Scott Brown is an American author, screenwriter, journalist, critic and occasional composer based in

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and

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. He was previously the chief theater critic for ''

'' magazine from 2010 to 2014. He grew up in

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, and later attended

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. Brown started his career in journalism at ''

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'', and went on to write articles, essays, film/theater reviews and humor for ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', and ''

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'', among others. In 2013, writing for ''New York'' magazine, he won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. His

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has been featured on the radio program ''

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''. He is also the author of '' xL,'' a young adult novel published in 2019 by

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. His television credits include

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-nominated miniseries '' Sharp Objects'', based on the

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novel of the same name, as well as WGN's critically acclaimed ''

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''. He was a writer and co-executive producer for the

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-derived suspense series ''

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'' on

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, for which he received the 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original. He was also a consulting producer on the

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series ''

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'', adapted by

from the

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. Brown collaborated with childhood friend and writing partner Anthony King to write ''

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'', which premiered

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in 2006 and on

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in 2023. He also collaborated with King on the

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for the

musical ''

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'', for which the pair was nominated for a

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in 2019.

References

External links

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''Gutenberg! The Musical!''
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''Beetlejuice: The Musical''
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