About Scott

Hello, and thanks for visiting scottcahan.com. I am a Christian author/illustrator whose personal mission is to create science fiction and fantasy stories that are fun, exciting, and other-worldly. At the same time, my books communicate some of the truth and beauty of the God of the Universe. I am both a follower of Jesus Christ AND a science fiction nerd. I see no reason why those two parts of my personality should remain separate. In fact, I think God has called me to combine my faith with my imagination and make some really awesome stories. I write the kinds of books I enjoy reading. My favorites include The Hobbit by JR Tolkien, The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. As you can see, many of my favorites are not written for a Christian audience, yet they are influences nonetheless. My goal is to write stories that are as compelling and edge-of-your-seat exciting as any of these books and many more, yet communicate something about the truth of who God really is, according to the Bible. You won’t find preachy books with a hidden agenda coming from my brain. Only fantastical stories with truth naturally baked into the plot. . . . . . . . . . Also, as an important side note, three of the titles mentioned above are NOT family friendly. I do not recommend them for younger readers. However, my books are all family-friendly. In my science fiction novels you will find danger and off-camera violence, but you will not find in-your-face violence, sex, sexual innuendo, anti-God language, or offensive language.

BOOKS FOR KIDS – I wrote my Glazed Man & Rat Girl books when my kids were younger. I remember reading lots of great young-reader books to my kids and being inspired to create my own characters. I’m not exactly sure how I ended up with my two goofy superheroes as the main characters, but it probably had something to do with wanting to make my readers laugh, coupled with my lifelong fascination with superheroes. My Glazed Man & Rat Girl books are chapter books with lots of illustrations, drawn by me. Both books are targeted at kids 8 to 13 years old. 

Books For Young Adults – By the time I finished with the second GM & RG book, my kids were all around high school age, and I was ready to write something different. So, I tried my hand at writing science fiction targeted at a young adult audience. I left out the illustrations and focused all of my efforts on writing a compelling, character-driven story with lots of sci-fi tension. The result was Caged Animals, the story of a group of high school students who are kidnapped by aliens and carried away to another planet. As I got into the writing of Caged Animals, I realized to do their story justice I had to make it into two books. In adding a second volume to their story called Escaped Animals, I was able to show a more realistic portrayal of what the characters would go through if something like that had really happened. I’m also proud to point out that the covers for both books are my original designs.

A Stand Alone – For my next book, I was going for something that would be flat-out fun to read for anyone with the kind of sci-fi nerdy tastes that I have. As I often do, I envisioned the whole thing as a movie and wrote scenes that I thought would make for great cinema. I still feel like Crash Planet could be a blockbuster if the right director got hold of it with a good budget. I can always dream. The feedback I’ve gotten from readers is that even if it never goes to Hollywood, I’ve at least succeeded in writing a fantastic book. The simplest way to describe Crash Planet is as a 3-way marriage between Star Wars, King Kong, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

SCOTT CAHAN

Contact me at scottcahan@gmail.com