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. He has sold over two dozen stories, to such places as Analog, Asimov’s, Ellery Queen, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales, as well as to anthologies by Pocket Books and DAW. 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 by Simon and Schuster.
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 conveyer belt at a cannery. Tolerating his peculiarities on a daily basis are his patient wife, two young children, two indifferent cats, a faithful dog, and thousands of imaginary friends.
