Michael Capuzzo

Born in Boston and educated at Northwestern University, Michael Capuzzo is the author of the acclaimed New York Times Bestseller Close to Shore , a historical thriller of the true story that inspired the novel and movie Jaws . Winner of many writing prizes as a staff reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Miami Herald , and for stories in magazines including Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Life , he lives in Pennsylvania, where he and his wife publish a prize-winning storytelling...See more

Born in Boston and educated at Northwestern University, Michael Capuzzo is the author of the acclaimed New York Times Bestseller Close to Shore , a historical thriller of the true story that inspired the novel and movie Jaws . Winner of many writing prizes as a staff reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Miami Herald , and for stories in magazines including Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Life , he lives in Pennsylvania, where he and his wife publish a prize-winning storytelling magazine, Mountain Home . See less