Scott was born and raised in Peoria, IL. After a year of college, he joined the Army, where he spent four years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. While there, he parachuted into Panama during Operation Just Cause, and spent 8 months in Saudi Arabia and Iraq as part of Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm. After leaving the military, he obtained an Associates Degree in Police Science and a B.A. in Criminal Justice. He has spent the last 14 years as a police officer with the Peoria County Sheriff's Department, where he currently serves as a crime scene investigator and a traffic accident reconstructionist. He is the author of three traditionally published novels. The Killing Frost (science fiction, 2006), The Piaras Legacy (epic fantasy, 2008), and New Dawn Rising (sequel to Frost, 2009) were all released by Medallion Press. He also has two self-published ebooks. Martyr's Inferno, a police thriller, was released in 2010, while Archon's Gate was released in 2012 as a sequel to The Piaras Legacy.