Rion Amilcar Scott


Rion Amilcar Scott is an American short story writer. He won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for his 2016 book Insurrections.

Life

Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. His parents are from Trinidad and came to the United States to study at Howard University. He graduated from George Mason University and teaches at The University of Maryland, College Park.

Works

Insurrections: Stories, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2016.,