About Us

In October of 2014, Scott had a dream. Not a dream of starting a business or of publishing anything, but a vivid dream of thieves and tall buildings. He wrote down the details that would become Her Violet Empire.

In September of 2017, Scott played in an exhibition hockey game at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, and ended up in the ER with a badly broken ankle. Unable to walk or drive for the next two months, he wrote the bulk of his first book.

Scott and his mom, Susie, begin talking about turning her childhood stories of a young life lived abroad into a young readers story. Work begins on the first of Susie's Adventures.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, Scott finally finished Her Violet Empire and began editing in earnest. Beta reads were extremely promising and the thought of actually publishing took root.

By early December 2021, it was on. Scott's personal site, https://www.scottalexanderclark.com went live, and the works were set in motion.

Final editing on Her Violet Empire was completed, and the first notions of a publishing imprint were started. Unfortunately, on 6 Jan, Scott's cat Max passed away, and the name Maximum Cat was added.

Maximum Cat Press was born and became a licensed business in Sumner County, Tennessee.

maximumcatpress.com goes live! Her Violet Empire released on April 5th.

Her Violet Empire was entered into a book contest. On September 1, 2022, Scott was named Twin Tales Publishing's 2022 Indie Author of the Year.

Scott relaunches his first book as The Duchess and the Accidental Thief - Her Violet Empire: Book 1 on November 7th.

The second book in the Her Violet Empire series is already in progress. Susie's Adventures are underway, and a true children's book or series based on the character of Vernon is being researched. All of these are planned to be published through Maximum Cat Press!