EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally said White had to be rescued from his home on Sanibel Island. However, he said he and his wife left in her oldest son's boat to reach the mainland and that "at no ...

A lawsuit by a best-selling Florida author who created the Doc Ford character in his novels against restaurant management company continues into its third month. And Randy Wayne White ― who in early ...

Since he introduced marine biologist Marion “Doc” Ford in the acclaimed “Sanibel Flats” in 1990, Randy Wayne White has pretty much owned Florida’s Gulf Coast. His novels have fused a solid look at ...

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The latest installment in White’s long-running Doc Ford series (after One Deadly Eye) is a busy but satisfying ride. At the outset, Ford, a marine biologist who secretly works for an unnamed ...

Novelist Randy Wayne White just closed on a real estate deal that’s short on price but big on history with a positive outlook on the future of citrus farming. White, author of more than 20 novels ...

Few authors have owned Florida’s Gulf Coast as Randy Wayne White has. His novels about Marion “Doc” Ford are an homage to Florida life, history and culture with plenty of intrigue, action and a few ...

Looking for some entertainment in Southwest Florida? Here are five fun things to do this weekend and beyond, including Doc Ford novelist Randy Wayne White, SWFL SpaceCon and a musical-theater parody ...

The wind howled and the floodwaters crashed ashore like a raging river as Hurricane Ian ripped through Sanibel Island. And the whole time, Randy Wayne White kept shooting video on his phone and taking ...

The bestselling author stayed home on Sanibel during the storm. His new thriller, “One Deadly Eye,” grew out of that wild experience. Bestselling Florida author Randy Wayne White has a new book coming ...

Randy Wayne White, a big, soft-spoken Florida guy, strolled through the empty summertime halls of Davenport Central High last week, peeked into a couple classrooms and said, "I started to be a writer ...