Scott Heim

Scott Heim (born 1966) is an American novelist originally from Hutchinson, Kansas, now living in Massachusetts. He earned degrees from the University of Kansas and an MFA from Columbia University, where he wrote his debut novel Mysterious Skin (1996), which was adapted into a 2004 film by Gregg Araki starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. His other notable novels include In Awe (1997, winner of the Firecracker Alternative Book Award) and We Disappear (2008); he also published a poetry collection Saved From Drowning (1993) and edited music nonfiction series.