Over the last forty years, Stuart Woods has written more than ninety novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots are masterfully conceived and wonderfully escapist.
What many readers don't know is that Woods's very own life was filled with similar stories of adventure. Born in Georgia, Woods worked in advertising in New York, served in the US Air Force, and had a short stint as an advance man. At the age of 37, he found himself in a transatlantic sailing race, and pursued writing as a full-time career shortly thereafter. Along the way, Woods has lived all over the world, from New York to London, Santa Fe to Ireland. Incorporating his iconic sailing memoir Blue Water, Green Skipper, this is the story of a life well-lived, and a special inside look into the beloved author's many exploits.
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Newspaper columnist, former radio playwright, Booklist's ''most prolific reviewer of adult fiction and nonfiction.'' Bookseller. I wanna be a paperback writer.
Stuart Woods, author of the Stone Barrington novels (among other books), passed away earlier this month, shortly after the publication of his memoir An Extravagant Life. It's an interesting book, more a sailor's story than a novelist's, and if you're a fan I urge you to read it.