Cathleen "Cathy" Scott (born c. 1950) is a '' Los Angeles Times'' bestselling American

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writer and

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who penned the biographies and true crime books ''

The Killing of Tupac Shakur ''The Killing of Tupac Shakur'' is a biographical, true crime account by American journalist and author Cathy Scott of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The book made news upon its September 1997 release, on the first anniversary of Shakur ...

'' and ''

The Murder of Biggie Smalls ''The Murder of Biggie Smalls'' is a non-fiction true crime book by author and journalist Cathy Scott. Published in October 2000 by St. Martin's Press, it covers the March 9, 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in a drive-by shooting. A second ...

'', both bestsellers in the United States and United Kingdom, and was the first to report Shakur's death. She grew up in

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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.

Early life and education

Scott was born in San Diego, California. She attended

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and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the

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in 1990. Scott is the daughter of author Eileen Rose Busby, and James (Jim) Scott, a

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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

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, newspaper in the 1920s), and niece of the late Russian Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim Rose. Her brother is scientist and author J. Michael Scott. Her

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is an antiquarian and appraiser.

Career

Scott wrote poetry as a teenager and worked on the

yearbook during her senior year. Her first full-time newspaper position was as a reporter for the ''Beach & Bay Press'' in Mission Beach and Pacific Beach, in 1987. She also freelanced for the ''Mira Mesa Scripps Ranch Sentinel''. She then became business editor of the '' La Jolla Light'' weekly newspaper after winning a Best of Show journalism award out of 1,200 entries from the San Diego Press Club. She then moved to a daily paper, the ''Vista Press'', in North San Diego County. She left the ''Vista Press'' to string as a correspondent for the Associated Press and ''

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''. While reporting in San Diego, she was a member of the San Diego Press Club. In 1993, she moved to the Mojave Desert as a crime beat reporter for the ''

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'', where she worked until 1998, then freelanced for ''The New York Times'' and

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and wrote true-crime books and biographies. While still at the ''Sun'', in 1997, her first book, ''The Killing of Tupac Shakur'', was released. Huntington Press released the book on the first anniversary of Shakur's death, issuing a 25,000-copy first printing, according to ''

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'', with a second edition released in 2002. ''The Killing of Tupac Shakur'' was number 2 on the ''Los Angeles Times'' bestseller list in paperback nonfiction the week of June 11, 2000. Scott's article, first published in ''

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'' magazine, was included in the 2005 anthology '' Tupac: A Thug Life'', a compilation of national magazine writers released by Plexus Publishing. She contributed to two other anthologies, '' The Big Book of Social Media'' (Yorkshire Publishing 2010) and '' Masters of True Crime'' ( Prometheus Books 2012). Scott has coached writers, including at the Flathead River Writers Conference in Montana and San Diego State University's Writers' Conference. Scott taught journalism and advanced magazine writing for five years at the

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School of Journalism until September 2005, when she traveled to New Orleans as an embedded reporter for Best Friends Animal Society to cover animal rescues in the aftermath of

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for its magazine and website. On her return from Louisiana, she hired on with Best Friends as a staff writer. She sat as the Nevada State Sunshine Chair for ten years, until 2007, and on the

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Sunshine Committee. From 2005 through 2007, Scott wrote a column titled "Crime & Punishment" for the

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''. Her sixth book, ''

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: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned'', with photos by Clay Myers and foreword by actress

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, was a result of Scott's four months on the Gulf Coast writing about the largest rescue of animals in U.S. history. Her seventh book, ''The Rough Guide to True Crime'', a title in the Rough Guides series of books, was released in August 2009 and featured at

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2009. She participated in the 2008 National Book Festival, sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. She was a speaker at the 2011 No More Homeless Pets National Conference. and at the 2012 Vegas Valley Book Festival. In January 2011,

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's 360° blog included Scott in an update on the Tupac and

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cases, quoting her as saying that "the failure to secure the actual scene of the shooting and interview witnesses immediately doomed the investigation." Her work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' when she worked as a ''Times'' correspondent for 11 years and a stringer for Reuters, as well as in ''

