Scott Blackwood

Scott Blackwood
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin
Texas State University (MFA)
GenreNon-fiction
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2011)
Website
scottblackwood.com

Scott Blackwood is an American novelist, short story writer, and nonfiction writer. He is the author of three books of fiction and two books of narrative nonfiction on the rise of blues and jazz and the story of the Great Migration. His most recent novel, See How Small, won the 2016 PEN USA Award for fiction.

He grew up in Texas and attended the University of Texas before receiving an MFA in creative writing from Texas State University.[1] He currently lives in Austin, Texas, and will start his three-year distinguished professor of creative writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, this fall. In the past, he has been the visiting associate professor in the creative writing program at the University of North Texas.[2] He previously taught at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Roosevelt University in Chicago, and at the University of Texas at Austin.

Works

Fiction and nonfiction

  • In the Shadow of Our House: Stories. Southern Methodist University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-87074-464-8.
  • We Agreed to Meet Just Here. New Issues Poetry & Prose. 2009. ISBN 978-1-93097-480-7.
  • See How Small. Little, Brown and Company. 2015. ISBN 978-0-31637-380-7.
  • The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records Vol 1 (1917-1927) Third Man / Revenant
  • The Rise and Fall of Paramount Vol 2 (1928-1932) Third Man / Revenant

Recognition

References

  1. ^ "Alumni: Scott Blackwood Bobcat Blog". Txstateu.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  2. ^ "Scott Blackwood". Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "AWP: Award Series Winners". Awpwriter.org. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  4. ^ "The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night". GRAMMY.com. 2016. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  5. ^ BLACKWOOD, SCOTT. "2016 PEN USA Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13.