Michael J. Tougias

Michael J. Tougias

Author Michael J. Tougias
Occupation writer
Alma mater Boston College, Saint Michael's College
Subject travel, adventure, United States Coast Guard
Website
http://www.michaeltougias.com/

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

Education

He attended Boston College (1973–74) and graduated from Saint Michael's College in Vermont in 1977.

Personal life

He lives in Massachusetts.[1]

He has a daughter, Kristin, with whom he wrote a memoir entitled The Cringe Chronicles.[2]

Career

An avid fisherman, Tougias became a self-syndicated outdoors writer in 1990 while 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. Coast Guardsmen and sailors are frequent audiences as Tougias' last six books have been true-life sea rescues by the Coast Guard, often in the Gulf Stream.[3]

His co-authored book The Finest Hours was released as a Disney film in 2016.[4][5]

Selected works

References

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