Ken Scholes (born Jan 13, 1968) is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in St. Helens, Oregon. He refers to himself as "trailer boy," a reference to his childhood home.<br/>His short story Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled won 3rd place in the 4th quarter of the 2005 Writers of the Future contest.<br/>His first novel, Lamentation, was published on Feb 17, 2009. Based on a previous short story entitled Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise, it is the first of five in the Psalms of Isaak saga.