Justin Scott

Justin Scott is one of the prominent authors from America, who is well known for writing his books based on the thriller, naval fiction, and mystery genres. He is particularly well known for writing the Ben Abbot novel series. Author Scott has also collaborated with author Clive Cussler for creating the Isaac Bell book series. Under the pen name of Paul Garrison, he has written the Robert Ludlum novels. The parents of author Scott were also famous authors. His father, Leslie Scott, has written around 250 books, while his mother, Lily Scott used to write stories and novels about romance. Author Scott’s birth took place in Manhattan, New York City. However, he spent most of his time growing up in the Great South Bay in Long Island. Scott has a sister named Alison Skelton, who is also an author by profession. In addition to using his original name for writing his stories and books, he also makes use of several pseudonyms such as J.S. Blazer, Alexander Cole, and Paul Garrison. Scott has written and published a total of 14 books in his name, and seven and two books under the names of Paul Garrison and Blazer respectively. With Clive Cussler, he has developed 10 books in total, most of which form the Isaac Bell series. Before going on to begin his writing career, author Scott obtained his Bachelor’s as well as Master’s degrees in the field of American history. Following that, he was involved in driving trucks and boats. Scott has even worked in Hell’s Kitchen as one of the bartenders. The first attempt made by him in the world of writing was when he took to edit a journal of the engineering field. Finally, author Scott began his writing career in the year 1973 with the release of his debut book titled Many Happy Returns. Subsequently, he wrote his first book as Paul Garrison in the year 1998. It was known as Fire & Ice.