About the Author J.P. Cunningham, originally from a small town in Northeastern Arkansas, (where his father's family had lived since 1873, and his mother's family had lived since the 1840's), is fluent in Spanish and worked for years in the field of international sales, traveling widely throughout Latin America. Prior to that, he worked as an aide for the United States Congress specializing in foreign affairs. With one graduate degree in political science and another in international business, he now lives in northwestern Georgia where he works writing fiction.