Scott Dovala, author of Secrets of the Vines was born and raised in northern Ohio. He currently lives in the northern California wine country and has done so for over 20 years. When he isn’t writing, Scott can be found meandering through both the Sonoma and Napa wine country enjoying his other love, landscape photography. Scott’s landscape photography has won numerous awards and has been featured in calendars, coffee table books and at various winery art shows. Scott’s readers have described his writing style as, “The descriptions are so vivid in detail, I felt as though I was there.” He also takes great care in creating his characters so that the reader feels that, “The characters have full depth and you get to know them while reading.” Other comments have ranged from “Very well told, great read. I had a hard time putting it down. I read a lot of books and this is one of the better once,” to “The story draws you in for sure.” Scott loves hearing from readers and can be reached at sdpub0@gmail.com. He is currently writing his next book, The Celtic Awakening (Book 1).