THE BALLAD OF BUCKETT

About the Book

High-top-fade security guard hero Buckett Collins goes in search of a beloved comrade’s murderers, fights to save a child abuse victim, and evades a belligerent former love interest amid self-doubt, hostility, and the insanity and street violence of 1989 South Central Los Angeles.

About the Author

A Los Angeles native, McCormick began his writing career in 1971 at Foshay Junior High School (now the Foshay Learning Center) He was a writer for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the Compton Bulletin and several other publications. He was editor of the now-defunct Los Angeles Balance News. McCormick is the author of the novellas Tales of Tyrone (2006), Champion Plate (2007) and its sequel Down A Different Route (2010), all published by Authorhouse. Tales of Tyrone won Honorable Mention in the 2008 Writer’s Digest Self Published Book Awards. McCormick won a few journalism awards as well.