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Scott Carson (aka Michael Koryta)

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Scott Carson is the pseudonym of Michael Koryta, a New York Times bestselling author whose work has been translated into more than twenty languages, adapted into major motion pictures, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A former private investigator and reporter, his writing has been praised by Stephen King, Michael Connelly, and Dean Koontz, among many others. Raised in Bloomington, Indiana, he now lives in Indiana and Maine.

Oct. 1, 2025

Scott Carson - DEPARTURE 37

In this interview, I chat with Scott Carson about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Departure 37 , categorizing this book, his pseudonym and how it came about, how the rhetoric around AI parallels that of the nuclear arms race, tying his timelines toge...