Joe Sharp lived and raised hell in Richmond, Indiana until the age of eighteen. Then he married Penni, and they moved to Indianapolis. He is the father of Chris, and grandfather of Austan, Ethan and Corbin. He is also the great-grandfather to Kaitlyn.

He graduated from Richmond High School in 1973. That year he was published in the school literary journal “The Quill”. The writing bug was itching, but would remained unscratched for many years.

Joe’s forays took him into the Martial Arts, Acting (community theater), Music (played bass in a band) and learning American Sign Language.

After many years serving as an church interpret, he took a position as an interpreter for deaf and hard of hearing students at a local school district, where he remains today.

With the exception of a few plays (written for his church group) his writing bug went unheeded until the publishing of Viral House.

“I sure hope it doesn’t take another forty years to write the next one!”

His second novel is due out in the fall.