Scott D. Parker: Writer

I'm a book dork. Are you? I’ve read many, but not all, of Michael Crichton’s novels, but CONGO was one I had missed. I have the ...

The news of Anthony Bourdain's death early this morning Houston time was one of those events you hoped beyond hope was false. Sadly, i...

Gardner Dozois passed away this weekend, and the modern science fiction community has lost a giant. He was the editor of Asimov’s magazine ...

Ninety-nine days. That’s the length of Summer 2018. Traditionally, Memorial Day (today!) kicks off the summer while Labor Day closes it out...

One thing immediately stood out when I went to download the fifth book in the Travis McGee series, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD: it was nearly t...

(A funny thing happened when I went to Audible to download the fifth Travis McGee novel, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD, by John D. MacDonald: I lea...

Four Travis McGee books in less than four weeks. I haven’t done that since….January when I read five Shadow novels. But the adventures of ...

Come on. Are you kidding me? How good is John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee stories? Yeah, I know that many of y’all already know about McGe...

  A half decade. That’s how long it’s been since I resolved to write and complete a story, a choice I’ve since named Writer’s New Year. We ...

Travis McGee. His name is legendary in the annals of detective fiction, yet I had never read a single word about him. But his presence was...

Many times, we writers invent characters to project our greatest fantasies upon. Wish you were a World War II spy? Invent one. Wish you ...