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'', '' New York Post'', ''

'' magazine, ''Los Angeles Times'', ''

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,'' ''

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'' and ''Las Vegas Sun''. On KTTV's " Good Day L.A." in March 2013, Scott discussed the verdict against chef David Viens in the disappearance of his wife Dawn. Scott appeared twice on the public-access TV show '' Connie Martinson Talks Books'' in January 2003 to talk about the unsolved killing of

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and her book ''

Murder of a Mafia Daughter ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter: The Life and Tragic Death of Susan Berman'' is a nonfiction book by author and journalist Cathy Scott about the 2000 murder of Susan Berman. ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter'' was first released in hardcover in 2002 by B ...

'' and in November 2000 to discuss rapper

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and the book ''The Murder of Biggie Smalls''. She appeared on three Oxygen network "

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" segments concerning murder cases involving women and on ''

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'' about the Tupac Shakur investigation. In 2010 she appeared in the Discovery Channel's documentary, '' On the Case with Paula Zahn: Death in the Desert'', about the Ted Binion trial. On November 7 and 8, 2015, she appeared on a Fox News special about Robert Durst to discuss details about Berman's relationship with Robert Durst covered in Scott's book ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter''. ''Las Vegas CityLife'' newspaper named Scott's 2003 release, ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter'', "Pick of the Week" in February of that year. In 2011, she wrote the introduction and foreword to military

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Russell Klika's book ''Iraq: Through the Eyes of an American Soldier''. Her eighth book, '' The Millionaire's Wife'', about the 1990 contract murder of businessman George Kogan, was released by

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True Crime Library in March 2012. The book was launched at Scott's former high school library in April 2012. In 2013, ''

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'' reported that Scott was co-writing, with former drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross, his autobiography, released in 2014. The memoir, '' Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography'', was launched at the Eso Won Bookstore in Los Angeles on June 17, 2014, to a standing-room-only crowd. In May 2014, Scott lodged a complaint with

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over a re-created image included in rapper

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's music video "April Showers." The controversy arose after Scott reported to YouTube that no attribution had been given, nor was permission sought for use of an autopsy photo released in Scott's book ''The Killing of Tupac Shakur''. YouTube banned the video.

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, which broke the story, reported that video director Hezues R' and Scott had settled the matter and agreed upon a screen credit at the end of the video. Scott is a contributor to ''

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'', ForbesWoman blog and

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, described by ''

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'' as "a blog worth reading." In March 2015, her book '' Unconditional Honor: Wounded Warriors and Their Dogs'', with photos by Clay Myers and foreword by

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, was released by Globe Pequot Press. Scott co-authored '' The Crime Book'' volume with American crime writers Shanna Hogan,

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, Rebecca Morris and British author Michael Kerrigan, with a foreword for the U.S. edition by Scott and the U.K. edition by author Peter James. It was released in April 2017 in the

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and May 2017 in the

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(

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). In an August 2017 interview with '' Rolling Stone'' magazine, Scott explained the choice of stories for the book: "We tried to include the famous ones, and then some lesser-known. They needed to be from across the world and across the years and across a variety of crimes." Scott appeared in 2018 as a cast member in season 2 of ''The First 48: Marcia Clark Investigates'' in an episode titled "The Spreckels Mansion." Clark scrutinized the death of Rebecca Zahau, whose body was discovered outside the mansion of her boyfriend Jonah Shacknai, which Scott blogged about for ''Forbes''. Author

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called Scott “a star writer in the crowded field of true crime.” Filming in Las Vegas was completed in February 2014 for ''Death in the Desert'', a full-length movie directed and produced by Josh Evans and starring

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, Paz de la Huerta,

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and Stephen Manley, based on Scott's book '' Death in the Desert'' with screenplay by John Steppling.

