Brad Scott was raised in the Queensland country region of Wide Bay. His family roots run deep in the township of Bauple. After losing his parents in separate car accidents when he ...view moreBrad Scott was raised in the Queensland country region of Wide Bay. His family roots run deep in the township of Bauple. After losing his parents in separate car accidents when he was twelve and fifteen, he joined the army at the age of seventeen. He married his childhood sweetheart when he was twenty-one and had two children by the time he was twenty-three. After reaching the rank of captain, he changed careers to one of management on the Australian waterfront. After going through the 1998 waterfront dispute, managing several greenfield-construction projects, running his own transport company, running as a political candidate, and being a state manager, he decided to follow his love of philosophy and literature and write his first book. Brad currently resides with his family in Brisbane, Australia.view less