Joe started reading Hemingway, among other popular authors and realized early on that he would also want to write such incredible stories one day. After completing high school serving in the U.S. Army, and attaining an Accounting degree from the University of New Orleans. Joe spent his next thirty years as a business owner – CPA, and Certified Financial Planner. However, during all this, his interest in writing never subsided. He wrote a few pieces occasionally, only to be published someday.

After retiring and moving to the Tennessee mountains, he realized it was time to finally turn his dream of writing a novel into a reality. Since then, Joe has published five mystery/suspense thrillers in the Letter Series. He has also written a children’s chapter book about a third grader with a disability. There is also a biblical novelette about a boy’s journey during Christ.