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SCOTT WILLIAM CARTER's first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "touching and impressive debut" and won the prestigious Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. His fantasy from Simon and Schuster, Wooden Bones, is due out in the summer of 2012. His short stories have appeared in dozens of popular magazines and anthologies. He lives in Oregon with his wife, two children, and thousands of imaginary friends.


Here’s an attempt at a little out-of-the-box marketing for my book, The Care and Feeding of Rubber Chickens: A Novel. In the book, Trevor Livingston’s father owns a rubber chicken factory in Las Vegas (as you can see, it’s a very serious book, right up there with War and Peace) and he wants Trevor’s help writing what he sees as the perfect gag gift —a how-to manual on rubber chickens as pets. I...

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Published on May 28, 2012 11:40
Average rating: 3.11 · 297 ratings · 78 reviews · 38 distinct works
The Time Traveler's Wife
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Shatterboy
2.92 of 5 stars 2.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Last Great Getaway of t...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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The Dragon of the Dolomites
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Tommy Top Hat
2.58 of 5 stars 2.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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President Jock, Vice Presid...
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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A Dark Planetarium
2.73 of 5 stars 2.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Directions to Mourning's Deep
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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The Human Addict: A Dragon'...
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The Human Addict
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011
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April 2012, Scott William Carter
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? SC: Father husband writer reader Redwoods coffee laughter Altoids SS: What is your motto or maxim? SC: Treat every reader as if they are the only one you have. What Readers want to kno..." ...More

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My science fiction story with a rather long title, “The Android Who Became a Human Who Became an Android,” has been reprinted in the Russian magazi... read more »
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
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Foundation by Isaac Asimov
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Dune by Frank Herbert
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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1984 by George Orwell
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The Princess Bride by William Goldman
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“...I realized that even when people know the pep talk is phony, they still want to hear it. Maybe it was easier to believe a lie when somebody else was saying it rather than you saying it to yourself.”
Scott William Carter, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys

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