Julia Scott

For the 19th-century folklorist who published under the pseudonym "Julia Scott", see Mary Alicia Owen.

Julia Scott
Julia Scott at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association conference
Born	Montreal, Quebec
Occupation	Writer/journalist
Nationality	Canadian-American
Period	2000 - present
Genre	print, radio
Notable works	Bon Voyage, Drivel
Website
juliascott.net

Julia Scott is a noted Canadian-American writer and journalist, known primarily for her work in print and broadcast media. She is a contributor to both The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, as well as National Public Radio, American Public Media, Salon, Canadian Geographic and Maclean's. "Bon Voyage", her 2012 radio documentary for the BBC World Service, was praised by The Guardian as "a vivid, beautifully told story of a couple facing terminal illness"^[1] and broadcast internationally, winning the Excellence in Journalism Award from the NLGJA^[2] and becoming a finalist for the Radio Academy Award.^[3]

Scott is also the editor of the anthology Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors (Perigee Books, 2014), cited as "classic" by Vanity Fair and featuring contributions by Dave Eggers, Gillian Flynn, Mary Roach, Rick Moody and Chuck Palahniuk, among others.

A native of Montreal, Scott maintains dual Canadian and American citizenship. She currently resides in San Francisco.

Honors

Finalist, Radio Academy Award, 2013
Excellence in Journalism Award, NLGJA, 2013
Special Citation, Knight Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism, 2011
The Best American Science Writing (for "Pesticides Indicted in Bee Deaths"), 2010
Scripps Howard Fellowship for Environmental Studies, 2008
Metcalf Institute for Environmental Reporting Fellowship, 2008

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