Joseph Moore spent his childhood swinging sticks around the cornfields and woods of Illinois, pretending he was in Middle-earth instead of the Midwest. Now, he is a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army Infantry Officer who served for six years, leading soldiers in Kansas, Georgia, and across Europe. He wrote his first fantasy series in middle school after reading John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice books, and continued to write for fun (and assignments) through high school and college. He started his current novel during his years of service.
Moore writes middle-grade fantasy, hoping to take everything he knows about leadership, courage, perseverance, and self-sacrifice to craft characters and stories that children can carry with them. He currently lives in Georgia with his wife, three children, and loyal golden retriever.