Max Schott is a writer of stories and essays. He was raised in Southern California. He received his Bachelor's in Animal Husbandry from University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 and his Master's in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

. He was a lecturer in Literature for more than 30 years at the College of Creative Studies

College of Creative Studies

The College of Creative Studies is one of the three undergraduate colleges at the University of California, Santa Barbara, unique within the University of California system in terms of structure and philosophy...

 at UCSB.

Books

Up Where I Used to Live: Stories (Illinois Short Fiction) (ISBN 0-252-00720-4)

Murphy’s Romance: A Novel (ISBN 0-88496-197-4)

Ben: A Novel (ISBN 0-86547-430-3)

Keeping Warm: Essays and Stories (ISBN 1-880284-64-2)

External links

• "Writer Max Schott Reads at UCSB" in the Santa Barbara Independent, November 8, 2007, by John Wilson (a fellow lecturer in CCS)
• Brief review of Ben in the New York Times, July 15, 1990, by Karen Ray
• "New Fiction Tales for a Summer's Day" in the Los Angeles Times, July 1, 1990 (payment required to view full article)
• "Martin Ritt: Maverick from Old Film School" in the Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1985 (payment required to view full article)