Born a Navy brat in San Diego, Gary Waid has done almost everything there is to do in the water, from fishing to operating tugboats to repairing yachts. He has also been a roofer, a carpenter, a musician, a tractor-trailer driver, a writer for magazines--as well as a guest in the federal prison system. When he reunited with his friend Shawn Corridan, they coauthored their Goliath . Waid lives in Florida on a sailboat with his wife Patty and their two dogs.