Scott Snyder

American writer

As part of his DC work, he co created the characters, The Batman Who Laughs and the Court of Owls. Snyder has garnered critical acclaim from critics and fans for work, such his run on the New 52 version of Batman that debuted in 2011, and has won numerous industry awards, including three Eisner Awards, a Harvey Award, and a 2012 Eagle Award for Best Writer.

Scott Snyder was born January 15, 1976. Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and then worked at Walt Disney World for about a year. He initially worked as a custodian, but after he injured his shoulder and started to have some problems with his co workers, he auditioned and worked as some of the characters. Snyder's Disney World stint strongly influenced his writing; he later recalled, "it did a world of good for my writing  All the things I ended up writing about, those things that are deeply frightening to me—fear of commitment and growing up, fear of losing loved ones, the wonder and terror of falling in love—all of it was constantly being played out all around me in this weird, cartoonish, magnified way at Disney." Stephen King picked two of the included stories—"Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday"—for the 2007 The Best American Short Stories anthology shortlist. Voodoo Heart was shortlisted for The Story Prize in 2006. In 2008, Snyder wrote a short story called The Thirteenth Egg for the anthology Who Can Save Us Now? Brand New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories. In 2009, Snyder began writing for Marvel Comics. His first foray into the genre was a one shot focusing on the first Human Torch, part of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebrations. He later wrote the four issue miniseries, Iron Man: Noir, which debuted in April 2010. By the late 2000s, Snyder had taught writing at New York University, Columbia University, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Snyder's Image series Nocterra, drawn by Detective Comics artist Tony S. Daniel, was launched in March 2021 following a Kickstarter campaign for the first issue. A television adaptation is currently in development at Netflix. In July 2021, Snyder announced an eight title digital first deal with comiXology Originals, all to be published through his creator owned imprint Best Jackett Press, with the books set to receive print versions via Dark Horse Comics. The first three, We Have Demons with Greg Capullo, Clear with Francis Manapul, and Night of the Ghoul with Francesco Francavilla, debuted in October 2021. In October 2022, Deadline reported that a film adaptation of Night of the Ghoul was in development at 20th Century Studios. In August 2021, Snyder was among a group of creators with whom fellow comics writer Nick Spencer formed a deal with the subscription based newsletter platform Substack to publish creator owned comics stories, essays, and instructional guides on that platform. Snyder indicated that he would offer advice to aspiring writers in his published pieces. In February 2023, an animated television series adaptation of Wytches was announced by Amazon Prime Video, with Snyder serving as co showrunner.

Snyder has a wife On March 3, 2019, Snyder announced that they were expecting another child in May. Their child, a son named Quinn, was born on May 4, 2019.

Interview: Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire Face Their Fears in A. D.: After Death (2017)