Biography
Scott William Carter has been a storyteller since the age of seven, when his second grade teacher published Sucked Into Zaxxon, the riveting, six-page adventure novel that recounted the exploits of a couple of kids transported into an arcade game. Although nothing he has written since has quite given him the same level of satisfaction as that single edition book made of cardboard, orange fabric, and clear tape, he has never stopped writing. His short stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, Ellery Queen, Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales and other popular magazines, and have been reprinted in two collections.
Recently he has turned his attention to novels — even ones longer than six pages. His first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was published in April 2010 and won the prestigious 2011 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. His fantasy from Simon and Schuster, Wooden Bones, chronicling the untold story of Pinocchio, is due out in the summer of 2012.
Born in Minnesota and raised in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, he continues to make the lush western part of Oregon his home. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1994 with an English degree, mostly because he couldn’t bear to major in anything useful. Among other things, Scott has been a bookstore owner, ski instructor, and computer trainer, but truly realized he was going to make something of his life when he spent four long nights picking beets off a conveyor belt at a cannery. Tolerating his peculiarities on a daily basis are his patient wife, two young children, an indifferent cat, a faithful dog, and thousands of imaginary friends.
Scott also writes mystery and suspense novels under the name Jack Nolte. Please check out those books at www.jacknolte.com.
