Max Schott (born 12 February 1935) is a writer of stories, novels, and essays. He was raised in Southern California. He received his Bachelor's in Animal Husbandry from

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

and his Master's in English from the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the ...

. He was a lecturer in Literature for more than 30 years at the

College of Creative Studies The College of Creative Studies is the smallest of the three undergraduate colleges at the University of California, Santa Barbara, unique within the University of California system in terms of structure and philosophy. Its small size, studen ...

at UCSB.

Works

Books

'' Up Where I Used to Live: Stories (Illinois Short Fiction)'' () '' Murphy’s Romance: A Novel'' () '' Ben: A Novel'' () '' Keeping Warm: Essays and Stories'' ()

Films

Murphy's Romance ''Murphy's Romance'' is a 1985 American romantic-comedy film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch was based on the 1980 novella by Max Schott. The film stars Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, an ...

'' – original story

External links

"Writer Max Schott Reads at UCSB"
in the ''Santa Barbara Independent'', November 8, 2007, by John Wilson (a fellow lecturer in CCS)

in the ''New York Times'', July 15, 1990, by Karen Ray

in the ''Los Angeles Times'', July 1, 1990 (payment required to view full article) * [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/64588736.html?dids=64588736:64588736&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+19%2C+1985&author=CHARLES+CHAMPLIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MARTIN+RITT%3A+MAVERICK+FROM+OLD+FILM+SCHOOL&pqatl=google "Martin Ritt: Maverick from Old Film School"] in the ''Los Angeles Times'', December 19, 1985 (payment required to view full article) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schott, Max 1935 births Living people 20th-century American novelists American male novelists University of California, Santa Barbara alumni American male short story writers University of California, Davis alumni 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers