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Born | Scott Mebus November 28, 1974 Middletown, New York, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Genre | Comic novel, Urban Fantasy, Middle-grade |
Subject | Fiction |
Spouse | Kristina Grish (2007 - 2019) |
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Scott Mebus (born November 28, 1974) is American novelist, composer and playwright. He has written two adult novels, Booty Nomad [1] and The Big Happy, [2] and the children's urban fantasy series "Gods of Manhattan." [3] His first musical, Tarnish, played in the NY International Fringe Festival in 2001. [4] His latest musical, No Sympathy For The Wolf, debuted at the 2018 NY International Fringe Festival. [5] He also composed the theme song for the Discovery Channel Kids program, Outward Bound. [6]
Mebus attended Hackley School, graduating in 1992. [7] He went on to receive a BA in English from Wesleyan University. [8]
Mebus was a producer at MTV, working on such shows as The Tom Green Show , The Real World , and MTV Yoga [9] before leaving to pursue his writing career.
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