Douglas Campbell is the author of non-fiction books for adults, including The Sea's Bitter Harvest and Eight Survived. He has spent his career in journalism. For 25 years, he was a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where two of his stories were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Later he won numerous awards as a Senior Writer at Soundings Magazine, covering all aspects of recreational boating. Doug began sailing on the Delaware River in 1979 and still keeps a small boat moored there. He and his wife Monica also sail a 32-foot blue water boat, Robin, with which they've competed in the bi-annual Bermuda 1-2 Race. Doug has placed third out of 39 boats on corrected time sailing the singlehanded leg of the race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda.
