Scott William Carter’s first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “touching and impressive debut” and won an Oregon Book Award. Since then, he has published dozens of books and short stories, his fiction spanning a wide variety of genres and styles.
His book for younger readers, Wooden Bones, chronicles the untold story of Pinocchio and was singled out for praise by the Junior Library Guild. He is the author of the popular Garrison Gage mystery series set on the Oregon coast, the Karen Pantelli novels featuring the former FBI agent turned drifter, and the provocative Myron Vale investigations, about the private investigator in Portland, Oregon who works for both the living and the dead. His short stories have appeared in such diverse publications as Ellery Queen, Weird Tales, Analog, Pulphouse, and the Los Angeles Review, among other places.
Since none of that apparently keeps him busy enough, he’s also the cartoonist behind the Run of the House comic strip, about what a quirky group of house pets do when their people aren’t around. And if they could talk, of course!
In past lives, he has been an academic technologist, instructional designer, a college writing instructor, bookstore owner, the manager of a computer training company, and a ski instructor, though the most important job — and best – he’s ever had is being the father of his two children. He was lucky enough to marry the love of his life and even luckier that she’s decided to keep him around. He currently lives in Salem, Oregon, though he makes frequent forays to the Oregon coast.
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