Duck, Gunner J.: - Gunner J Duck lives with his family in Northwest Arkansas where he enjoys all that life in the Ozarks has to offer. Gunner has always been known throughout his school as being a very precocious reader and a creative artist and storyteller. He was reading books at age 3 and by the time he entered kindergarten, he was reading chapter books, and testing well above his own grade level in all areas. In 2019, at age 5, Gunner's kindergarten teacher suggested that he enter a statewide book writing contest. Gunner wrote his first book titled Ninja Puppy, which won first place in the Arkansas PBS Kids Writers Contest. He enjoyed writing his first book so much that he decided to work on his very own series. Altogether, his books have won awards in 8 different PBS Kids Writer's Contests to date. Gunner's stories are in many ways, a representation of his life and of the experiences he has had. He hopes that through his books, he can inspire children everywhere to read, imagine, set goals and work hard to reach them, be kind, and have self-control.Other books currently in this series include Ninja Puppy written in 2019, Ninja Puppy and the Donut Avalanche written in 2020, Ninja Puppy VS Bigfoot written in 2021, and Ninja Puppy in China written in 2022.