Scott Anderson studied creative writing as an undergraduate at The University of Iowa and also at Goddard College in Vermont. His short fiction has appeared in Burst, Word Riot, Cell Stories 2010, Marco Polo, Otis Nebula, Crack The Spine, Sleet Magazine, Fuck Fiction, and The Lowestoft Chronicle. His first novel The Carnivore of Yod was a long list mention in the 2012 Big Moose Prize administered by Black Lawrence Press.