Scott Westerfeld

What I respect most about Scott Westerfeld is that he treats young readers as smart. The Uglies series turned a dystopia about enforced beauty into something that lands harder every year as image-obsession deepens, and Leviathan showed he could build worlds with real texture. A Vassar-educated Texan who stays genuinely present with readers online, he is one of those bridge authors who pull teenagers into science fiction without dumbing it down. That role is quiet and rarely celebrated, but I'd argue it shapes the genre's future more than any single award. I find his career steadier and more important than it looks.

Name (English)

Scott Westerfeld

Name (Japanese)

スコット・ウエスターフェルド

Reading

すこっと・うえすたーふぇるど

Born

May 5, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Origin

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation

writer / novelist / science fiction writer / children's writer / young adult author

University

Vassar College

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Young-Adult Novel
• 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Official sitehttps://scottwesterfeld.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scott_westerfeld/
• Xhttps://x.com/scottwesterfeld
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Westerfeld
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181716

Tags

• Texas
• writer
• novelist
• science fiction writer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.