Scott Pratt was an American author and physicist. He was notably known for his contributions to both literature and science.

In his scientific career, after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in physics at the University of Kansas in 1980, Pratt pursued a doctorate in the subject at the University of Minnesota, which he earned in 1985. He began working at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in 1992. Pratt was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011, for seminal contributions to the theory of pion interferometry and the phenomenology of heavy ion collisions.

As an author, Scott Pratt was a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Bestselling Author whose books have sold more than five million copies. Born in South Haven, Michigan, he grew up in Jonesborough, Tennessee. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee. He lived in Johnson City, Tennessee until his tragic, untimely passing in November of 2018.