Dr. A. Scott Pearson grew up in the Forked Deer community of West Tennessee.
Scott graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. After graduating from medical school at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Dr. Pearson completed eight years of surgical training in Texas.
For the past decade, Scott has been a member of the surgical faculty at Vanderbilt University, where he combines cancer research with the clinical practice of surgery.
A member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Cancer Research, and the Association of Academic Surgery, Scott has been been published in numerous scientific journals and publications. Scott is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and the Tennessee Writers Alliance.
Scott lives with his family in Nashville, Tennessee.