A.B. Cunningham 1888-1962   Albert Benjamin Cunningham was born in Linden, West Virginia. In 1913 he received a B.A. degree from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio. He later attended New York University where he obtained a M.A. degree in 1916. During World War I, he served as a chaplain for a short time. After the war he returned to New York University, where in 1929 he received a Ph.D. in Sociology and Psychology. He taught English for the rest of his career. He retired in 1945 as professor emeritus. He is the creator of ‘Jess Roden’, sheriff in Kentucky. Cunningham also wrote under the pseudonym ‘Estil Dale’.

Titles and year of publication:
 

1) Murder at Deer Lick	1939
2) Murder at the Schoolhouse	1940
3) The Strange Death of Manny Square	1941
4) The Bancock Murder Case	1942
5) Death at “The Bottoms”	1942
6) The Affair of the Boat Landing	1943
7) The Great Yant Mystery	1943
8) Death Visits the Apple Hole	1945
9) Murder Before Midnight	1945
10) The Cane-Patch Mystery	1946
11) Death of a Bullionaire	1946
12) Death Rides a Sorrel Horse	1946
13) One Man Must Die	1946
14) Death Haunts the Dark Lane	1948
15) The Death of a Wordly Woman	1948
16) Murder Without Weapons	1949
17) The Hunter Is the Hunted (Also published as: Blood Runs Cold)	1950
18) The Killer Watches the Manhunt	1950
19) Skeleton in the Closet	1951
20) Who Killed Pretty Becky Low?	1951
21) Strange Return	1952
As ‘Estil Dale’
1) The Last Survivor	1952