Scott Neil is an author and journalist. He was born and brought up in the United Kingdom and is best known as the author of Lennon Bermuda, a non-fiction account of John Lennon’s stay on the island of Bermuda in 1980.[1]
As a newspaper journalist in England he worked on local and regional titles, including the Bournemouth Daily Echo and the Basingstoke Gazette.[2]
He spent 16 years at The Royal Gazette, Bermuda’s national daily newspaper. During this time he wrote Lennon Bermuda, the novel Dolphin Girl and Eating Clouds, a collection of journalism and memoirs.[3]
Since 2021 he has lived in the hamlet of Inveran in the Scottish Highlands, where he wrote the science-fiction novella The Bird at the End of Time.[2]
Education
Neil studied journalism at Barnsley College; The Editorial Centre, in St Leonards on Sea, and Los Angeles Pierce College for a semester, where he was a recipient of the Scheibel Award from the media arts department.[4]
Awards
In recognition of Lennon Bermuda, Neil was awarded a Crystal Butterfly/Daniel Literary Award by Atlantic Publishing House for outstanding contribution to Bermuda literature.[6]
The Bird at the End of Time was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards[7] and the IAN Book of the Year Awards.
As a journalist, Neil was awarded the News Reporter of the Year Award (Northern region) by Southern Newspapers (UK) in 1998.[4]
Bibliography
Neil is the author of two non-fiction books, one novel and one novella.
Non-fiction
- Eating Clouds (2008)
- Lennon Bermuda (2012)
Novel
Novella
- The Bird at the End of Time (2022)
References
Acton, Nancy (2008-12-02). "GOING PLACES". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
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