Charlene D’Avanzo
Front cover of The Shark, The Girl, and The Sea by Maine writer Charlene D'Avanzo

Charlene D’Avanzo

Marine ecologist and award-winning environmental educator Charlene D'Avanzo studied the New England coast for over thirty years. Her Oceanographer Mara Tusconi mystery series takes readers into the stunning beauty of Maine's seawaters and grave threats facing them. She is an IPPY Foreward Review Indies Mystery Finalist and Northeast Regional Silver Award Winner. An avid sea kayaker like her protagonist, D'Avanzo lives on Little John Island, Yarmouth, Maine.