Michael J. Tougias


Michael J. Tougias is a writer who was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts in 1955. He writes about maritime, travel, and adventure topics.

Career

Michael J. Tougias is a N.Y. Times Bestselling author of 25 books.
An avid fisherman, Tougias became a self-syndicated outdoors writer in 1990. At the time he was also managing a division of a major insurance company. He published the first of 25 books in 1998.
He travels to more than 100 small and large speaking engagements a year to discuss his books and other topics, including "Survival Stories," lessons learned from those who were shipwrecked. U.S. Coast Guardsmen and sailors are frequent audiences; Tougias' last six books have been accounts of historic sea rescues by the Coast Guard, often in the Gulf Stream.
His book The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue, co-authored with Casey Sherman, was adapted as a Disney film by the same name, released in 2016.
Tougias is a frequent guest on NPR programs, The Weather Channel, Fox & Friends, 20/20, and national talk shows.

Education

He attended Boston College and graduated from Saint Michael's College in Vermont in 1977.

Personal life

He lives in Massachusetts and Florida.
He has a daughter, Kristin, with whom he wrote a memoir entitled The Cringe Chronicles.

Works

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