Scott B. Smith

Scott B. Smith is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. He was born on July 13, 1965 in Summit, New Jersey. Smith has written two novels, A Simple Plan (1993) and The Ruins (2006). Both were adapted into films - A Simple Plan (1998) and The Ruins (2008), respectively - based on Smith's own screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Siberia (2018) and The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019). His screenplay for A Simple Plan earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator of the TV series adaptation of William Gibson's The Peripheral for Amazon Prime Video. He serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner.