Ted Olinger

Award winning author Ted Olinger has been writing about life on the shores of Puget Sound since 1991. His work has appeared in House magazine, Sea Kayaker, Canoe & Kayak, Wetdawg.com, and regional newspapers. He is a three-time winner of the annual Port Townsend Cardboard Kayak Race (Team Captain), and in 2010 won the infamous Key Peninsula Chili Cook-off Championship. Ted and his family have lived on the KP since 2004 with assorted dogs, a fleet of half-built boats, and three generations of Northern Flicker woodpeckers.

"The Woodpecker Menace" is a 2013 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Honorable Mention Award Winner and National Indie Excellence Award finalist for short stories.