Interview with scott westerfeld airship ambassador. Irene gallo is the art director for tor, forge, and starscape books and. Leviathan is the beginning of a new steampunk ya series by scott westerfeld, author of other wellknown and highly recommended ya series such as uglies and midnighters, along with one of my favorite nonya science fiction works of recent memory, the risen empire even more highly recommended. Your favorite authors on scott westerfelds uglies series, p.
Interview with scott westerfeld westerfeld answers. Leviathan is classified as a young adult novel, but if you are an adult, love history and scifi, then this is a book for you. His other novels include the new york times bestseller afterworlds, the worldwide bestselling uglies series, the last days, peeps, so yesterday, and the midnighters trilogy. First of a trilogy set in alternative version of world war i, it has central powers known inuniverse as clankers using mechanized war machines opposed by entente powers as darwinists who fabricate living creatures genetically. The heroine, like me, is fascinated with language, and manages to think about every cool thing ive ever learned about words, meaning, and language. Forgive me, if in future posts, i terms like squick or barking spiders or my personal favorite clever boots. Strangely, novels about xenolinguists dont sell as well as the rest of my books. Beyond scifi an interview with scott westerfeld gww. It follows debut author darcy patel, who skips college when she sells her novel.
Anna fischer scott westerfeld is a new york times bestselling author of ya fiction. Scott westerfeld is the author of the leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 locus award for best young adult fiction. Scott westerfeld is best known for the uglies series, which skewers our societal obsessions with appearance and fame. May 27, 2010 scott westerfelds language is fun and unique.
Leviathan book by scott westerfeld, keith thompson. Mar 09, 2017 at emerald city comic con i had the most amazing opportunity to interview scott westerfeld a well known author of young adult sciencefiction novels. By slightly tampered, i mean it is a steampunk version of the great war. Have you ever seen anyone cosplay as any characters from your books. It seems that, especially with the last days, music is a big influence on your work and part of your life. Afterworlds is a wonderful book for any young person with an interest in growing up to be a writer. It was like being a novelist and an art director at the same time. Nov 08, 2009 scott westerfelds leviathan is a tightly paced young adult novel set in an alternate version of the first world war and a welcome addition to the steampunk genre. Whenever id run into scott over the past year or so hed whip out his iphone and excitedly showoff the latest drawings by keith thompson. Scott westerfeld on the leviathan series posted on september 30, 2010 inspirations and influences is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about theirwell, inspirations and influences. An interview with scott westerfeld in which he talks about leviathan, his highly. An interview with scott westerfeld on barking spiders, steampunk. Theres steampunk fantasy like blaylocks homunculus and powers the anubis gates, di filippos the steampunk trilogy, moores the league of. Scott westerfeld books list of books by author scott westerfeld.
What have book tours and conventions been like, and the fan reaction. The second part of this interview can be found here. He was born in the texas and now lives in sydney and new york city. Scott david westerfeld born may 5, 1963 is an american writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the uglies and the leviathan series. Shays story westerfeld s most recent work is a version of the uglies series from shays pov and in graphic novel form. When the leviathan crashlands near aleksanders hideout, the two groups of political enemies become allies to mount an escape from the german forces. This interview first appeared at, and is reproduced with the gracious permission of the publisher. This week we are talking with scott westerfeld, author of leviathan. If you like scott westerfeld books, youll love veronica roth. Ive finished my australian tour for shatter city, but you can find plenty of signed books in my wake in sydney, ask at kinokuniya in melbourne, i left signed books at readings hawthorn, dymocks melbourne, and all three avenue bookstores in brisbane, check out the dymocks on albert street, dymocks indooroopilly, dymocks chermside, riverbend books, and qbd books in brisbane city. Amazingly, there are practically no spoilers here for later books in the series, so read to see what westerfeld thinks about shay vs. Scott westerfeld is currently considered a single author.
When i was in middle school and high school i read your uglies, pretties, specials series. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men. Scott westerfelds impostors is a powerful return to the. I think keith thompson, my illustrator, puts it best when he says that. His next book, impostors, returns to the world of uglies. See more ideas about scott westerfeld, novels and uglies series. Those of you whove read my leviathan books, try to imagine them with only a clanker perspective, and no darwinist characters, or vice versa. Scott westerfeld primary author only author division. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. When asked in an interview about why westerfeld writes scifi books for teens, he said young adult books are about figuring out who you are and where you fit into the world, which can be a bit like science fiction, where our familiar world seems alien, changeable, even indefensible westerfeld, scott. Leviathan follows the story of two teenagers in the early days of world war i. All three books in scott westerfelds aroundtheworld, steampunk adventure trilogy, now collected together in one ebook bundle.
