Growing up in Scotland and England, as a youngster I loved science fiction and fantasy stories. A passion for travel has taken me to places as far apart as Moscow and Western Australia, where I have lived and worked.
I studied journalism in the UK and the US and worked as a writer, reporter and sub-editor for local and regional newspapers in England and on Bermuda's national daily newspaper. I was named Southern Newspapers' News Reporter of the Year (Northern Region) 1997 in England, and also received the Scheibel Award from Los Angeles Pierce College in 1995.
The internationally released Lennon Bermuda was an account of John Lennon's time in Bermuda in 1980. The book led to a Crystal Butterfly Literary Award for outstanding contribution to Bermuda literature, by Atlantic Publishing House (Bermuda).
The novella, The Bird at the End of Time, was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and the IAN Book of the Year Awards. A screenplay of the novella was a semi-finalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards and the Shore Scripts Feature Contest.
When not writing I enjoy running and competing in road races. I occasionally play guitar and sing, and I appreciate catching up on the latest books and movies.
If you want to learn more please check my blog, and also my Bookbub author profile at https://www.bookbub.com/authors/scott-neil
