Joe’s convoluted career path has taken this award-winning writer and broadcaster through the occasionally rocky terrains of the film industry, radio, historic interpretation, theatre, music, research, and linguistics; his relationship with the stories of his hometown has been equally enriched by each stop along the way.

When not trying in vain to clean his glasses, Joe enjoys getting up at ridiculously early hours to create before his brilliant wife and daughter join him in the land of the waking.