Latest Works
NORTH OF ORDINARY (SOURCEBOOKS)
DRIVE: 100 YEARS OF PASSION, PEOPLE, & PROGRESS (PRIVATE BIOGRAPHY)
DRIVE: 100 YEARS OF PASSION, PEOPLE, & PROGRESS (PRIVATE BIOGRAPHY)
When the wild strips everything away, what's left is who you are.
In the raw, untamed wilds of Alaska--where the wind howls, predators hunt, and the sun disappears for months--only a rare few figure out how to survive. Sue Aikens, the breakout star of National Geographic's long-running TV show Life Below Zero, is one of them. At her remote outpost 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, she weathers more than just brutal winters and hungry bears. Sue battles isolation, injury, and the ghosts of a turbulent past, forging a life in a place most people wouldn't last a day.
Unflinching and inspiring, North of Ordinary is a memoir of resilience, reinvention, and the extraordinary power of choosing your own way through the world.
An Amazon best-seller.
DRIVE: 100 YEARS OF PASSION, PEOPLE, & PROGRESS (PRIVATE BIOGRAPHY)
DRIVE: 100 YEARS OF PASSION, PEOPLE, & PROGRESS (PRIVATE BIOGRAPHY)
DRIVE: 100 YEARS OF PASSION, PEOPLE, & PROGRESS (PRIVATE BIOGRAPHY)
Spanning more than a century of grit, growth, and generational leadership, Drive chronicles the remarkable evolution of one of America’s oldest family-run car dealership groups. From its 1924 founding in rural Virginia to becoming a modern automotive powerhouse, this is a compelling portrait of resilience, reinvention, and the enduring values that drive success across generations.
Other Printed Works
The Journey To Being Me (Private Biography)
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
The Journey To Being Me (Private Biography)
The remarkable life story of Pittsburgh Pirates minority owner and philanthropist James Johnson, the man who co-founded The Johnson Family Foundation. Jim's tale is an intricate and multi-faceted one, taking readers through a wide range of emotions as he journeys far and wide in search of his true self.
Surf When You Can (Simon & Schuster)
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
The Journey To Being Me (Private Biography)
A collaboration with the inimitable Captain Brett Crozier, Surf When You Can is a collection of life lessons, all illustrated by the incredible life experiences of an aircraft carrier captain and fighter pilot.
An Amazon best-seller.
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
Hidden in the verdant hills of Tuscany, Agriturismo Diacceroni has been tilling the land and entertaining guests for generations. This private project was a celebration of the farm - and family's - rich Italian history.
Morning Has Broken (Private Biography)
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
Diacceroni: An Illustrated History (Private Biography)
A tribute to the marvelous life journey of Harold and Barbara Thuringer, a Montreal, Canada couple with rich roots in Canada's social justice and political communities.
You Gotta Go Here! (Harper Collins)
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
Third time was a charm for me and John Catucci, with a book that brought readers to the best hidden gems, local institutions, and memorable places across North America.
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
You Gotta Eat Here, Too! (Harper Collins)
Who knew there were so many great joints and eateries to explore? Apparently John Catucci does... and now so do I. Pulled-moose sandwich anyone?
A Toronto Globe & Mail best-seller.
You Gotta Eat Here! (Harper Collins)
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
Co-authored with TV host John Catucci, You Gotta Eat Here was a compendium to one of the most popular shows of The Food Network... and an absolute
romp to write.
A Toronto Globe & Mail best-seller.
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
This book was the product of a year living and flying with the characters of Buffalo Airways, one of the northernmost airlines on Earth. Flying in WW2-era DC 3's in -40 degrees? Sign me up!
A Toronto Globe & Mail best-seller.
Will To Live (Harper Collins)
The Ice Pilots (Douglas & McIntyre)
Will To Live (Harper Collins)
Co-authored with Survivorman's Les Stroud, Will To Love is an exciting compilation of some of the world's greatest survival stories told through the critical eyes of one of the world's great survivalists.
A Toronto Globe & Mail best-seller.
Survive! (Harper Collins)
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
Will To Live (Harper Collins)
The international best-seller that I co-wrote with my good friend Les Stroud, host of TV's Survivorman series... and more. Widely considered one of the definitive survival manuals in the genre, the book continues to be one of the most commonly referenced and best-selling
books in the genre.
An international best-seller.
Nunavut Handbook (Nortext Multimedia)
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
Full disclosure: I didn't write this entire book. But I contributed several chapters, and The Nunavut Handbook became a big part of my newly-forged writing career at the time it was published in 1998.
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
Boogey's Back For Blood (Avon Publishing)
How it all started. A boy, a demon, an old man, and a mystery hundreds of years old. By M.T. Coffin... aka Michael Vlessides. Unfortunately the series was cancelled before the thrilling sequel - Maniac Mall - was published.