About

Scott Semegran is an award-winning writer of ten books. BlueInk Review described him best as “a gifted writer, with a wry sense of humor.” His latest book, Starman After Midnight, is a quirky novel-in-stories about two beer-drinking neighbors who team-up to track down a mysterious late-night interloper terrorizing their middle-class neighborhood. His nine previous books include The Codger and the Sparrow, The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island (first-place winner for Middle-Grade/Young Adult fiction in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Book Awards), and To Squeeze a Prairie Dog (winner of the 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal for Humor and winner of the 2019 Texas Author Project for Adult Fiction). He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife. They have four kids, a cat, and a dog. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English.

Scott Semegran is co-host of the web series Austin Liti Limits along with fellow award-winning writer Larry Brill.

Other Works

  • The Codger and the Sparrow

    2024
  • The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island

    2020
  • To Squeeze a Prairie Dog

    2019
  • Sammie & Budgie

    2017
  • Boys

    2015
  • The Spectacular Simon Burchwood

    2011
  • Modicum

    2010
  • Mr. Grieves

    2009
  • The Meteoric Rise of Simon Burchwood

    2008

Awards and Recognition

  • 2021 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards - First Place for Middle-Grade/Young Adult: The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
  • 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner for Humor: To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: An American Novel
  • 2019 Texas Author Project Winner - Adult Fiction: To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: An American Novel