PORTLAND — Best-selling author and swordfishing captain Linda Greenlaw will be the featured speaker at the University of Southern Maine’s commencement on May 14 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Greenlaw, who lives on Isle au Haut, will be awarded an honorary doctorate recognizing her contribution to the cultural heritage of the coast of Maine.
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Born in Connecticut, she grew up in Topsham while her father worked at Bath Iron Works. She graduated from Colby College with a bachelor’s degree in English and government.
Greenlaw first came to public attention in 1997, when she was one of the commercial fishing captains profiled in Sebastian Junger’s best-seller, “The Perfect Storm.” She has written several books about life on the ocean and is featured in the Discovery Channel series “Swords: Life on the Line.”
She received the Sarah Orne Jewett Award from the Maine Women’s Fund in 2007, the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004 and the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003.
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