Shane Joseph

Shane Joseph began writing as a teenager living in Sri Lanka and has never stopped. His career stints include: stage and radio actor, pop musician, encyclopaedia salesman, lathe machine operator, airline executive, travel agency manager, vice president of a global financial services company, software services salesperson, and management consultant.

Self-taught, with four degrees under his belt obtained through distance education, Shane is an avid traveller and has visited one country for every year of his life.

Shane is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto. Redemption in Paradise, his first novel, was published in 2004. Fringe Dwellers, his first collection of short stories, was released in 2008, and is now in its second edition. Shane’s third work of fiction, After the Flood, a dystopian novel of hope, was released in 2009 and won the Best Novel award in the Futuristic/Fantasy category at the Canadian Christian Writing Awards in 2010. His short fiction has appeared in several publications in Canada, the USA, UK, India and Sri Lanka.

After immigrating (twice), raising a family, building a career, and experiencing life’s many highs and lows, Shane has carved out a niche in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife, Sarah, where he continues to work, write stories, and play guitar in a dance band.