Scott Blackburn is an English instructor and a 2017 graduate of the Mountainview MFA program. His debut novel, It Dies with You, released on June 7, 2022 and will release in Germany in 2024. Scott has also contributed to publications such as Crime Reads, Criminal Element, Mystery Tribune, and Shotgun Honey. He has been a featured speaker at conferences, universities, and young writer camps.

Scott lives in High Point, North Carolina with his wife and two children.


“Fans of Michael Farris Smith, David Joy, Daniel Woodrell, and Chris Offutt, this is the new writer you've been waiting for." - Wiley Cash, NY Times bestselling author of When Ghosts Come Home