Jeffrey Scott Savage

Jeffrey Scott Savage is an American writer, who as of 2020 has authored 19 novels in several genres, including the FarWorld fantasy series,[1] the Case File 13 series, the Mysteries of Cove series, The Shandra Covington series, The Lost Wonderland Diaries, and several standalone titles. His works intended as middle grade/young adult fiction are credited as written by J. Scott Savage, and his works intended for an older general audience as Jeffrey S. Savage.[2][3]

Jeffrey Scott Savage
BornJeffrey Scott Savage
January 31, 1963
Oakland, California
Pen nameJ. Scott Savage
Jeffrey S. Savage
OccupationAuthor
NationalityCali
CitizenshipUnited States
Period2001—present
GenreMiddle grade fiction
Fantasy
Notable worksFarworld series, Case File 13 series, Shandra Covington series, Dark Memories, Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention
Website
JScottSavage.com
JeffreySavage.com

Life

Jeffrey Scott Savage was born in Oakland, California, on January 31, 1963. He has two brothers and two sisters. He grew up in northern California, except for three years when he lived in New Providence, NJ. He met his wife in Roseville, CA and they were married in 1987. They have four children, and three grandchildren. He currently lives in northern Utah.

Savage has held numerous job in his life, including: CEO of an internet company, plumber, French chef, mall Santa and radio talk show host.[2]

Works

As J. Scott Savage
Farworld series
  • Water Keep (2008), ISBN 978-1590389621 — Nominated for a Cybils Award in the Fantasy and Science Fiction (Middle Grade) category in 2008.[4]
  • Land Keep (2009), ISBN 978-1606411643 — Nominated for a Cybils Award in the 2009 Fantasy/Science Fiction category.[5]
  • Air Keep (2013), ISBN 978-1609073251
  • Fire Keep (2014), ISBN 978-1609077914
Case File 13 series
  • Zombie Kid (2012), ISBN 978-0-06-213325-0. 2012 Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews,[6] a 2013 Junior Library Guild Selection,[7] and an Amazon Best Book of the Month[8]
  • Making the Team (2013), ISBN 978-0062133311
  • Evil Twins (2014), ISBN 978-0062133373
  • Curse of the Mummy's Uncle (2015) [forthcoming], ISBN 978-0062324061[9]
Mysteries of Cove series
  • Fires of Invention (2015)
  • Gears of Revolution (2016)
  • Embers of Destruction (2017)
The Lost Wonderland Diaries series
  • The Lost Wonderland Diaries (2020)

As Jeffrey S. Savage
Shandra Covington series
  • House of Secrets (2005), ISBN 1598110063
  • Dead on Arrival (2006), ISBN 978-1598112221
  • A Time To Die (2010), ISBN 978-1598116236
Standalone
  • Cutting Edge (2001), ISBN 1577348443
  • Into the Fire (2002), ISBN 159156042X
  • The Fourth Nephite (2010), ISBN 978-1606416570
  • Dark Memories (2013), ISBN 978-1621080558 — Won 2013 Whitney Award for adult speculative fiction

Notes
  1. "Farworld, The Series: The Author", ReadFarworld.com, Shadow Mountain Publishing, retrieved 2014-09-30
  2. J. Scott Savage at Goodreads
  3. Jeffrey S. Savage at Goodreads
  4. "Cybils, 2008 Nominations: Fantasy and Science Fiction (Middle Grade)", dadtalk.typepad.com (Blog), Brett Levy, retrieved 2014-09-30
  5. "2009 Nominations: Fantasy/Science Fiction", Cybils.com (Blog), Cybils Awards, retrieved 2014-09-30
  6. "Book Reviews: Zombie Kid", KirkusReviews.com, Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2012, retrieved 2014-09-30
  7. "Case File 13: Zombie Kid", JuniorLibraryGuild.com (High Interest Middle School), Junior Library Guild, April 2013, retrieved 2014-09-30
  8. "Preeti" (December 13, 2013), "13 Reasons to Read Case File 13", The Page Turn: the HarperCollins Children's Books School & Library Blog [ThePageTurn.com] (blog), HarperCollins, retrieved 2014-09-30
  9. "Case File 13 #4: Curse of the Mummy's Uncle", HarperCollins.com, HarperCollins

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