Author John H. Cunningham has a background as eclectic as Buck Reilly himself. An avid traveler, island hopper, commercial real estate developer, and former editor of The Pro Review, and like Buck is an aviation enthusiast. John splits time in Key West, Virginia and New York City, so spends much of his time in the air, on the sea or researching places and plots for the Buck Reilly series.read full bio
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How Ten Bestselling Authors Introduce Their Protagonists in First-Person Narratives

How Ten Bestselling Authors Introduce Their Protagonists in First-Person Narratives

John was featured on The Editorial Department Article entitled “How Ten Bestselling Authors Introduce Their Protagonists in First-Person Narratives” One option is direct self-introduction, where the narrator introduces himself by name to readers as Herman Melville does in Moby Dick. Our own John Cunningham used this approach to good effect in the first book of

Listen: The Ballad of Buck Reilly by Matt Hoggat and John H. Cunningham
Listen: The Ballad of Buck Reilly by Matt Hoggat and John H. Cunningham

Listen to “The Ballad of Buck Reilly” release by Mailboat Records recording artist, Matt Hoggatt. Before becoming a national songwriting awards winner, viral YouTube subject, bourbon street performer and the focus of a Jimmy Buffett song, he was an Army soldier and a police detective from the Gulf Coast town of Gautier, Mississippi. Sound good

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Kirkus Review of Maroon Rising
Kirkus Review of Maroon Rising

In the latest installment of Cunningham’s (Second Chance Gold, 2014, etc.) adventure series, Buck Reilly dodges bullets and faces off against kidnappers while searching for Jamaican treasure. Buck lost a bid for a Port Royal salvage site in Jamaica, but his ex–business partner, Jack Dodson, won it. Jack’s subsequent search for treasure there, hidden centuries

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Author John H. Cunningham stops by Conversations Live
Author John H. Cunningham stops by Conversations Live

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes John on #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his literary journey, the success of his character Buck Reilly and his book MAROON RISING. Listen to it here.  

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