Wright Gres

I grew up in Tampa. There's always been a bit of Walter Mitty in me. The water was always my playground. Sailing one-designs from Windmills to Hobie Cats, racing cruising class boats and Windsurfers in that sport's early days. And I grew up. Coat and tie jobs until 1983 when I left that and signed on to an adventurous voyage on a stays'l schooner that included a transatlantic and six months cruising the Mediterranean. That became the inspiration for my first novel, "Macedonia Passage: Dangerous Cargo."

Some years later, I wrote "The Empty Grave," published in 2020. A two-book series, both are stand alone novels.

After that voyage of inspiration, life, and bills went on. While writing, I knew I needed a "real" job and income. Until recently I have been a tug boat captain for a bit over 15 years.

Along the way, I have delivered sailing yachts, worked in the advertising biz, film production, mostly commercials, but also two feature films: "Rude Awakenings" with Cheech Marin, and Marine Coordinator in Robert Altman's "The Gingerbread Man."

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