Joe was born in 1970. Only twenty-two short years later, he graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in something. He enjoys fishing, all grain brewing, sex with his wife Maria, watching bad movies, and preaching to other writers about the importance of conflict within a narrative.

Joe has three kids (that he knows of), a dog, and a house in the suburbs. He currently teaches creative writing at the College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He is also hard at work on the next book in the Lt. Jacqueline Daniels series, to be released in 2005.