Douglas MacIlroy

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Maritime
Occupation Writer, Submarine Pilot, Personal Organizer, Caretaker, Treehouse builder
Location Kamuela, Hawaii, United States
Introduction Novelist and former submarine pilot, I am engaged in a year long project to reinvent myself by doing what makes my heart sing.
Interests The Sea, Writing, History, Disc Golf, Sea steading, Engineering, Aikido, Screenwriting, hiking and Tai chi.
Favorite Movies Wonder Boys, Finding Forrester, Das Boot, The Bones of the King, Pilot Whale Fog, Out of Africa, The Aviator, American Beauty, The Thin Red Line, Billy Elliot, Blade Runner, Brazil. Time Bandits, Merry Christmas Mr. lawrence, 2001 A Space Odyssey, and on and on and on...
Favorite Music Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms, Pink Floyd-Dark side of the Moon, Yes, King Crimson, Third Eye Blind, Andrea Boccelli and on and on again.
Favorite Books The Bones of the King, A Soldier of the Great War, The Lord of the Rings, Cryptonomicon, The Fan Man, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Time Enough for Love, The Power of One, The Long Walk, A Bridge to Far.

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