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

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

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

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Vassar College

Awards & achievements

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

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://scottwesterfeld.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scott_westerfeld/
• Xhttps://x.com/scottwesterfeld
• 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

Tags

• Texas
• writer
• novelist
• science fiction writer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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