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Patrick E. Gunning
Patrick E. Gunning is a free lance writer and poet who was born in New York in a section of North Manhattan called Washington Heights. He currently lives in the Long Island suburb ...view morePatrick E. Gunning is a free lance writer and poet who was born in New York in a section of North Manhattan called Washington Heights. He currently lives in the Long Island suburb of Kings Park, N.Y. with his wife of 45 years, Barbara.
Mr. Gunning was always interested in writing but was unable to pursue this interest because of family obligations. However, upon retirement, he finally realized his long awaited dream of writing and started by attempting his first novel. Mr. Gunning was attracted to fictional writing because of its creative aspect. As he put it, “It’s sort of like playing God.” “You can create any type of person, place or thing.” It is with this vivid imagination and intestinal fortitude that he completed his first novel “The Essence of Truth,” in which a retiring N.Y.C. police detective stumbles upon some evidence in a “cold case” and although being discouraged by his superiors, perseveres in the interest of obtaining justice.
Mr. Gunning has also published several poems with a local community newspaper and is currently writing a sequel to his first novel.view less