Jonathan Joy is the author of over 40 plays that have been performed in 17 US states, including Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway stages in New York City, and overseas in France and Dubai. Publication record includes the New York Times, Smith & Kraus, Brooklyn Publishers, Insight for Playwrights magazine, the One Act Play Depot, and more. A professor of English, Writing, and Drama at Ashland Community and Technical College in Ashland, Kentucky, Mr. Joy also pens a twice monthly column of children's stories for the Greater Ashland Beacon newspaper. He lives in Huntington, West Virginia with his wife, son, and dog.