Carter Scholz is a speculative fiction author and composer of music. He has published several works of short fiction (collected in The Amount to Carry 2004) and two novels (Palimpsests 1984, with Glenn Harcourt; Radiance: A Novel 2002). He has been nominated for the Hugo

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

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 and Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Winners of the Nebula Award for best Novelette. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.-External links:* * *...

. He also co-wrote The New Twilight Zone

The New Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.-Series history:...

episode "A Small Talent for War

A Small Talent for War

"A Small Talent for War" is the second segment of the fifteenth episode from the first season from the television series The New Twilight Zone....

" and contributed stories to Kafka Americana

Kafka Americana

Kafka Americana is a 1999 collection of short stories by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz based on the life and works of Franz Kafka. Originally published in a limited edition by Subterranean Press, it was released as a trade paperback by W. W...

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Scholz grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey

Tenafly, New Jersey

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 and graduated from Tenafly High School

Tenafly High School

Tenafly High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve from Tenafly, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Tenafly Public Schools...

 in 1971. He also attended Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...

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He is married and lives in California

California

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