Keith Scribner

{{short description|American novelist}}

Keith Scribner is an American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, essayist, and educator. His third novel, The Oregon Experiment, was published by Alfred A. Knopf (Random House) in June 2011.

He is a professor of English at Oregon State University, where he teaches in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film.{{Cite web|url = http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/keith-scribner|title = Keith Scribner {{!}} College of Liberal Arts {{!}} Oregon State University|website = liberalarts.oregonstate.edu|access-date = 2016-04-20}}

Scribner received his A.B. from Vassar College and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where he later taught as a Jones Lecturer.{{Cite web|url = http://keithscribner.com/about/|title = Keith Scribner - About the Author|last = Scribner|first = Keith|website = keithscribner.com|access-date = 2016-04-20}}{{Self published inline|date=August 2016}}

He has received fellowships from Oregon State University's Center for the Humanities. His first novel, The GoodLife, was included in the annual New York Times "Notable Books" list for the year 2000,{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/03/books/notable-books.html|title = NOTABLE BOOKS|date = 2000-12-03|newspaper = The New York Times|issn = 0362-4331|access-date = 2016-04-20}} and a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection.{{Cite web|url = http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/for_publishers/discover_program/discover_program.html|title = Barnes & Noble Booksellers|website = www.barnesandnobleinc.com|access-date = 2016-04-20}}{{Failed verification|date=August 2016}}