Joseph Souza is the award-winning and bestselling author of ten novels and a book of short stories. He has degrees from Northeastern University and the University of Washington. He's won and been a finalist for the Maine Literary Award, winner of the Andres Dubus Award and was a runner-up for the Al Blanchard Award. He's worked as a teacher, cabbie, social worker, truck driver, editor, bouncer, barber, wrestling coach, paralegal and intelligence analyst in the DEA (Organized Crime Unit), to name just a few jobs. He lives in Maine with his wife and has two children.