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The Buck family of Virginia includes several published authors as well as a number of unpublished authors of family history and genealogy.  Charles Neville Buck (1879 - 1930), a writer of fiction, has perhaps the largest volume of work although the religious newspaper work of William Calmes Buck (1790 - 1872), a Baptist minister, might give him that distinction if all of it could be found.

Other published Buck authors include:

Lucy Rebecca Buck (1842 - 1918) began a diary on Christmas Day, 1861 that describes the Civil War and its effect on the Buck families of Front Royal, Virginia.  Her diary was edited and annotated by William Pettus Buck to become "Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven".

Charles William Buck (1855 - 1922), the father of Charles Neville Buck, was U. S. Minister to Peru from 1885 - 1889.  He wrote two novels: "Under the Sun or The Passing of the Incas" and "Uncle Bob and a Double Love".

Walter Hooper Buck (1878 - 1962) was a Maryland attorney and genealogist who researched and documented much of the early Buck family history.  He wrote three books, "The Buck Family of Virginia", "The Buck Family and Its Kin" and "Virginia Origins, A Lawyer's View".

William Pettus Buck (1928 - ) is an Alabama dentist.  He has written "Taming the Buck", 
"The Buck Family - Virginia", and edited and published "Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven" by Lucy Rebecca Buck (1842 - 1918).

I've put my fingers to the keyboard a few times and have authored some technical papers.

The noted author, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, is not a member of my branch of the Buck family.