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Paddle Florida is partnering with Necky Kayaks to give away a Necky Manitou 14 kayak. To become eligible, go to PaddleFlorida.org and describe in 50 to 100 words your favorite paddling passion, including the what, when, where, why and/or how you paddle in Florida. Some of the best, funniest and most unusual stories will be [...]
On Dec. 12 Biscayne National Park kicked off the 10th year of its Family Fun Fest. As park ranger Gary Bremen said, “In a season of so much hustle and bustle, taking time to slow down and appreciate the beauty of the natural world can be a much-needed break.” Participants could stop at stations located [...]
Reef Safe SunCare, based in Ormond Beach, has launched a sunscreen that’s biodegradable in freshwater and saltwater and protects against insects. South Florida Adventures’ editor David Raterman recently tested the product while kayaking for five days in the backcountry of the Florida Keys. He says it worked great warding off sunburn, mosquitoes and no-see-ums. The [...]
In addition to killing bad guys, leading readers on chases around the world and simply scaring the crap out of us, thriller and mystery novelists are real people. And as members of the human race, that means some keep physically active and some don’t. David Raterman, editor of South Florida Adventures, an outdoor sports media [...]
Age: 50 Height/weight: 5 feet, 11 inches; 205 pounds Residence: Boynton Beach, Fla. Born has written five Florida mystery novels, including Escape Clause (Putnam), which won the gold medal in the inaugural Florida Book Awards. In June, under the pseudonym James O’Neal, he published The Double Human (Tor), a sci-fi novel set in Miami. For [...]
Age: 67 (which means for 62 years I’ve never acted my age) Height/weight: 6 feet, 4 inches; 220 pounds Residence: Lakeland, Fla., but please, no stalkers. I already have groupies camping in my driveway Corcoran’s recent mystery novel is Hawk Channel Chase (The Ketch & Yawl Press), his sixth Alex Rutledge mystery set primarily in [...]
Height/weight: 5 feet, 10 inches; 172 pounds Residence: Sarasota, Fla. For two consecutive years Bruns has won the Royal Palm Literary Award from the Florida Writers Association in the category best mystery of the year. His next mystery, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (Oceanview Publishing), went on sale last week. DonBrunsBooks.com Why do you work [...]
Age: 59 Height/weight 5 feet, 5 inches; 135 pounds – muscle! Residence: Hollywood, Fla. Hendricks’ most recent book is Florida Gothic Stories (Kitsune Books), a collection of short stories, and her noir novel Cruel Poetry (Serpent’s Tail) was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2008. It’s the story of a love “pentangle” centering on a [...]
Height/weight: 6 feet, 3 inches; 200 pounds Residence: Tampa, Fla. Kuzneski’s new thriller is The Prophecy (Putnam). When the prophetic writings of 16th-century visionary Nostradamus begin to ring alarmingly true, Jonathon Payne and David Jones find themselves in a life-or-death race across the world to stop those who would use the French seer’s predictions for [...]
Age: 56 Height/weight: 6 feet, 5 inches; 210 pounds Residence: Boca Raton, Fla. The sixth book in King’s Max Freeman crime series, Midnight Guardians (Open Road), puts Max in the middle of players who have melded Medicare fraud and prescription drug dealing into a deadly combination. It’s truly a South Florida novel. King’s first mystery, [...]
