Out 'N About - Scott Pratt

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uthor Scott Pratt has written himself a true friend. Part autobiographical and part alter ego, attorney Joe Dillard is the central character in Pratt’s popular series of novels that commenced with An Innocent Client.

Reasonable Fear, the fourth book in the Dillard series, is now available at Amazon.com – both in trade paperback and for the Kindle™ electronic reader – and locally at Mr. K’s on North Roan Street in Johnson City. Dillard has been good to Pratt, as the author now basks in the warm success of well over 100,000 books sold worldwide in five languages, award nominations and enthusiastic praise from reviewers and fellow writers. Though it is only a few weeks into the release cycle, already hundreds of readers are buying the new book and Pratt says it is very gratifying to know that there are so many people who want to spend their time with his stories and characters. “That is a feeling so special that it is hard to describe. To know there are people who want to read what you write, and who enjoy what you’ve created. Sometimes you catch yourself being surprised all over again, and happily so,” Pratt said. The Dillard series highlights the trials and battles, both personal and professional, of an East Tennessee attorney who struggles to maintain his equilibrium and decency as he confronts the insidious corrosion of greed, graft and indifference on his beloved legal profession. Pratt’s many years as an attorney prove an invaluable asset, and his cleverly crafted characters frame the stage for a rarely seen, in-depth look at the American legal system.

The story “I wanted to write a story that explores the fine line between legal and right and take it to an extreme. That theme has become a recurring part of my work. It’s something I don’t consciously think of when I begin a novel, but I seem to want to explore it because it keeps coming up,” (Continued on Page Two)


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