Cathy Scott
| Cathy Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cathleen Scott 1950s San Diego, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Redlands (1990); Grossmont Community College (1970) |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, lecturer |
| Agent | Mendel Media Group |
| Notable credit(s) | Correspondent, New York Times Guest CNN, NPR and MTV Speaker, National Book Festival Silver Award, ForeWord's Books of the Year |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | Raymond Somers Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Eileen Rose Busby and James (Jim) Scott |
| Relatives | J. Michael Scott (brother), Seraphim Rose (uncle), Esther Rose (grandmother) |
| Website | cathyscott.com |
Cathleen "Cathy" Scott (born 1950s in San Diego, California) is a Los Angeles Times bestselling American true-crime writer and investigative journalist best known for penning the biographies and true crime books The Killing of Tupac Shakur and The Murder of Biggie Smalls, both bestsellers in the United States and United Kingdom. She grew up in La Mesa, California and later moved to Mission Beach, California, where she was a single parent to a son, Raymond Somers Jr. Her hip-hop books are based on the drive-by shootings that killed the rappers six months apart in the midst of what has been called the West Coast-East Coast war. Each book is dedicated to the rappers' mothers.
Scott attended Helix High School in La Mesa, California, Grossmont Community College and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Redlands in 1990.
Scott is the daughter of the late author Eileen Rose Busby, and the late James (Jim) Scott, a Senior Olympics winner who helped pioneer and develop the game of racquetball. She is the granddaughter of California artist Esther Rose and Frank Rose (a sports writer at the Two Harbors, Minnesota, newspaper in the 1920s), and niece of the late Russian Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim Rose. Her brother is scientist and author J. Michael Scott. Her twin sister is antique store owner Cordelia Mendoza.
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