Scott McDermott grew up in Switzerland, backpacked through the American West, and trekked the Himalayas before spending the last 20 years as a commercial photographer and filmmaker. Having photographed many of the most creative minds in Hollywood, the music industry, and government, Scott also produced the Scar Stories portrait series and the highly acclaimed "Mandela Day project, capturing the hands and faces of those who support Nelson Mandela's message. Recently he started writing childrens fiction, inspired by the stories he made up to tell his own children.