Lost Helix

Scott Coon

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BIOGRAPHY
Scott Coon is an award-winning short story writer and former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst.

He served six years, rising to the rank of Sergeant. His service included a tour in Kuwait where he received a First Army Combat Patch and the Joint Service Achievement Award. Now a software developer for a major bank, Scott brings his computer and military experience into his work, along with a sense of spectacle.

His debut novel LOST HELIX, a sci-fi adventure/mystery, is available now. He also contributed "Tangled Fate" to It Came from Her Purse, published by Hiraeth SFF Publishing in 2021. “Satellite Archaeology” is in the Ninth Annual LA NaNoWriMo Anthology, ALIEN GAZE, 2022. Scott's first published story, “Firewall,” appeared in Nth Degree Magazine in 2006. His short "Enduring Winter" was a finalist in the Writers of the Future Awards, won Second Place in the New England SciFi Writers Assn Contest 2016, and was published in Bewildering Stories, Issue 849, March 2020. He has also been published by MOBIUS: The Journal for Social Change and The STEAM Journal at Claremont University.

Scott Coon shares his knowledge of writing with others and helps other creatives do the same. He hosts the Writers of Sherman Oaks Critique Group meetings and National Novel Writing Month write-in events. His YouTube channel and websites provide insights into his work and give advice to writers. His Little Creative Interview series helps to foster learning in the creative community. See his websites for more information.