Lee Cunningham

Lee Cunningham, Jr.'s father was killed driving from Nebraska to Idaho when Lee Jr. was 6 months old. One of more than 60 cousins, Lee's eight aunts nicknamed him "Danny."

Lee’s mother relocated to California, seeking a better life, as a single working mother. After several years, she met and married George Holub, a hard-working man who loved the outdoors, when Lee was 9. George adopted Lee when he turned 12, and Lee could legally change his name. Lee Jr. became Daniel Lee Holub.

Dan attended universities, graduating with a degree in Zoology, minoring in English. In the year following college, Dan worked a drug case assisting D.E.A. After infiltrating a drug cartel, Dan flew a Cessna 210 airplane from California to Bogota, Colombia, where he participated in one of the largest out-of-country drug-sting operations of the time. He was just 24 years old.

Dan worked in law enforcement in California and Nevada for 25 years, serving in both uniform and plain clothes. His work included assignments in patrol, a narcotics task force, a gang unit, and various detective units, where he investigated thousands of cases, including many homicides. He interviewed thousands of criminals, including many in jails and prisons. Dan served as a S.W.A.T. member and became a S.W.A.T. Commander.

Throughout his careers, writing remained one of Dan’s passions, and he planned this collection of novels, for years. Calling on all his training and experience, Dan now offers his first series of spellbinding, mystery, thriller novels as “The Beckett Cypher Series," featuring undercover operative, Shane Beckett.

Dan works real-life experiences into his fictional novel series, as he draws on current events, to create a believable journey for the reader to consider and enjoy.

In addition to crime intrigue, mystery and suspense, readers will also experience passionate romance, love, and heartbreak, through the memorable characters living in the series. Plots are filled with unexpected twists and turns that leaves the reader wanting more, with each passing page.

Dan now lives in Florida with his lovely wife, his multi-breed rescue dog Bentley, his King Charles Cavalier puppy and his grand-motherly Cocker Spaniel. He enjoys writing, traveling, experiencing the great outdoors, boating, good food, family, friends and pets.

In honor of his birth-father, Dan writes The Beckett Cypher Series of novels using the pen name of Lee Cunningham, his father's name and Dan's name, at birth.