Hailing from Carlsbad, California, Joel is an honors-educated UCSD graduate who has amassed hundreds of bylines and numerous cover stories in print and digital media journalism. He has lived abroad and traveled extensively across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the West Indies, the United Kingdom and Europe. These experiences bring rich texture to the characters and themes that permeate the storytelling in CHASING PARADISE, his debut novel. For more about the author and his forthcoming writings, go to his website, www(dot)JoelYork(dot)net.