Scarlet grew up in the Milwaukee area and has been writing since she was twelve years old. She attended UW Oshkosh, where she studied literature, art, and anthropology, eventually realizing it would be much easier to write a novel about an archaeologist than it would be to become one herself.
In her free time, she studies Aikido, teaches herself to play guitar, and works on writing projects in whatever genre she feels like that day, among other hobbies and interests.