Linda Greenlaw

Linda Greenlaw,  is America’s only female swordfishing captain. Linda is the author of three New York Times bestselling books about life as a commercial fisherman: The Hungry Ocean (1999), The Lobster Chronicles (2002) and All Fisherman are Liars (2004). She is the winner of the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003, and the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004.   Linda is featured in the hit Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line.

Linda 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.  Linda lives on Isle au Haut, Maine.