Awards

*Best Political/Governmental Story (1st Place, ''Beach & Bay Press''), San Diego Press Club, 1989 *News Feature (2nd Place, ''The Vista Press''), Society of Professional Journalists, 1991 *Best of Show (''The Vista Press''), San Diego Press Club, 1992 *Best News Story (1st Place, ''The Vista Press''), San Diego Press Club, 1992 *Feature Story Writing (1st Place, ''The Vista Press''), North San Diego County Press Club, 1992 *Feature Story (2nd Place, ''The Vista Press''), North San Diego County Press Club, 1992 *Best News Story (1st Place, ''The Vista Press''), North San Diego County Press Club, 1992 *Deadline News (2nd Place, ''The Vista Press''), Society of Professional Journalists, 1992 *Spot News (Honorable Mention, ''The Vista Press''), San Diego Press Club, 1992 *Criticism (1st Place, ''San Diego Union-Tribune''), Society of Professional Journalists, 1993 *Best Spot News (2nd Place, ''Las Vegas Sun''), Nevada Press Association, 1996 *Best Spot News Story (3rd Place, ''Las Vegas CityLife''),

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, 2007 *Top 10 Best True Crime Books, ''True Crime Zine'' reader's poll, 2012 *''ForeWord'' magazine's 2013 Book of the Year Awards, True Crime (finalist) *''ForeWord'' magazine's silver award for 2013 Book of the Year in True Crime *Nominated to the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, 2014 *''ForeWord'' magazine's 2014 Book of the Year Awards, True Crime (finalist)

Filmography

Film

* Death in the Desert (film)

Bibliography

Books

Non-fiction

* ''

'' (2014, 2002, 1997, Huntington Press) () * ''

'' (2000, St. Martin's Press) () * '' Death in the Desert: The

Ted Binion Lonnie Theodore Binion (November 28, 1943 – September 17, 1998), or Ted Binion, was a wealthy American gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Benny Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe. Ted Binion's death has be ...

Homicide Case'' (2012, 2000) () * '' Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters'' (2000, Regina Orthodox Press) () * ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter: The Life and Tragic Death of

'' (2002,

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) () * '' Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned'' (2008) () * ''The Rough Guide to True Crime'' (2009,

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) () * ''The Millionaire's Wife'' (2012, St. Martin's Press True Crime Library) () * ''Murder in Beverly Hills'' (2013, AuthorHouse) () * '' Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography'' (co-author) (2014, Freeway Studios) () * ''Hot Blooded, Cold Crime'' (2014, Crime Rant Classic) () * ''Unconditional Honor: Wounded Warriors and Their Dogs'' (2015, Globe Pequot Press) () * ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter: The Story Behind Suspicions Robert Durst Murdered Susan Berman'' (2015 2nd ed, Barricade Books) () * ''Murder of a Mafia Daughter: Robert Durst and Susan Berman: The Shocking Inside Story'' (2022 3rd anniversary ed., Crime, She Writes) () * '' The Crime Book'' (co-authored) (2017,

) () * ''The Murder of Biggie Smalls'' (2021 2nd ed., Crime, She Writes) ()

Anthologies (contributor)

* ''Tupac: A Thug Life'' (2005, Plexus Publishing) () * '' The Big Book of Social Media: Case Studies, Stories, Perspectives'' (2010, Yorkshire Publishing) () * '' Masters of True Crime: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre'' (2012, Prometheus Books) () * ''The Mob: Inside the Brutal World of the Mafia'' (2017, TIME-LIFE Books)()

Magazines

Fiction

* Crime mystery series (2013, ''The Social Media Monthly'' magazine)

Personal life

She was married to Raymond Somers, with whom she has a son, Raymond Somers Jr. She lives in Julian, California, a mountain town in San Diego County.

References

External links

Cathy Scott Official Site
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St. Martin's Press author bio

Amazon author page

Member, Authors Guild

Writer's Digest, Oct. 2002

* ttp://www.vegasvalleybookfest.org/writers/ Vegas Valley Book Festival
truTV Crime Library citation, "Life After Death," by Anthony Bruno for Hip Hop Homicide section

WorldCat bibliography

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