Scott Gates grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, and has worked as a writer and editor in Colorado, Virginia, and North Carolina. He is the author of "Gone, the Redeemer" and "Hard Road South," which was a finalist in the debut author category of the Feathered Quill Book Awards. His short fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Scott and his brother share perspectives on Southern culture at incidentalist.com. He currently lives near Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Kelly, and their three children.