J. Frank Dunkin grew up in Marion, Alabama during the heyday of The Grand Ole Opry, the birth of Rock and Roll and the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He recalled that in those days, local businesses were closed on Wednesday afternoons, and the friends he made in first grade stood beside him in caps and gowns twelve years later. For him, the fifties and early sixties were a magical time when days were golden, nights were sweet, and ‘picture shows’ offered escape to the Wild West or romantic South Pacific. At an early age, sitting in the local theatre, wide-eyed with wonder and surrounded by the fragrance of fresh popped corn, the author’s love for story telling took root. After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in Fine Arts, Dunkin served a tour of duty in Korea as an Atomic Demolition Specialist and worked as art director for a small publisher in Nashville, Tennessee. Eventually he moved into corporate real estate development, locating stores for retail chains throughout the U. S. and Canada. Mr. Dunkin’s stories, which were drawn from his own experiences and travels, are set in venues as small as fictional Preston, Alabama or as urban as London and Paris. Mr. Dunkin passed away in August, 2013, just as his debut novel "Bones of My Brother" was ready to go to press.