Scott Sturgis has been editing, designing, and writing for daily newspapers since 1989. He currently works full-time as a news editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, a position he's had since 2002. 

Sturgis has also been writing the Driver’s Seat column since January 2011, and it’s appeared regularly in The Philadelphia Inquirer for most of that time, and in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for many years as well. He's also covered the automotive industry for The New York Times and The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.

Sturgis taught English composition and literature for seven years at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn State University in 1991 with a bachelor of arts in journalism and a psychology minor. He's a married father of four, who likes to work around the house and garden in his spare time, and has a houseful of dogs and cats.