Ronald B. Scott

Ronald Bruce Scott (R.B. Scott) is an American journalist and author. His biography of Republican presidential candidate Willard Mitt Romney --"Mitt Romney: An inside look at the man and his politics"-- was published in November 2011 by the Lyons Press imprint of Globe Pequot Press in Guilford, CT. The biography has received significant media attention and, in the process, Scott became a regular commentator on the 2012 Presidential Elections in The United States. He is a frequent contributor to the "Cognoscenti" at WBUR, Boston Public Radio and daily newspapers.

Scott's first novel -- "Closing Circles: Trapped in the Everlasting Mormon Moment"-- was released in late January 2012 by Gray Dog Press in Spokane, Washington.

In February 2019, Scott's second novel -- The Mending-- was published by Austin Macauley Publishers of London and New York City.

The working titles of the remaining loosely-related works are: "Playing Peganfield: A girl, her father and the rub of the green;" "Prince of New England, Lord of Star Valley," and "Leaving West Perish."

Born in Salt Lake City (October 4, 1945), the eldest of eight children, Scott studied journalism at the University of Utah while working as a reporter for both of the city's daily newspapers, "The Salt Lake Tribune" and "The Deseret News." He briefly joined United Press International in 1970 before accepting a position with Time, Inc. in New York City, where he reported and wrote for all of its magazines "Time," "Sports Illustrated," "Life" and "Money" and was part of the small start-up editorial team that founded successful People Magazine in 1974. Except for a five-year sojourn in San Francisco, he has lived in New England ever since, currently, in Westport, Connecticut.