JOE CLIFFORD

After spending the 1990s as a homeless heroin addict in San Francisco, Joe Clifford got off the streets and turned his life around, earning an MFA from Florida International University in 2008. His autobiographical novel, Junkie Love chronicles his battle with drugs and was published by Battered Suitcase (2010). He is the author of the award-winning Jay Porter series, as well as several standalones including The One That Got Away, The Lakehouse, and the forthcoming The Shadow People. Joe is also editor of Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Stories Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen and Just to Watch Him Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash. Currently, Clifford lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two sons.