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Scott Gummer
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Scott Gummer

Scott Gummer is the author of two books, The Seventh at St. Andrews and Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine, and has contributed to over forty magazines including Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Travel + Leisure and more. He lives with his wife... Read full bio

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A. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." —Francis Bacon
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My life in 8 words: "Parent, work, sleep, bathe, parent, work, sleep, repeat."
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Parents Behaving Badly will be released on April 10, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Parents Behaving Badly will be released on April 12, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
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Parents Behaving Badly is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." —Francis Bacon Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. "There is a school of thought..." Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. dental work Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. One full day when work never creeps into my mind Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. a puppy in a loving home Learn more about Scott Gummer

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Washington Post, July 12, 2011
...first title, Parents Behaving Badly (Touchstone, $23), pretty much says it all. In his debut novel, magazine writer Scott Gummer lifts the cap off Little League to reveal a teeming mass of bellowed epithets, thwarted ambition, underhanded double-dealing...
Inside Bay Area, June 2, 2011
...author Nafisa Haji examines the Christian-Muslim divide in the novel "The Sweetness of Tears" (William Morrow, $14.99); Scott Gummer sends up youth sports -- and the overzealous parents who ruin them -- in "Parents Behaving Badly" (Touchstone, $23)....
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook, June 13, 2011
...The irresistibly continual flow of the book called for an all-nighter. No less fascinating is Parents Behaving Badly, Scott Gummer's debut novel. It's wickedly funny, making fun of parents who take little league sports way too seriously that they are...