ABOUT THE BOOKS
Scott Anthony’s second book, STREET RAISED: The Making of a Criminal, takes readers back to where it all began — the streets of Chicago, where childhood, survival, and circumstance collided.
Long before the cigars, the running, and the life on the edge, there was a kid growing up in an environment that taught him its own rules. A world where loyalty came with a price, toughness was a necessity, and the line between right and wrong could disappear fast.
In STREET RAISED, Scott goes deeper than the headlines and the stories people think they know. He tells the story of how a boy was shaped by his surroundings, the people around him, and the choices he made along the way — tracing the path that would eventually lead him into a life of crime.
No excuses. No glorification. Just an unfiltered look at the making of a criminal — and the forces that shaped him before he ever became one.
Scott doesn’t tell this story from a distance. He lived it. And this time, he takes you back to the beginning.
WORK IN PROGRESS...
Scott Anthony’s first book, Smoke: Confessions of a Cuban Cigar Smuggler, drops readers straight into the Havana underworld — raw, detailed, and unforgettable. But that’s just the beginning.
Encouraged by people close to him, Scott went all in and wrote three more books — laying out his full story, no filters, no masks. Not to brag. Not to glorify. But because it needed to be told. Scott is brutally honest, unapologetically real, and has nothing left to hide. When he speaks, he’s not telling war stories — he’s delivering a street education.
If you think this story is crazy, wait until you read what’s coming next…
Currently putting the finishing touches of my next books, where I share more about my journey of life, with many more true stories you won't believe.
ABOUT SCOTT
Scott Anthony isn’t just another true crime author — he lived it. Born and bred in the streets of Chicago, Scott came up fast and hard, learning the game from the inside. He didn’t just flirt with crime — he made it a career. From drug dealing and violent robberies in the ’80s to high-level Cuban cigar smuggling in the ’90s, his life reads like a movie script… except every word is true.
After fleeing the country to avoid arrest, Scott lived five years on the run — rebuilding his life with fake names, forged papers, and a brain built for survival. Now a husband, father of eight, reformed outlaw, and established businessman, he’s using his past to write the kind of stories mainstream publishing is too scared to touch.
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