Joy lives in NW Arkansas where she works full-time as she pursues her BA in Creative Writing online at SNHU. She enjoys the sound of words swirling from her pencil to the blank pages below. Joy creates short stories that send chills down the spine or touch the heart.

Her first short story Legend of Dark Mountain was published by High Hill Press in the anthology Bigfoot Confidential. Joy contributed dozens of featured articles and photos to a local online magazine between 2011-2013. She is also an award winning author whose first full-length novel is under construction.