Scott Lax
Author, Journalist & Educator

Welcome to the Web site of author, journalist and educator Scott Lax.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here are some updates...

• Click "Teaching" link above for news of Scott's new Jan.-Feb. 09 fiction class for North Coast Education Services in Solon, Ohio
• Scott's finished his new novel. Please stop back for details.
• Click the Nonfiction link to the right, or the Writing & Film link, above, to read samples of Scott's nonfiction.
• Click The Year That Trembled movie poster to the left (or DVD cover below) to watch the trailer on the New York Times Web site. Available for rental on netflix.com, blockbuster.com and elsewhere online.



NEWS...MAY 2008: SCOTT LAX WINS OHIO EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD...CLICK "NEWS" (ABOVE) FOR INFORMATION.



"Memorable...beautifully reflects the depth of experience of the late 60s and early 70s...a touching glimpse into the lives of young people enmeshed in the political and emotional climate of the times - The Boston Herald

"The most important movie of the year." - The Ithaca Times

WINNER OF FOUR FIRST-PLACE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
 

Quick Links

North Coast Education Services, where Scott teaches a fiction class
E-mail Scott
The Zinkan Charitable Foundation, working to find early solutions and a cure for all neuromuscular diseases.
The Bright Side of the Road Foundation - Dedicated to ALS prevention, treatment, research and cure
The Lit: Cleveland's Literary Center

Selected Works

Fiction
The Year That Trembled: A Novel
“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
The Year That Trembled: Feature Film
"The most important movie of the year." - The Ithaca Times (Please click the above link to read more reviews)
Nonfiction
ESSAYS AND FEATURES BY SCOTT LAX
Click here to read some of Scott's columns, essays and features
Theatre
The Year That Trembled: A Stage Play
"A classic coming-of-age story...Lax pulled it off gracefully...kudos on an ambitous and successful world premier." -- Julie Hoke, Currents newspaper (Please click the above link to read the full text of the review.)


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