Author

Scott Carson

5 books, mostly suspense, for Simon & Schuster Audio and Avon, 2020–2025

Scott Carson is the pen name of Michael Koryta, a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, Koryta began publishing crime fiction in his early twenties and has since written internationally translated novels spanning crime, suspense, and supernatural fiction. Under the Scott Carson name, he focuses primarily on eerie supernatural thrillers and horror novels, including The Chill, Where They Wait, Lost Man’s Lane, and Departure 37.