Scott is a retired small-town newspaper editor who grew up near Chicago, with most family vacations spent in northern Wisconsin. He has since lived in East Tennessee, Nebraska and Missouri, but he has always kept his love for the North Woods.
Scott's wife, Deb, is a wife, mother and customer service manager for a Messianic ministry and publishing house.
Daughter Stephanie is a social marketing manager for an interior design firm. Her hand can be seen in much of the interior design and decoration in The Little Pine Lodge.