M. Scott Carter
Biographical Information,
M. Scott Carter
An Oklahoma native, M. Scott Carter is a young adult novelist and a long-time political/investigative reporter. Carter has covered Oklahoma politics for four decades.
A 1981 graduate of Yale (Oklahoma) High School, Carter holds an Associate of Arts degree from Northern Oklahoma College and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. In 2014, he earned a Master’s degree in Professional Writing from The University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
A published novelist, his first novel, Stealing Kevin’s Heart, was published in 2011 by Road Runner Press. That novel was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award.
In 2013 Carter’s second novel, The Immortal Von B, earned the Oklahoma Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, the Gold Award for Young Adult Fiction from the National Independent Book Publishers Association and Foreword Magazine’s 2013 Gold Award for Young Adult Fiction.
Carter’s third book, McAfee and Taft: The First 70 Years, was published in 2022.
During that same year, he was named one of the Oklahoma’s top three political reporters by The Washington Post’s blog, The Fix.
Carter has also earned numerous state and national awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Press Photographers Association the National Magazine Publishers Association and the American Library Association.
In 2021 he was named Newspaper Advisor of the Year by the Oklahoma Scholastic Media Association. In 2016, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Norther Oklahoma College.
5:00 PM | Location: Boomer B
I Knew You'd Say That
Look into works which feature prophecy, from The Matrix and Dune to Bajoran edicts in DS9, Minority Report, or even tech versions, like Asimov’s Foundation tales. Does an accurate prediction require a deterministic universe?
Moderator: Dara Fogel, PhD
Panelists: Dara Fogel, PhD, J.D. Woods, M. Scott Carter, Mark Alfred, Selina Rosen, Tim Frayser
Tracks: Writing & Publishing, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Pop Culture & Entertainment, Film & TV, Comics
2:00 PM | Location: Oklahoma HIJ presented by Robot House
A Conversation with Billy West
Pop culture icon Billy West shares about his life, career and music, and being the face of one of the internet's all-time greatest memes.
Moderator: M. Scott Carter
Panelists: Billy West, M. Scott Carter
Tracks: Pop Culture & Entertainment, Film & TV
4:00 PM | Location: Boomer A
Multi-Genre Storytelling
Literature has many popular genres: science fiction, fantasy, adventure, mystery and beyond. Writers discuss how to incorporate multi-genre writing into your own storytelling and find out how to make such a story more than simply a sum of its parts.
Moderator: M. Scott Carter
Panelists: A. Lee Martinez, J.H. Fleming, John Scalzi, Laura J. Underwood, M. Scott Carter, Selina Rosen
Tracks: Writing & Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Pop Culture & Entertainment, YA - Young Adult Fiction
1:00 PM | Location: Sooner A
Media Literacy in the Classroom: A How-to for a Have-to
Misleading media surrounds us—misinformation, conspiracy, satire, you name it. Yet the essential modern skill of media literacy isn’t taught in school. Why? What will it take to get educational institutions to adopt it, and what will that curriculum look like?
Moderator: Brook Bullock
Panelists: Brook Bullock, Kendall Watson, MLIS - Branch Manager, Newcastle Public Library, M. Scott Carter, Okie Space Queen, Pigeon, Shai Fenwick
Tracks: Culture & World Affairs, Pop Culture & Entertainment