Scott Smith

Biography:

Scott Bechtel Smith (born July 13, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He is the author of two novels; both were adapted into films based on Smith's own screenplays, A Simple Plan (1993) and The Ruins (2006) which was released on April 4, 2008. Stephen King referred to it as "the best horror novel of the twenty-first century." A Simple Plan was also dubbed "the best suspense novel of the year" by King.

He also wrote the screenplays for the films Siberia (2018) and The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screen adaptation of A Simple Plan. A Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and a National Board of Review Award were bestowed upon the screenplay.

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