MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS writes about maritime, travel, and adventure topics. He is a New York Times bestselling author of thirty books for adults and eight for young readers in his “True Rescue” series. Some of his books include There’s a Porcupine in My Outhouse (winner of the Independent Publishers “Best Nature Book of the Year”), A Storm Too Soon, ExtremeSurvival, and The Finest Hours (the inspiration for a 2016 Disney movie of the same name). Tougias is a frequent guest on NPR programs, the Weather Channel, Fox & Friends, 20/20, and national talk shows. He lives in Massachusetts and Florida.
ADAM GAMBLE conceived, wrote or cowrote, and supervised the production of more than 300 titles in the “Good Night Books” series for preschoolers. The series has sold more than nine million copies worldwide, Gamble is also the author of In the Footsteps of Thoreau (1997), coauthor of APublic Betrayed (2004), and coauthor of a volume of poetry entitled Under the Table (1993). He is the founder and publisher of Good Night Books, LLC (since 2005), and of On Cape Publications, Inc.