Evan I. Schwartz is an author, journalist, and screenwriter who tells stories about the human imagination.

He is best known as the author of two acclaimed historical narratives, THE LAST LONE INVENTOR (HarperCollins) and FINDING OZ (Mariner Books) as well as REVOLVER: a novel (Concord Free Press).

Evan’s feature screenplays and pilots have placed in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition, Humanitas New Voices, Final Draft’s Big Break, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and selected for the Sloan Foundation’s science-in-cinema lab and grant.

Evan produced and wrote the PBS/NOVA documentary SAVED BY THE SUN, which gauges the future of solar power, premiering on Earth Day 2007, and has been seen by more than 10 million viewers.

As a documentary writer and producer, his work has also appeared on Netflix and Showtime. Currently a contributor to Smithsonian Magazine, his journalism has been selected for a National Magazine Award and The Best American Science & Nature Writing.