Scott Nettleton lives in Eastern Kentucky where he values his privacy.

He believes in the old maxim “write what you know,” which has limited the content of his books to lutherie, blacksmithing, gardening, computer programming, network engineering, business, investing, cooking, classic literature, lockpicking, fighting, theology, eschatology, apologetics, world religions, farming, auto repair, world history, beekeeping, homesteading, orienteering, bushcrafting, homebrewing, travel, lapidary, firearms, survival, music, economics, leathercraft, first aid, poetry, biblical archaeology, urban legends and conspiracy theories, colonial homesteading, passable Spanish and much less Japanese.

He also enjoys long walks on the beach.