[close] Aurelia C. Scott lives in Portland, Maine with her husband and three bypass pruners. She grows roses and other flowering plants within sight of Casco Bay, and writes for Cottage Living, Garden Design, Fine Gardening, Down East, and the New York Times among other publications. As Historical Editor for Garden Compass Magazine, she writes profiles of the luminaries of yesteryear's plant world. And as Contributing Editor for AudioFile Magazine, she gets to listen to so many audiobooks that her ears turn numb.

Aurelia is the winner of a number of writing awards, including the Writer's Digest Grand Prize. (She also won ninth grade history and science prizes, an accomplishment that went immediately to her head.)

Aurelia speaks frequently on writing and the natural world. She also serves as Vice President of the Board of Portland Trails, a local urban land trust, and as a Master Gardener." [close]