Bestselling Young Adult Author Scott Westerfeld October 29, 2010

New York Times bestselling author of science fiction young adult literature, Scott Westerfeld will celebrate the October release of his new book, 'Behemoth.' He will discuss this new book as well as his career in writing. A booksigning will occur at this event and books will also be on sale.

Scott is the author of the New York Times Bestselling 'Uglies' series. His other novels include 'The Last Days' (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and the sequel to 'Peeps'), 'So Yesterday' (another ALA Best Book for Young Adults) and the 'Midnighters' trilogy. 'Peeps' and 'Uglies' were also both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by the American Library Association. Scott was born in the U.S. state of Texas and now lives in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married Australian author Justine Larbalestier.

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