Joseph Lewis was born in Washington D.C. and attended Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. He is a graduate of Villanova University, holds a masters in theology from the Graduate School of Theology at Christendom College, and has done doctoral work in theology at Catholic University. He currently resides in Exton, Pennsylvania with his wife Marian and together have raised six children and have two granddaughters. Aside from his writing, Joe teaches history and theology on the high school and university levels respectively. Over the years, he has done editing and technical support work in contributing to the writing of a number of other published books, but this is his first exclusive authorship.