Joe was born in Carthage, Illinois, and currently lives in Rogers, Arkansas with his artist wife Andee, their son Fletcher, and their cats Lucky, Milo, and Camptown. Joe is a freelance writer and a substitute teacher at Benton County School of the Arts. In addition to writing, he enjoys purchasing (and occasionally watching) copious amounts of Blu-Ray discs, listening to music, playing video games, and collecting Mego action figures from the 1970s. 

Small Things is his first novel. Threads, the sequel to Small Things and the second book in the trilogy, was published in October of 2013. His short story collection, as of yet untitled, will be released later this year. 

You can visit Joe's Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/jderouenwriter