{{Short description|American novelist}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}} thumb|300px|Scott Carrier '''Scott Carrier''' is an American author, radio producer, and educator. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. His second book, ''Prisoner of Zion'', was published in April 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-1619021211|title=Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures|last1=Carrier|first1=Scott|year=2013|publisher=Catapult }}</ref> He is a former assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvu.edu/facsenate/docs/facsenmin9-2-14.pdf|title=Faculty Senate Minutes|website=uvu.edu|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
== Written work ==
* Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons and Other Misadventures ({{ISBN|978-1619021211}}) * Running After Antelope ({{ISBN|1-58243-179-5}}) * "Over There" from The Best American Travel Writing 2003 ({{ISBN|978-0618390748}}) originally featured in Harper's Magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2002/04/0079137 |title=Over there: Afghanistan, after the fall|first=Scott |last=Carrier |publisher=Harper's Magazine |work=Harpers.org |date=April 2002 |accessdate=2011-03-17}}</ref> * "Rock the Junta" from The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 ({{ISBN|978-0618902811}}) originally featured in Mother Jones<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/rock-junta |title=Rock the Junta |publisher=Mother Jones |first=Scott |last=Carrier |date=July 2006 |accessdate=2011-03-17}}</ref>
== Radio work == Carrier's pieces have been featured on radio programs, including ''This American Life'' since 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/12/animals |title=12:Animals – Originally aired 01.31.1996|publisher=This American Life|date=January 31, 1996|accessdate=2011-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/181/the-friendly-man |title=181: The Friendly Man – Originally aired 04.06.2001 |quote=A special show, composed entirely of stories from just one ''This American Life'' contributor: Scott Carrier, whose strange and compelling stories sound like nothing else on the radio. |publisher=This American Life |date= April 6, 2001 |accessdate=2011-03-17}}</ref> ''The Savvy Traveler'', ''Marketplace'', ''Day to Day'', ''All Things Considered'', and NPR's ''Hearing Voices.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hearingvoices.com/news/cat/producer/carrier-scott/?submit=Go |title=Carrier, Scott/Archives |publisher=Hearing Voices |work=hearingvoices.com}}</ref> In 2015, Carrier began producing a podcast entitled "Home of the Brave".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homebrave.com/ |title = Home of the Brave}}</ref> The podcast combines original stories with work that previously aired on NPR and other radio shows.
=== Contributions to ''This American Life'' === * Episode 12, segment ''The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals'', 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 49) * Episode 21, segment ''Religious Faction'', 1996 * Episode 35, ''Fall Clearance Stories'', haiku stories, 1996 * Episode 37, segment ''The Test'', 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 181) * Episode 40, segment ''Swimming Lesson'', 1996 * Episode 42, segment ''Finding Amnesia'', 1996 * Episode 45, segment ''Whoring in Commercial Radio News'', 1996 (rebroadcast as ''The Friendly Man'' in episode 181) * Episode 48, segment ''Kids'', 1997 * Episode 49, segment ''The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals'', 1997 (rebroadcast) * Episode 53, segment ''Parent and Child'', 1997 * Episode 64, segment ''On the Green River'', 1997 * Episode 77, segment ''Kings'', 1997 * Episode 80, segment ''Running After Antelope'', 1997 * Episode 96, segment ''Book of Job'', 1998 * Episode 113, segment ''Pot of Gold'', 1998 * Episode 141, segment ''More Powerful Than a Locomotive'', 1999 * Episode 146, segment ''Church of Latter Day Snakes'', 1999 * Episode 181, ''The Friendly Man'', with segments ''The Test'' (rebroadcast), ''The Friendly Man'' (rebroadcast), ''Who Am I? What Am I Doing Here?'', and ''The Day Mom and Dad Fell in Love'', 2001. Entire show rebroadcast April 24, 2009. * Episode 191, segment ''Just Three Thousand More Miles to the Beach'', 2001 * Episode 195, segment ''Are You Ready?'', 2001 * Episode 241, segment ''No of Course I Know You'', 2003 * Episode 243, segment ''The Hiker and the Cowman Should be Friends'', 2003 * Episode 286, segment ''Invisible Girl'', 2005 * Episode 333, segment ''Am not. Are too. Am not. Are too.'', 2007 * Episode 551, segment ''The Test.'', 2015
==Awards== In 2006 Carrier won a Peabody Award for a story titled "Crossing Borders" which was aired on ''Hearing Voices'' on NPR.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/details.php?id=1452 |title=Crossing Borders – 2006 |year=2007 |publisher=The Peabody Awards, University of Georgia |accessdate=2011-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217010431/http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/details.php?id=1452 |archivedate=February 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In 2009 Carrier won a Fellow Award from United States Artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/user/ScottCarrier |title=Scott Carrier – Profile |publisher=United States Artists official website |accessdate=2011-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213101343/http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/user/ScottCarrier |archivedate=February 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.transom.org/guests/specialguests/scottcarrier.html Transom.org Bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070610195034/http://archive.salon.com/people/conv/2001/05/21/scott_carrier/index.html Salon.com interview] – May 21, 2001 * [http://www.thisamericanlife.org This American Life] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100613090416/http://transom.org/?p=9381 Transom.org blog post from Deep Wireless Festival] – May 29, 2010 * [http://transom.org/?p=9394 Video interview with Scott Carrier on Transom.org] – May 29, 2010 * [http://homebrave.com Home of the Brave]
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