Author Description

Williwaw winds is a fictional tale of disaster based on the true story of how the author's son and four others were rescued by the Coast Guard while returning from a crab fishing trip in Alaskan waters. Williwaws are violent winds that sweep across the Bering Sea and gain speed and strength as they go up the Alaska mountains and plunge into the sea. Such is the setting for this story. Jake, 16, struggles with more than williwaws during his first crab fishing trip. He's angry at his dad for caring more about his paralyzed sister than about him. He's angry with God for causing her accident. He's angry at a fellow crewman for relentlessly taunting him. And he's angry with himself for running from home responsibilities. But facing williwaw winds changes his anger to fear and changes his view about God. How will he and the others survive the raging seas?