S. Scott Jones

Many would describe me as a septuagenarian and that’s true. I am a seventy-two-year-old mother of two, grandmother of two, and a retired RN. I live in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with my daughter and her two sons, and my first fiction is about to be published. To say I am ecstatic would be understated. I am utterly overjoyed!

Reading has always been a passion of mine. I have been on many journeys in my life within the pages of a book and I have enjoyed several genres of books. Mainly, I have enjoyed classics, romances, historical romances, and crime fictions. My favorite author today is John Grisham. I collect his books.

Over thirty years ago, it occurred to me that there were not many black fiction books on the shelves of bookstores. So, I decided to write a fiction. That very day I started to think of a storyline and I jotted it down on a piece of paper. That’s when my characters started to come to life. Over time I would pick it up, write some, and put it down.

A few years ago, my daughter became a publisher. (She has her own story about how she became a publisher.) One day she told me to finish my book and she would publish it. I got busy. My book, “Winter’s Courage, is now published!