Joseph Cummins is an American author. He is the author of numerous books including; Anything for a vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Elections; Castaway: Lost and found in history; Turn around and run like hell, unconventional military strategies that worked; A novel called The Snow Train and A Bloody History of the World which won the 2010 Our History Project Gold Medal Award. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.