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About Scott Semegran

Scott Semegran is an award-winning writer of nine books. BlueInk Review described him best as “a gifted writer, with a wry sense of humor.” His latest novel, The Codger and the Sparrow (TCU Press), is a comical yet moving story about a 65-year-old widower’s unlikely friendship with a 16-year-old troublemaker. His eight previous books include The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island, which was the first-place winner for Middle-Grade/Young Adult fiction in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Book Awards, and To Squeeze a Prairie Dog, which was the winner of the 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal for Humor. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife. They have four kids, two cats, 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.

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Author Photo 2022 by Jeff Loftin
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About The Codger and the Sparrow

 The Latest Book By Scott Semegran

Short description: A comical yet moving novel about a widower’s unlikely friendship with a young troublemaker.

For more information about The Codger and the Sparrow including full book description, book reviews, retailer links, blurbs, publication info, and more, please go here: https://scottsemegran.com/books/the-codger-and-the-sparrow.html

Audiobook information here: https://scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/the-codger-and-the-sparrow.html

Read an Excerpt here: https://scottsemegran.com/words/fiction/376-the-codger.html

Paperback and eBook published by TCU Press on 3/22/2024. Audiobook will be published by Vibrance Press around the end of April 2024.

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