Howard Scott was born in southwestern Ontario and migrated to Quebec in 1975. His translation of L’Euguélionne by Louky Bersianik won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 1997. He has translated many poetry, fiction, and non-fiction titles, often in collaboration with Phyllis Aronoff. In 2001, they won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Translation Award and in 2009 they were shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. He is a past president of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada. He currently lives in Montreal.