Bridge of Birds question

I was able to contact him through his agent, Jerry Kuntz, 15 years ago. It turns out he only published 3 books, and had a 4th ready but refused to even self-publish it. He got burned on the release of his third book while the publisher was changing hands and had to get a 'real' job to make ends meet. He explained that Ox's narrative in the Master Li books is hard to write (goes all wrong easily), so each book takes a long time to write. The earnings from the books simply won't support that kind of time investment.

That's very unfortunate, I wish we lived in a different world.
Do you think we can still get in touch with him somehow?

Barry Hughart passed away August 1, 2019 .