Scott Lax - author and educator

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GALLERY

Scott and his fiance Lydia.

Scott presenting at Chagrin Falls High School, May 4, 2007

Martin Mull, Scott Lax and Fred Willard on the set of The Year That Trembled, Garrettsville, Ohio, 2001

Scott is chairperson of the Chagrin Falls Arts Commission

Mom (1924-2009) and Dad

Scott and tree, 2003. (The tree was blown over in a windstorm months afterward, totaling Scott's car...and nearly Scott.)

Scott playing blues harp with The Backup Band, 2007

© 1998 Steve Vaccariello

Selected Works

Nonfiction
Click here for a sample of published nonfiction by Scott Lax
Click here to read some of Scott's columns, essays and features, including the 2009 Ohio Professional Writers First Place Award-winning column and feature.
Fiction
Click here for more on "The Year That Trembled," a novel by Scott Lax
“One of 1998’s Milestones in Fiction--Powerful!”
--The Denver Post, Tom Walker, Book Editor
(Please click the link above to read more reviews)
Film
Click here for more on "The Year That Trembled," a feature film, source written and produced by Scott Lax
"The most important movie of the year." - The Ithaca Times (Please click the above link to read more reviews)
Theatre
Click here for more on "The Year That Trembled," a stage play adapted by Scott Lax from his novel

Links

Evans Printing Company
Skyline Writers
The Scott Lax Prize in Writing
Awarded by the Hub City Writers Project; established 2008
The Authors Guild
Scott's a member since 1998
Ohio Professional Writers, Inc
Scott won two first place awards and one second in 2009. Click "About Scott," above, for more on those awards; click here for information on the OPW.
The Zinkan Charitable Foundation
Working for a cure for all neuromuscular diseases
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Bright Side of the Road Foundation
Funding research in the battle against ALS