Scott Garland was born and raised in Pasadena, CA. He is a graduate of Art Center College of Design and for over 40 years has worked as a graphic designer at his studio in Monrovia, CA. In November of 1984, while working on a Christmas play at church, the ladder Scott was on slipped, and he fell 18 feet onto a gymnasium floor. He was instantly paralyzed and has been a quadriplegic in a wheelchair ever since.  Engaged to be married at the time of the accident, his fiancé, Karen, never left his side and at the printing of this book they will have celebrated 39 years of marriage.