Joshua Gibbs was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1979. He spent several years in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area until his family relocated to Miami, Florida. He joined the Marine Corps in 1998 and graduated from Florida State University in 2001. He has been deployed twice to Iraq, once to Afghanistan, and served aboard the USS IWO JIMA and USS NASSAU. He is a fan of all things pop culture - especially the movies and music of the 80s and 90s - and has a fondness for professional wrestling. He was a featured writer on popular wrestling websites such as PWP Nation and DailyDDT for several years and was the host of "10:05 Live!", a weekly wrestling show for the TYT Sports network. "Kingdom of Hook" is his debut novel.