[2] In 2005, Scott became the first commentator to highlight how Romney changed his positions on both abortion and same-sex marriage during his bid for presidential election.

He lived in Westport, Connecticut and had been working on a third novel, part of a collection of loosely connected short stories.

Scott wrote on subjects ranging from Muhammad Ali to the physician and inventor Willem "Pim" Kolff.

[17] Both had very similar family histories, and are distant cousins; in Scott's words, "it is a classic Mormon arrangement, we share the same great-great-grandfather, but different great-great-grandmothers.

However, Romney's team wanted heavy editorial input into the book, and after a number of consultations and providing drafts[7] to campaign officials such as Romney's chief spokesman campaign chief Eric Fehrnstrom and Beth Myers,[18] Scott ultimately decided he wanted to maintain control and thus the book was published unauthorized.

However Scott did maintain close contacts with some members of the family and campaign, and the book is built from numerous first hand interviews.

[20] His debut novel Closing Circles: Trapped in the Everlasting Mormon Moment, set primarily in Manhattan and its suburb of Westport, Connecticut, was published in 2012.