"The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” 
- Anaïs Nin

Scott's mother, Josephine Stai Lax, June 9, 1924 - April 16, 2009.
Scott's sister, Patricia Lax Davidson, March 9, 1948 - June 2, 2009.
Please click Events & Announcements link, above, for tributes and In Memoriams on the left side of that page.


PRODUCED BY TYLER DAVIDSON AND SCOTT LAX
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SCOTT LAX
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JAY CRAVEN

"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


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More on Meredith Monroe from "The Year That Trembled"
More on Jay R. Ferguson from "The Year That Trembled"
More on Martin Mull from "The Year That Trembled"

Links

Recommended Link of the Week
Rolling Stone Magazine: "The Great American Bubble Machine"
The Scott Lax Prize in Writing
Awarded by the Hub City Writers Project; established 2008
The Authors Guild
Scott's a member since 1998
The National Association of Press Women
Scott's a member since 2009
The Zinkan Charitable Foundation
Working for a cure for all neuromuscular diseases
ALS Association
Working for a cure to treat and fight ALS
Bright Side of the Road Foundation
Funding research in the battle against ALS

Selected Works

Nonfiction
ESSAYS AND FEATURES 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
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)
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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