Introduction
Scott Timberg (February 15, 1969 – December 10, 2019) was an American journalist, culture writer, and editor, best known for his book Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.
Early life
The son of journalist and author Robert Timberg and grandson of composer Sammy Timberg, Scott Timberg was born on February 15, 1969 at Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California. He was raised in Maryland and educated in Connecticut, North Carolina, and England.
Career
Timberg spent the longest period of his life in Los Angeles before moving to Athens, Georgia in 2015. He was a staff writer for Salon, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times.
His book Culture Crash,, which won the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2015, was an analysis of the difficulties of being a "creative class" worker in a post-Internet world.
Personal life and death
Timberg married Sara Scribner, a school librarian and journalist, and they have one son.
Timberg died by suicide on December 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.