Joe is an alumnus of Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he received an MA in English with a concentration in Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Arts. He is also a graduate of the University of Hartford with a BA in Film Studies. He is a lifelong resident of the Hartford area and lives with his wife Wendy and their rescue cat Cheddar in the same suburban neighborhood that inspired much of the setting in his novel, Fight or Flight.

Joe is active in his community, having served as a delegate on his local inland/wetlands commission and board of education, and he participates in local fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society. He works at a nearby aerospace manufacturing company as a quality inspector, safety trainer, and union safety representative, and he is also the lead editor of a trade union publication that has won international recognition for editing, writing, and layout. In his spare time, Joe enjoys following football, baseball, and auto racing, and he has served as a commissioner in fantasy leagues for many years.

Much of his free time of late is spent writing and editing, and with Fight or Flight in his rear-view mirror, Joe is looking forward to rekindling his Trinity College thesis project, an adaptive screenplay featuring one of Hartford’s most famous historical residents, Mark Twain.