Michael J. Tougias is the author of many true rescue stories, including Overboard!, Fatal Forecast, and Ten Hours Until Dawn, which ALA named an Editors's Choice and Booklist praised as "the best story of peril at sea since The Perfect Storm." He is also the coauthor of The Finest Hours, which is a major motion picture from Disney. A frequent lecturer on his work, Tougias lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. MichaelTougias.com.