Scott Blackwood is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

, 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 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

before receiving an MFA in creative writing from

Texas State University Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...

. 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 The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

. He previously taught at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale,

Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The unive ...

in Chicago, and at the University of Texas at Austin.

Works

Fiction and nonfiction * * *
''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

*2004-2005 Dobie-Paisano Prize and Residency *2007 AWP Prize for the Novel for ''We Agreed to Meet Just Here'' *2010 Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Work of Fiction ''We Agreed to Meet Just Here'' *2010 PEN Center USA Award Finalist for Best Work of Fiction ''We Agreed to Meet Just Here'' *2011 Whiting Award Fiction *2015 Nominated for a

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes The Grammy Award – Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recog ...

for ''The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One'' (120 page narrative of Paramount Story)
2015 NPR "Great Reads" Best Books of 2015 ''See How Small''

Selection ''See How Small'' *2015 Amazon Editors' January "Spotlight" Pick for best new book for January 2015 *2015 ''People'' magazine best new releases of spring 2015
2016 National Magazine Award Finalist for Feature Writing"Here We Are,"
''Chicago'' magazine, November 2015 * 2016 PEN Center USA Award for Best Work of Fiction ''See How Small''

References

External links

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Profile at The Whiting Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackwood, Scott Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American novelists University of Texas at Austin alumni Texas State University alumni American male novelists Southern Illinois University faculty Novelists from Texas 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Illinois