Scott William Clemens has a Masters in English Literature from U.C. Riverside. During a long career as a newspaper columnist, writer, and magazine editor, he visited 29 countries, tasted more than 100,000 wines, published more that 13,000 wine reviews, and wrote more than 500 articles on wine, food, and travel. His photographs have graced the covers of dozens of magazines and books, and illustrated hundreds of articles. He was the publisher of Epicurean magazine and its successor Epicurean-Traveler.com. For the past decade he has concentrated on fiction, authoring the novels With Artistic License; Time Management, a novel; and Kindle Scout winner Evelyn Marsh.