Biography
Scott D. Peterson is an American writer, author and producer. He began his career in visual effects before moving into animation writing, with early credits on series including The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995) and My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002), where he served as story editor.
He has worked extensively as a writer and story editor on Disney and Nickelodeon animated series. On Phineas and Ferb (2007–), he contributed as writer, story editor and co-producer. He was executive producer and showrunner of the Netflix series The Last Kids on Earth (2019–2021), for which he received an Emmy Award.
Peterson has written numerous children’s books, including the Shipwreckers middle-grade series and multiple Phineas and Ferb tie-in titles. He has received additional Emmy nominations for his work on Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy's Law and My Life as a Teenage Robot.
