Scott Atkinson is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Writer's Digest, and many other publications. Scott cut his teeth in journalism in Flint, Michigan, where he's explored everything from dying factory bars to cemeteries holding the remains of long-lost orphans. Atkinson is the editor of Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology from Belt Publishing and teaches writing and journalism at The University of Michigan-Flint and Michigan State University.