Special Storytime: Scott Rothman

Scott Rothman is a writer of kid’s books, screenplays, theater, and humor pieces. His debut picture book Attack of the Underwear Dragon and its sequel Return of the Underwear Dragon were both National Indie bestsellers and are being developed into a musical kids TV series by Mercury Filmworks with New York Times best-selling illustrator Pete Oswald and Tony-award winning composer Bill Sherman. ​Scott’s other picture books include Blue Bison Needs a Haircut, Bubble Gun Bison Needs a Bath, Parfait, Not Parfait, Mako & Tiger: A Shark’s Tale, and Basketball Town. Several more will be coming soon. A screenplay Scott co-wrote, Draft Day, topped the 2012 Black List before being made into a feature film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner. In addition, Scott co-wrote the script for the comedy Army of One starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Larry Charles. In theater, Scott wrote the book for the one-person musical Todd vs. The Titanic, which was produced by both the Hanger Theater and the Adirondack Theatre Festival in the summer of 2024. ​Scott’s humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker, GQ and McSweeney’s. He received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU. You can find Scott on Instagram at @scottrothmanwriter.