Scott Huler was born in 1959 in Cleveland and raised in that city's eastern suburbs. He graduated from Washington University in 1981; he was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa because of the breadth of his studies, and that breadth has been a signature of his writing work. He has written on everything from the death penalty to bikini waxing, from NASCAR racing to the stealth bomber, for such newspapers as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Los Angeles Times and such magazines as Backpacker, Fortune, and Child. His award-winning radio work has been heard on "All Things Considered" and "Day to Day" on National Public Radio and on "Marketplace" and "Splendid Table" on American Public Media. He has been a staff writer for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Raleigh News & Observer and a staff reporter and producer for Nashville Public Radio. He was the founding and managing editor of the Nashville City Paper. He has taught at such colleges as Berry College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and sometimes serves as guest host on "The State of Things" on WUNC-FM.

On the Grid is his sixth book; his work has also been included in such compilations as Appalachian Adventure and in such anthologies as Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, The Appalachian Trail Reader and Speed: Stories of Survival from Behind the Wheel.

For 2011 Scott is proud to have been chosen Piedmont Laureate, representing the literary arts on behalf of the counties of Alamance, Durham, Johnston, Orange, and Wake. Through readings, workshops, presentations, and his work as a writer of nonfiction he will help promote the appreciation of literary excellence in the Piedmont region.

He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, the writer June Spence, and their two sons.

Scott Huler In Print

A New York Times story about New Year's time balls:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30huler.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

A Philadelphia City Paper story on. . . um, waxing:
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/061099/feat.cov.wax.shtml

A New York Times story about hurricane names:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/04/opinion/04huler.html

A New York Times story about the Stanley Cup:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/opinion/nyregionopinions/18CThuler.html

General Media

Listen to the NPR Archive of Scott Huller commentaries.

Scott Huler Q&A

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