Rod Scher

Rod Scher is an experienced writer and editor with multiple books and dozens of magazine articles to his credit. The former editor of Smart Computing Magazine, Scher is also the author of Sailing by Starlight: The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star, Leveling the Playing Field: The Democratization of Technology and the editor/annotator of recent editions of Joshua Slocum’s classic nautical memoir, Sailing Alone Around the World, and of Richard Henry Dana’s classic Two Years Before the Mast.

Rod's most recent book is Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia, and his new book, The Wreck of the Steamship Pacific, will be out in late spring of 2027.