Born and raised in Florida, M. J. Joseph maintains memberships in the English Goethe Society, the Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship and the William Faulkner Society, and is a supporter-member of the Society For The Study Of Southern Literature. He is an enthusiastic and devoted Associate of Lincoln Cathedral.

Prior to retiring, Joseph enjoyed a lengthy and rewarding career with an industrial firm where he served as CEO and managed the company’s merger with a larger international corporation. He divides his time between Europe and his home on Florida’s northern coast. M.J. Joseph and his wife Ann have two children.