Growing up in a Sicilian family in Astoria, NY, Joe was no stranger to intrique and plotting. After moving to New Jersey just before Junior High School, he learned that a family dinner did not always involve yelling, screaming, hugging and so much food you could not walk. Yes, he lived in Ridgewood and moved on to USC in the late 1970;s - but was not dating an Iranian girl while at USC. After law school and practice, and after moving to New England and becoming a Red Sox fan, he wrote his first book in the mid 2000's and took almost 5 years to publish it because he was too lazy to finish, writing two others in the interim and hopefully those will take less time to complete.
He presently lives in Los Angeles with his black Labrador, and whomever else will have him around . . . .