Trevor Scott is the best selling author of more than sixty-five mystery/thriller novels in the Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller Series, the Karl Adams Series, and the Max Kane Series. He has sold more than a million copies of his books in a number of languages. He earned a master's in creative writing from Northern Michigan University, and a bachelor's in writing from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He served in the U.S. Navy as an ordnanceman on the flight deck of aircraft carriers, and as an officer in the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the first Gulf War, where he retired as a captain. He has traveled to more than 100 countries, all seven continents, and he currently resides in Nevada.

Trevor Scott is the pen name of Captain Scott Schmidt. His civilian awards include Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and NRA Sharpshooter. His military honors include the  Air Force Commendation Medal (oak leaf cluster), Air Force Achievement Medal, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with two devices), Small Arms Expert Rifle, and Germany Army Schutzenschnur (Silver).

Scott grew up with eight siblings in Carlton, Minnesota, a small town near Duluth.