Randy Wayne White

Wears a Chronofighter Oversize Diver Deep Seal

Author of the Best Selling Doc Ford Series

Randy Wayne White is a New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, four volumes of non-fiction, a cookbook, and a PBS documentary, Gift of the Game, which won Best of Show at the internationally respected Woods Hole Film Festival.

White's most recent novel, BLACK WIDOW, was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in the spring of 2008, and spent four weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller list, peaking at #10.

In 1999, White's novel, SANIBEL FLATS, was chosen by the American Independent Mystery Booksellers Association as one of the Hundred Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century.

His newest Doc Ford novel, DEAD SILENCE, will be released in March, 2009 by Putnamʼs, Publishing, New York. First printing will exceed 100,000 copies, and there will a national book signing tour. BLACK WIDOW will be released concurrently in trade paperback by Berkley.

White is also the author of several highly acclaimed books of non-fiction. A collection of essays and articles, Batfishing in the Rainforest, was published by Lyons & Burford in December 1991, and received excellent reviews. About the collection, Paul Theroux (author of The Mosquito Coast) wrote: "Batfishing in the Rainforest contains equal parts of comedy and courage. Randy White is not simply a wonderful writer; he is a fishing guide of genius."

Extract of "Deep Shadow":
" The watch Tomlinson was wearing was a big one with a big name - a Graham Chronofighter Scarab. …Because the Graham had a distinctive lever on the left side of the casing, Doc believed that it would be perfect for timing procedures in the lab.

When the dust had settled, Tomlinson finally chose the Chronofighter from a short list of also-rans: a Bathys Benthic - which Tomlinson loved because of its surf bum mystique - and a Bell & Ross Phatom, a Luminox, a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and a Traser.

When asked why he'd chosen the Chronofighter, Tomlinson's official response was honest. The Graham was a classic timepiece and the easiest to read at night…."