Kim Scott was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Scarborough, Maine. She presently resides in Southern Maine. She is the author of the four books in the Ruth Chernock Series (Regarding Ruth, In Ruth's Memory, On Grace's Shoulders and Pink Sky & Mourning) and 'What Happened to Alex Manning?'. The sequel, 'Shuttering the Manning House' is due out in Dec. 2013. In Spring 2014 Ms. Scott plans to release 'A Solitary Grave in the Maine Woods' and 'Forgive Me Mattie'.