He is best known for the uglies and leviathan series. With afterworlds he has written a fascinating bookwithinabook, set in the world of new york city ya writers. See more ideas about scott westerfeld, good books, books to read. May 08, 2017 scott westerfeld holds a special place in my heart because i read all of his ya novels in high school, and the leviathan series in college. Dec 12, 2017 in this board, shows some more information on some of scott westerfeld and his novels. Would you call your latest novel, leviathan, steampunk. This is flattering indeed, but answering the same questions dozens of times has gotten old.
I always consider meeting authors i admire, but getting the chance was amazing. Fans of scott westerfelds productions love his work because of his imaginative style of writing that is both captivating, thrilling and at the same. I get a lot of requests for biographical information, mostly from students writing reports about me. With single limited viewpoint, you never get a firsthand look at what its like to be the bad guy. Scott westerfeld is a new york times bestselling author of ya.
Which means that its high time for a great ya book aboutwhat else. Scott westerfeld, bestselling author of eighteen novels for adults and young adults, including his bestknown work, the uglies series. Books by scott westerfeld authors like scott westerfeld. Scott westerfeld on all things uglies april 5, 2012 posted in. True to the book, but it glows in a way that only this color medium can produce. He is popular for his young adult series uglies and leviathan. Scott westerfeld is the very talented, creative and innovative author of many books of the science fiction genre. He was born in texas in 1963 and grew up in texas, california, and connecticut. His other novels include the new york times bestselling uglies series, the last days, peeps, so yesterday, and the midnighters trilogy. Deryn sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the british air service.
Deryn sharp and prince aleksander of hohenberg live in an alternate version of reality in which the whole world is split into darwinists and clankers. Scott westerfeld discusses his childhood and what led him to. But this isnt your grandfathers okay, maybe your greatgreatgrandfathers world war i. The clothes are great especially aleks leather trousers. May 04, 20 so yesterday sounds the most appealing to me of these, but to be honest, i dont know if ill try westerfeld again after the leviathan trilogy. Interviewing adib khorram, author of darius the great is not okay, 2019. I literally just finished uglies this morning and absolutely loved scotts writing style. After a decade, westerfeld is returning to that universe with impostors. Jun 11, 20 the uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twentyseven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the new york times bestseller list. Earlier we talked with scott westerfeld about what it was like to be the art director on his own bookthe steampunk, young adult novel, leviathan. As a child he moved to connecticut for his father lloyds job as a computer programmer. Scott westerfeld is one of most wellknown names in young adult literature, and the uglies is one of his most beloved series. Scott westerfeld is one of the most inventive scifi writers writing for teens right now. Scott has published a plethora of sff novels and graphic novels.
Author interview scott westerfeld, author of leviathan. Westerfeld was born in texas and now lives in new york city. Prince aleksander, wouldbe heir to the austrohungarian throne, is on the run. An illustrated guide to the leviathan series by scott westerfeld is an illustrated, fullcolour companion book to the leviathan trilogy by scott westerfeld. Oct 06, 2009 scott westerfeld discusses his childhood and what led him to write young adult books. Sep 02, 2006 scott westerfeld is a former adult sf writer now writing for young adults, and finding it a lot more fun. For what its worth my husband likes these books better than i do.
Interviews way back at comiccon 2011, scott westerfeld graciously allowed me to corner him at the last possible moment on the last day, after his last signing, literally minutes before they turned off the lights to talk all things uglies and more. An interview with scott westerfeld an interview with scott westerfeld in which he talks about leviathan, his highly anticipated and extensively illustrated young adult steampunk novel. He saw his father working with planes, submarines, and the apollo. David stared at the two kids in front of him, so full of energy and enthusiasm, so ready to question authorityas long as they got a good grade out of it. Book 1 has deryn, book 2 has alek, and book 3 has them both. Some cities, like diego, controlled rebellion by turning it into fashion, allowing their citizens to get weird surgeries or shocking colors of hair and skin. So you want to read a scott westerfeld book the hub. So, i would do a scene in a small enclosed place, like a cabin aboard an airship. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Among his most popular works are polymorph, fine prey and evolutions darling. In 2001, westerfeld married fellow author justine larbalestier. Leviathan 2010 best books for young adults, 2011 popular paperbacks for young adults. Leviathan is a 2009 novel written by scott westerfeld and illustrated by keith thompson. Find books like leviathan from the worlds largest community of readers.