M. Allen Cunningham

Mark Allen Cunningham is an American author based in Portland, Oregon.

His first novel, The Green Age of Asher Witherow, is the story of a young boy growing up in a California coal mining town in the 19th century.

It was published in German translation by Atrium Verlag[1] and released in an audio edition by Audible.com.

In 2007, Cunningham published Lost Son, a novel based on the life and work of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Cunningham's short stories have appeared in national literary magazines, including The Kenyon Review, The Alaska Quarterly Review, and Glimmer Train, and he has published essays and articles in Tin House, Poets & Writers, The Oregonian, and elsewhere.