About the author

Scott Pettifer is an author, systems thinker, and cultural provocateur whose work spans genres but shares one clear purpose: to challenge what we take for granted and offer something better.

His writing ranges from powerful climate fiction (The Stilling), to psychological truth-telling (It Stops With Us), to dismantling structural illusions in politics (Beyond the Vote), food (Real Food Matters), belief (Beyond Belief), and care (Beyond Help). He is also the creator of emotionally grounded children’s stories that speak to difference, courage, and kindness.

Scott’s work does not sit within categories, it builds bridges between them. He writes with sharp emotional clarity, without academic drift or performance. Whether it’s exposing how democracy really functions, tracing trauma through generations, or asking why we eat food that harms us, he brings honesty, structure, and emotional resonance to every page.

He is known for saying what most people are afraid to. But he never says it for shock. He says it because he means it and because someone needs to.

His Beyond series has been described as “a structural x-ray of the modern world.” His fiction is praised for being “brutal and unflinching, but quietly human.” His children’s writing carries the same message as his nonfiction: that truth, when spoken with care, changes things.

Scott was born in the UK and continues to develop new work across books, systems, and cultural storytelling. His writing is direct. His voice is unmistakable. And his mission is simple: tell the truth. Then build something better.