Scott Westerfeld





Scott Westerfeld

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Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling American-born author of YA sci-fi literature. He was born in the Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier.
His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour won an Aurealis Award. Peeps and Uglies were both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by the American Library Association.


Scott Westerfeld isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

A Portuguese fan named Guilherme Pires has kindly translated the post-Goliath Bonus Chapter I wrote last year. Huge thanks to him for this service. I hope that all you Portuguese-speakers out there enjoy it.


(NOTE BRAZILIANS, this is a huge spoiler, because Leviathan isn’t out yet, but will be in two months!)


Anyway, here we go . . .


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– Esta situação é absurda – disse Alek.


– Pela qual apenas se p...

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Average rating: 3.84 · 365,013 ratings · 35,641 reviews · 46 distinct works
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 108,980 ratings — published 2005 — 49 editions
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Pretties (Uglies, #2)
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 66,221 ratings — published 2005 — 42 editions
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Specials (Uglies, #3)
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 51,860 ratings — published 2006 — 36 editions
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Extras (Uglies, #4)
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 32,308 ratings — published 2007 — 29 editions
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 19,436 ratings — published 2009 — 34 editions
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The Secret Hour (Midnighter...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 11,963 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions
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Peeps (Peeps, #1)
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 11,952 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions
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Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 8,371 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions
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Touching Darkness (Midnight...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 8,390 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions
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The Uglies Trilogy (Uglies,...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 7,006 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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More books by Scott Westerfeld…
Uglies Pretties Specials Extras Uglies: Shay's Story
Uglies (5 books)
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3.8226566494031875 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 269,934 ratings
Leviathan Behemoth Goliath
Leviathan (3 books)
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4.05276025474631 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 33,131 ratings
The Secret Hour Touching Darkness Blue Noon
Midnighters (3 books)
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3.8591019765110284 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 27,928 ratings
Peeps The Last Days
Peeps (2 books)
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3.68889284020863 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 16,872 ratings
The Risen Empire The Killing of Worlds
Succession (2 books)
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3.8203642384105962 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
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“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”
Scott Westerfeld

“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.”
Scott Westerfeld, Extras

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