Scott Hamner (born May 11, 1956 [1] ), is an American television writer. He is the son of Earl Hamner Jr., who turned his autobiography into The Waltons .
Hamner, as part of the writing teams that he has worked with, has been nominated six times ( As the World Turns : 1996, The Young and the Restless : 2007–08 and 2010–12) for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Drama Series Writing Team, winning the Emmy in 2011.
Hamner and his writing colleagues were also nominated five times (The Young and the Restless: 2007–08, 2010 and 2012–13) for a Writers Guild of America Award in the category Daytime Serials, winning the award in 2008, 2010 and 2013. [2]