Stephen M. Millett

Stephen M. Millett, Ph.D., FSAScot, has explored Scotland 10 times since 1969. Since earning his doctorate in American and European history at The Ohio State University, he has taught history at four institutions of higher education in the U.S. He became active in the Scottish American community in the 1980s, resulting in his being elected as president of the Mid-Ohio Scottish Heritage Society and as a Fellow in the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in Edinburgh. He was awarded life membership in the Clan MacDougal Society of North America for his paper "The Heirs of Somerled," which is presently being enlarged as a monograph. During the 1990s, he edited and published the magazine "U.S. Scots." He has had published 10 books, including "The Scottish Settlers of America," as well as three previous novels. Having retired from Battelle, he continues to live in Columbus with his wife Sherry. They have four daughters and five grandchildren.