Willie Drye

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Industry Communications or Media
Location Plymouth, N.C., United States
Introduction . . . above left, shown with treasure hunter John Green off Fort Pierce, Florida in 1994, is the 2007 winner of The Charlie Award for Public Service, presented by the Florida Magazine Association. He also is the author of Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, published by National Geographic. He appears in the History Channel documentary "Nature's Fury: Storm of the Century." Drye is a contributing editor for National Geographic News. His work has been published in the Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, New York Times News Service, and other national publications. Drye served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and earned a degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his wife live in Plymouth, North Carolina. He can be reached at wdrye001@hotmail.com.