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 (Discovery Prize winner for Fiction in the 2024 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards), 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. 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 and Ron Seybold. He is also the co-ambassador of the Austin chapter of the Authors Guild.
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Awards
Starman After Midnight: Finalist for Humor - 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
The Codger and the Sparrow: Discovery Prize Winner for Fiction - 2024 Writers' League of Texas Book Awards
The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island: 2021 First Place Winner for Middle-Grade/Young Adult — Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner for Humor
To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: 2019 Texas Author Project Winner: Adult Fiction
Sammie & Budgie: 2018 Texas Authors Book Awards - First Place Winner for General Fiction
Boys: 2018 IndieReader Discovery Awards - Winner for Short Stories
