Jack Denton Scott

{{Short description|American author}}

Jack Denton Scott (1915 - 1995) was an American author who contributed to Reader's Digest for thirty years.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/06/obituaries/jack-denton-scott-cookbook-author-and-novelist-79.html |title=Jack Denton Scott, Cookbook Author And Novelist, 79 - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=1995-01-06 |accessdate=2021-09-11}}

Born in Elkins, West Virginia, Scott started writing at the age of 16. He studied literature at Columbia University and University of Oxford.

He also worked as a war correspondent for an army newspaper.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/239053 |title=Jack Denton Scott | American Air Museum in Britain |publisher=Americanairmuseum.com |date= |accessdate=2021-09-11}} He also worked as the dogs editor for Field & Stream.