Scott Fuqua

J. Scott Fuqua is the author of four multi-award-winning young adult novels (The Reappearance of Sam Webber, Darby, The Willoughby Spit Wonder, King of the Pygmies). He has written two highly acclaimed literary novels (In the Wake of the Boatman, Gone and Back Again) and the award-winning graphic novel In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe. Spring of 2014 saw the publication of the multimedia project Medusa’s Daughter, which came out as a novel, graphic novel, and graphic novella. He wrote and storyboarded the work. He’s penned and illustrated two books on the history of architecture and a children’s book on the history of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For elementary students, he wrote the award winning graphic chapter book Catie and Josephine and illustrated The Synagogue Speaks. His recent children’s book, Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore, was the Library of Congress, National Book Festival Selection for Maryland as well as Maryland’s Center for the Book’s 2013 Selection for kids. His most recent novel came out in the fall of 2014 and has been lauded for its storyline and 110 very detailed pencil illustrations that capture the characters and the feel of the story.

Scott has taught art for twenty years to high school students, college students, and adults of all ages. He writes living history plays for the Jewish Museum of Maryland and the Maryland Historical Society, two of which were honored at the National Theatre in Washington DC last spring. He has won three Maryland State Arts Council writing awards and teaches illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).