About the Author

The author of seven books of nonfiction including the just published A Delicious Country (2019), Scott Huler has written on everything from the death penalty to bikini waxing, from NASCAR racing to the stealth bomber, for such newspapers as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Los Angeles Times and such magazines as Backpacker, Fortune, and ESPN. His award-winning radio work has been heard on "All Things Considered" and "Day to Day" on National Public Radio and on "Marketplace" and "Splendid Table" on American Public Media. He has been a staff writer for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Raleigh News & Observer and a staff reporter and producer for Nashville Public Radio. He was the founding and managing editor of the Nashville City Paper. He has taught at such colleges as Berry College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His books have been translated into five languages. You can find his Muckrack page here.

He was a 2002-2003 Knight-Wallace Fellow at Michigan, 2011 Piedmont Laureate in creative nonfiction, and a 2014-2015 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Awards he has won include Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards, Tennessee AP Broadcasters Association Awards, and most recently a 2020 CASE Circle of Excellence Award.

He currently works as the senior writer at Duke Magazine and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, the writer June Spence, and their two sons.

Reviews

​"It may be the best presentation of racing I've come across."--Bob Latford "The Inside Line"

"[Huler's] eye for detail - of the mechanical and of the human element - is moving and delightful."--Gerald Martin "Racer Magazine"

"A fast-paced, 48-hours documentary-style look at the real world of racing.... Huler brings the business as well as the heart and soul of the NASCAR race team to life in fascinating detail and refreshing accuracy."--Claire B. Lang "NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated"

"A great job of capturing the entire aspect of what NASCAR is like - from the fans, drivers, pit crews, the whole gamut."--Bob Jenkins "ESPN"

"A wonderful book, accurate and insightful, ... beautifully crafted.... The book truly is terrific."-- "The Huntsville Times"

"Huler is a master at painting a picture with words. ... This book should be required reading for every race fan. ... A winner."-- "Frontstretch.com "

"Most of the books currently being written about NASCAR are of the coffee-table variety, and most glorify the sport. Fine. There is a place for that. There also is a place for unfettered observation and independent analysis of a sport that is growing so fast that few have the time to understand why. A Raleigh writer named Scott Huler has broken new ground with A Little Bit Sideways.... Huler wrestles with the sport's uniqueness better than most.... Huler also has a welcome attention to detail."--Monte Dutton "Gaston Gazette"

"One writer may finally have captured the essence of stock-car racing, demystifying the grown-up groupie mentality that the roaring sport inspires."--Michael Skube "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"