David Liscio, Author at Practical Sailor

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An avid sailor and American Sailing Association certified keel boat instructor, David Liscio is a journalist and novelist with a long background as a maritime writer and photographer. His assignments have taken him Belize to Croatia to the coast of his home port in New England. He has sailed Boston to Bermuda and back and crewed in Australia’s challenging Sydney-to-Hobart Race. David's third crime novel, the thriller "Pacific Poison," delves into life among Japan’s tattooed Yakuza gangsters. He can be reached at www.davidliscio.com.

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