Joseph A Gillan

Joe Gillan is the author of the acclaimed introductory novel, "Just Before the Dawn." The Mensa Bulletin has reviewed the novel as "wonderfully crafted" and said, further, "You've GOT TO read this book ... even if you just want to better grasp the eternal mysteries of life."

Joe lived for many years in southwest Florida, on Siesta Key, a barrier island offshore at Sarasota. He recently ( 2012) relocated to Hendersonville, NC, just south of Asheville. He is a native of Amsterdam, NY, a graduate of Ithaca (NY) College and spent most of his business career working for a large corporation in New York City, Brussels, Belgium, Darien, CT, and Washington, DC. Many years ago he was a sportswriter for the Gannett chain's then-flagship newspaper, the Rochester (NY) Times-Union. In Connecticut Joe served in the late 1980s and early 1990s as president of the Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities. In Florida he served, by appointment of the Governor, as vice chairman of the Florida Advocacy Council, whose mission is to protect and advocate for a better quality of life for Florida citizens with special needs.

Joe is a U.S. Army veteran from the Vietnam era. He is an avid jogger and over the years has run some three dozen full-length marathons, including the New York City marathon four times and marathons in San Francisco, London and Athens, Greece.

Joe's new novel, entitled For Her Sake ( Sine Qua Non ) is due to be released on 9-15-2013