Originally from Upstate New York, Joseph Brennan served in the U.S. Army before attending Utica College of Syracuse University where he received a degree in History and Secondary Education. He writes and teaches high school social studies in Central Florida. In his spare time he visits Walt Disney World as often as possible with his family (he was a skipper on the Jungle Cruise attraction when they first moved to Florida), listens to old time radio shows, and plays in a long-running Dungeons & Dragons game.