birth_place awards nationality birth_date genre article_title education name occupation
connecticut , united states u.s. book award -lrb- 2004 -rrb- maritime literature award -lrb- 2003 -rrb- new england american 22 december 1960 maritime , autobiography , detective fiction , cookbooks linda greenlaw
 colby college linda greenlaw author , fisher
linda greenlaw

linda greenlaw -lrb- born december 22 , 1960 -rrb- is a best-selling author of books with maritime themes and the only female swordfishing boat captain on the east coast of the united states .
she was featured in the 1997 book `` the perfect storm '' and the 2000 film adaptation .
linda greenlaw now captains the boat `` hannah boden '' on the discovery channel show '' '' .
she previously captained `` seahawk '' after the previous captain died on board .
greenlaw wrote three best-selling books about life as a commercial fisher : `` the hungry ocean '' in 1999 , `` the lobster chronicles '' in 2002 and `` all fishermen are liars '' in 2002 .
her books have climbed as high as no. 2 on the `` new york times '' bestseller list , with `` the hungry ocean '' remaining on the list for three months .
greenlaw lives on isle au haut , maine , and was the first female sword-fishing boat captain on the american east coast .
