His clients included famous and successful writers such as Richard S. Prather, Morris West, Norman Mailer, J. G. Ballard, Arthur C. Clarke, P. G. Wodehouse, Ann Rule,[5] Philip K. Dick[5] and Margaret Truman.
The youngest of three children born to Russian Jewish immigrants Harry and Esther Feldman,[6] Scott attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.
During Scott Meredith's career, he innovated many of the basic practices of his field.
[5] In the early 1950s, he employed Milton Lesser and then Evan Hunter.
Other employees included Barry N. Malzberg[14] and Lawrence Block.