BA, English, Hiram College
Scott Lax has taught creative writing classes and specialized in Screenwriting at CIA since Spring Semester 2016. He is a novelist, short story writer, journalist, producer, screenwriter, and playwright. Scott is a recipient of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Bernard J. O'Keefe Scholarship in Nonfiction, the Sewanee Writers Conference Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Fiction, six journalism awards, and four first-place international film festival producer’s awards.
The Denver Post called Scott's first novel, The Year That Trembled (1998, Paul S. Eriksson, Publisher, 1st edition; 2013, Gray & Co., Publishers, 2nd edition) “powerful” and named it one of the year’s "milestones in fiction." Scott then produced the feature film version, also called The Year That Trembled (2002, Novel City Pictures). The Boston Herald called the movie “Memorable and touching” and Scott was named Midwest Filmmaker of the Year at the Cleveland International Film Festival. His two-act play adaptation of the novel, retitled 1970, was produced at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre in 2023.
Scott’s second novel, Vengeance Follows (2013, Gray & Co., Publishers), was called "A minor masterpiece of suspense and human nature," by the Midwest Book Review. As of 2024, Scott has adapted Vengeance Follows as screenplay and is in development on the feature film version. He is also writing a new novel set in England.
A professional drummer since the age of 13, Scott has performed with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bo Diddley, among many musicians. He lives in the Chagrin Valley with his wife and son.
