Scott Alexander Howard
from Crow Reads Podcast Hosted by Rayanne Haines
In this episode we speak with Scott Alexander Howard about his award winning book, The Other Valley. Scott Alexander Howard has a PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, where his research focused on the relationship between emotion and memory. His debut novel, The Other Valley, was a Washington Post notable novel of 2024, a CBC best book of the year, a PBS Book Club pick, and the winner of the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. And now, is the 2026 MacEwan University book of the year.The Other Valley has been translated into five languages and is being developed as a television series by Working Title Films and Universal Studios. Howard lives in Vancouver, where he is working on his second novel. We discuss moral dilemmas, writing flawed and nuanced characters, navigating the rules of time and the philosophy of breaking rule.
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