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Linda Greenlaw

Biography

Linda Greenlaw

Linda Greenlaw, America’s only female swordfishing captain, is the author of five bestselling nonfiction books about life as a commercial fisherman: THE HUNGRY OCEAN, THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES, ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS, SEAWORTHY and LIFESAVING LESSONS, as well as the Jane Bunker mysteries: SLIPKNOT, FISHERMAN'S BEND, SHIVER HITCH and BIMINI TWISTShe has also authored two cookbooks with her mother, Martha Greenlaw: RECIPES FROM A VERY SMALL ISLAND and THE MAINE SUMMERS COOKBOOK.

She is the winner of the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003, and the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004. Time magazine called her 2005 RECIPES FROM A VERY SMALL ISLAND, co-authored with her mother Martha Greenlaw, a “must-have cookbook."

Linda is featured in the hit Discovery Channel series "Swords: Life on the Line."

Greenlaw first came to the public’s attention in Sebastian Junger’s THE PERFECT STORM, where Junger called her “one of the best captains...on the entire east coast.” She’s also been featured on "Good Morning America," "Today," "CBS Sunday Morning," "The Martha Stewart Show" and National Public Radio.

She splits her time between Isle au Haut, Maine, and Surry, Maine, with her husband, boatbuilder Steve Wessel.

Linda Greenlaw

Books by Linda Greenlaw

by Linda Greenlaw - Fiction, Mystery

In BIMINI TWIST, part-time deputy sheriff Jane Bunker takes on a missing person case --- a young woman working at the Bar Harbor Inn has disappeared. The Inn employs foreign exchange students from all over the world during the busy summer season, and the missing Bianca Chiriac is one of them. When it becomes clear that Bianca isn’t just sleeping off a late-night party, Jane is plunged into the underbelly of the resort town, and must find the missing woman before the worst happens.

by Linda Greenlaw - Fiction, Mystery

When Jane Bunker is called to assess the damages from a house fire, she also finds a badly burned body in the charred rubble, and it turns out that the victim is the owner of the house, a wealthy woman who just happens to be one of the most hated women in town. As Jane investigates further, she becomes embroiled in a plot as thick as New England clam chowder. On top of trying to find what might be a murderer on the loose, Jane is still living with her bonkers landlords, the Vickersons, who are delighted when Jane finds out that her brother Wally (who has Down’s syndrome) is going to move in with them, after losing his assisted living arrangement. It’s all Jane can do to keep all the moving pieces together, much less figure out who would want to burn someone alive --- and why.

by Linda Greenlaw - Nonfiction

Through hard work and determination, Linda Greenlaw had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off the coast of Maine. Then came Mariah, a troubled 15-year-old who arrives on the island to stay with her uncle. But when it is revealed that Mariah has suffered terrible abuse at his hands, the island comes together to rescue the teenager from further harm. The residents nominate Linda, who is not exactly the picture of maternal warmth, to be Mariah’s guardian.

by Linda Greenlaw - Fiction, Mystery

In her bestselling nonfiction book ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS, Linda Greenlaw confessed a desire to write fiction -- and readers responded with an enthusiastic “Please do!” At last, she satisfies their hunger with this sharp-witted, compulsively readable mystery, the first in a series featuring marine investigator Jane Bunker.