Scott LaPlante was born in Escanaba, Michigan and spent his early years there. He then went on to study at the Northland Baptist Bible College in Pennsylvania before relocating to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania to live. In his spare time, Scott likes to fish, bike, cross-country ski as well as scuba diving. He also enjoys listening to jazz as well as reading the novels of John Grisham and inspirational writer Robert Fulghum.