In Stephen King’s novel Lisey’s Story, Lisey’s deceased novelist husband is named Scott.
Scott Landon was a celebrated novelist whose death leaves his wife, Lisey Debusher Landon, sorting through his papers and memories. The novel follows Lisey as she confronts both the painful history of their marriage and a dangerous figure from Scott’s past.
Scott’s childhood included experiences connected to a parallel world called Boo’ya Moon. That setting is important to the novel’s supernatural mythology and to the private language Scott and Lisey shared.
The title emphasizes Lisey’s perspective rather than presenting the book as a conventional biography of Scott. Readers sometimes remember Scott only as a fictional author, but the novel makes his writing career and his relationship with Lisey central to the plot.