Authors

Authors at On Cape Publications

Peter Budryk

"The Innermost Waters: Fishing Cape Cod’s Ponds and Lakes"

Peter Budryk is a former Lecturer in Education at Wesleyan University in CT where he was Director of Upward Bound and Founder and Executive Director of Wesleyan’s Great Hollow Wilderness School. He has written for Cape Cod magazine, Cape Cod Life, On The Water, ESPNoutdoors.com, FlyFisherman.com, and NESN.com. He is the author of the acclaimed book Trout and Salmon Lakes of CT, and How to Fish Them, 2000. He lives in Orleans.

Mark Jasper

"Haunted Cape Cod and the Islands"
"Haunted Inns of New England"
"The Cape Cod Christmas Cookbook"

Mid Cape Cod author Mark Jasper grew up in his family’s bakery business and comes from a long line of passionate cooks. His first two books, Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands and Haunted Inns of New England, are among the best-selling in the region. As a result, he has become one of the area’s most sought-after public speakers. He is pictured here with his daughter, Hannah.

Daniel Lombardo

"Windmills of New England:
Their Genius, Madness, History & Future"

Author Dan Lombardo has written six books and served for two decades as the curator of the Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost Collections at the Jones Library in Amherst. He has also been the subject of a BBC documentary and the book The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery. He is pleased to participate in interviews and to share the hundreds of contacts he has made in researching New England mills and wind power.

Michael Tougias

"Quabbin - A History and Explorer's Guide"
"The Blizzard of '78"

Michael Tougias is a lecturer and author of 15 books about New England’s history and outdoors. He is also a syndicated columnist for a number of newspapers including the Springfield Union and the Taunton Gazette. Michael has also has produced recreation maps, educational material for schools, and a video on King Philip’s War.

Adam Gamble

"1880 Atlas of Barnstable County"
"In the Footsteps of Thoreau: 25 Historic and Nature Walks On Cape Cod"

He is the author of In the Footsteps of Thoreau: 25 Historic and Nature Walks On Cape Cod and the editor of the 1880 Atlas of Barnstable County: Cape Cod's Earliest Atlas. He lives in Yarmouth Port with his wife, Rachel.

Casey Clark

Audio book "Cape Cod, by Henry David Thoreau"

Casey Clark is a native of Cape Cod. As a stage performer, he has starred in plays off Broadway, as well as on Cape Cod at the renowned Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT). Mr. Clark is also featured in a number of films, most recently including Off Season, which he co-wrote, produced and directed.

Admont G. Clark

"They Built Clipper Ships in their Backyards"
"Sea Stories of Cape Cod and the Islands "

Captain Admont G. Clark, USCGR, Retired, "swallowed the anchor" on Cape Cod shortly after World War II. For fourteen years, he taught at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. An occasional author, he has published in Cosmopolitan, Yankee, The Rotarian, among others. He was a founding member and first president in 1954 of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. In 1961, he joined the first faculty of the newly-opened Cape Cod Community College, from which he retired as a full professor in 1983. He is still teaching there part-time.

Paul Giambarba

"Cape Cod Light: The Lighthouse at Dangerfield"

Paul Giambarba has written and illustrated a dozen books about Cape Cod ecology, natural history and maritime lore. His illustrations and designs have won gold medals and other awards from the Art Directors Clubs of New York and Boston and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Articles about his work have appeared in American Artist and Horn Book.

Robert N. Oldale

"Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket, The Geologic Story"

Robert N. Oldale has been a student of southern New England geology for nearly half a century, during which time he has mapped, profiled and studied Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket many times.

James E. Owens

"Coloring Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket"

Eastham native James E. Owens is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. He has a decade's experience as a commercial artist and worked as an art teacher at the Nauset Regional School system for 26 years. He has been serving as Curator/"Miller" at Eastham's old windmill for more than a quarter century.

Howie Schneider

"Howie Schneider Unshucked"

Editorial cartoonist for the weekly Provincetown Banner, Howie Schneider is the creator of Eek & Meek, a nationally syndicated comic strip. He has also published cartoons in The New Yorker, Esquire, Redbook, McCall's and various other publications. Howie has published three hardcover cartoon books and seven children's books including Chewy Louie, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a two-time winner of te New England Press Association award for Best Editorial Cartoon. Howie lives in North Truro, Mass. with his wife, Susan Seligson, and their dog Louie.

Holly Shaker

"The Cape Cod Christmas Cookbook"

Sandwich folk artist Holly Shaker’s artwork and prints are widely collected. A self-taught painter, her diligence and devotion have won her a substantial following among celebrities and art enthusiasts who appreciate her free, optimistic style and painstaking attention to detail. This is her first book.

Elliott Carr

"Walking the Shores of Cape Cod"

Elliott Carr writes frequently on the environment and economy for the Cape Cod Times and Cape Codder. President of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank since 1982, his is the former president and chairman of the Massachusetts Bankers Association and a graduate of Dartmouth and of Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He lives in Brewster with his wife, Susan.

Peter Wallace

"The Boston Dictionary "

Peter Wallace is a freelance artist whose cartoons on local politics and culture have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Boston Herald, the Boston Phoenix, and the Boston Business News. He is a frequent contributor to the Boston Globe, where his comic strip "Harry Figs Neighborhood" runs regularly in the City Weekly section of the Sunday Globe.