Crash Barry is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Sex, Drugs and Blueberries and the gritty memoir Tough Island. He spent a decade as a print and radio reporter in Portland until receiving a writing fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission, which convinced him to pursue book-writing. He’s worked as a sternman, sailor, bartender, demolitionist, janitor, alpaca herdsman, cow milker and blueberry raker. He lives in the hills of western Maine. For more information or to read selections of Crash Barry’s writings visit crashbarry.com.