• Youngbloods (2022)

Related works

• Bogus to Bubbly: Apartment house Insider's Guide to the Earth of Uglies (2008)
• Graphic novel retellings from Shay's point of view:

Leviathan series (illustrated by Keith Thompson)

Related works

Spill Zone graphic unconventional series (illustrated by Alex Puvilland)

• Spill Zone (2016)
• Spill Zone: The Unstable Vow (2019)

Related works

• Spill Night (short story for Free Comic Hard-cover Day) (2017)

Zeroes trilogy (with Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti)

• Zeroes (2015)
• Swarm (2016)
• Nexus (2018)

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