“When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.” ~ Erasmus

“For me, a life without books is like a life without sunshine. 

Books we can touch, smell, get papercuts with, and glue or tape back together when they start to fall apart.

Books where we remember that first lightning-strike of a new idea, or a phrase well-turned, or a sentiment changed.

Books that scare us or move us or inspire us, or, sometimes – sometimes brutally – put the truth where it needs to be.  

Nietzsche said that ‘one repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.’  I think we only get one life in which to say what we need to say – To tell a story that wants telling.  To save a memory that needs remembering. To share a flight of the imagination before it evaporates. “

BIO

Joseph was born in Munich, Bavaria, son of an American father and a German mother. He retains family ties in the Federal Republic to the present day.

After coming to the United States as a child, he grew up in upstate New York, attending the State University of New York at Geneseo. He lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. for many years.

A passionate writer from an early age, Joseph’s topics have included historical thrillers, science fiction, history, and theology.

Joseph lives in rural northern Vermont, where his husband also works in the arts community. Together they care for three dogs, two pet geese, and a bee yard.