S. Scott, a native of Marblehead, Massachusetts was once employed by Disneyland as a magician in Merlins Magic Shop, and has been a kindergarten and Special Education teacher. She is the founder of the Quaint Corner Childrens Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Alameda, California. In addition to Cheerful Abeyance, she has published five other books of poetry, From Sage To Song, Water Table, Voyage From a Lady Slipper, I Am a Superfluous Woman, and Daybreak; a novel, Legacy of Zig, and a trilogy of novelettes, Maggoty; all of which are available on major internet bookseller sites.