MacKenzie Scott's Second Act: Novelist by Day, Philanthropist by Night MacKenzie Scott's sudden reappearance in the literary world has sparked curiosity about the lives of the ultrarich and their multiple pursuits.
The former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced her return to fiction writing with an 80,000 word novel, serially released over August, alongside her ongoing philanthropic efforts.
Scott's literary credentials are impressive: she studied creative writing at Princeton under Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who praised her as one of her best students.