Jeffrey Scott Savage

Jeffrey Scott Savage
Born	Jeffrey Scott Savage January 31, 1963 Oakland, California
Pen name	J. Scott Savage Jeffrey S. Savage
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Cali
Citizenship	United States
Period	2001—present
Genre	Middle grade fiction Fantasy
Notable works	Farworld series, Case File 13 series, Shandra Covington series, Dark Memories
Website
JScottSavage.com JeffreySavage.com

Jeffrey Scott Savage is an American writer, who as of 2014 has authored 14 novels in several genres, including the FarWorld fantasy series,^[1] the Case File 13 series, Covington series, and several standalone titles. His works intended as middle grade/young adult fiction are credited as written by J. Scott Savage, and his works intended for an older general audience as Jeffrey S. Savage.^[2][3]

Life

Jeffrey Scott Savage was born in Oakland, California, on January 31, 1963. He has two brothers and two sisters. He grew up in northern California, except for three years when he lived in New Providence, NJ. He met his wife in Roseville, CA and they were married in 1987. They have four children, and three grandchildren. He currently lives in northern Utah.

Savage has held numerous job in his life, including: CEO of an internet company, plumber, French chef, mall Santa and radio talk show host.^[2]

Works

As J. Scott Savage

Farworld series

• Water Keep (2008), ISBN 978-1590389621 — Nominated for a Cybils Award in the Fantasy and Science Fiction (Middle Grade) category in 2008.^[4]
• Land Keep (2009), ISBN 978-1606411643 — Nominated for a Cybils Award in the 2009 Fantasy/Science Fiction category.^[5]
• Air Keep (2013), ISBN 978-1609073251
• Fire Keep (2014), ISBN 978-1609077914

Case File 13 series

• Zombie Kid (2012), ISBN 978-0-06-213325-0. 2012 Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews,^[6] a 2013 Junior Library Guild Selection,^[7] and an Amazon Best Book of the Month^[8]
• Making the Team (2013), ISBN 978-0062133311
• Evil Twins (2014), ISBN 978-0062133373
• Curse of the Mummy's Uncle (2015) [forthcoming], ISBN 978-0062324061^[9]

As Jeffrey S. Savage

Shandra Covington series

• House of Secrets (2005), ISBN 1598110063
• Dead on Arrival (2006), ISBN 978-1598112221
• A Time To Die (2010), ISBN 978-1598116236

Standalone

• Cutting Edge (2001), ISBN 1577348443
• Into the Fire (2002), ISBN 159156042X
• The Fourth Nephite (2010), ISBN 978-1606416570
• Dark Memories (2013), ISBN 978-1621080558 — Won 2013 Whitney Award for adult speculative fiction

Notes

1. "Farworld, The Series: The Author", ReadFarworld.com, Shadow Mountain Publishing, retrieved 2014-09-30
2. J. Scott Savage at Goodreads
3. Jeffrey S. Savage at Goodreads
4. "Cybils, 2008 Nominations: Fantasy and Science Fiction (Middle Grade)", dadtalk.typepad.com (Blog), Brett Levy, retrieved 2014-09-30
5. "2009 Nominations: Fantasy/Science Fiction", Cybils.com (Blog), Cybils Awards, retrieved 2014-09-30
6. "Book Reviews: Zombie Kid", KirkusReviews.com, Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2012, retrieved 2014-09-30
7. "Case File 13: Zombie Kid", JuniorLibraryGuild.com (High Interest Middle School), Junior Library Guild, April 2013, retrieved 2014-09-30
8. "Preeti" (December 13, 2013), "13 Reasons to Read Case File 13", The Page Turn: the HarperCollins Children's Books School & Library Blog [ThePageTurn.com] (blog), HarperCollins, retrieved 2014-09-30
9. "Case File 13 #4: Curse of the Mummy's Uncle", HarperCollins.com, HarperCollins

References

• Haddock, Sharon (March 2, 2013), "Savage crosses genres from middle reader fantasy to horror in new books", Deseret News
• Shaw, Louise R. (June 10, 2013), "Authors inspire budding writers", Davis County Clipper
• Stettler, Jeremiah (December 10, 2009), "Utahn's dream becoming reality: fantasy writer", The Salt Lake Tribune

Further reading

• Lyons, Maggie (December 16, 2013), "Interview with J. Scott Savage", maggie-lyons.blogspot.com (blog)
• Nation, Kaleb (October 13, 2008), "Interview with J. Scott Savage", kalebnation.com
• Ryan, Jonathan (February 17, 2014), "Teen Author Boot Camp 2014: Interview With J. Scott Savage", Patheos.com: Entertainment Channel: The Rogue, Patheos

External links

• J. Scott Savage at wifyr.com (Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers)
• Thank You - J. Scott Savage, UtahValleyWriters.org (Utah Valley Writers)