Joseph Bauer was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. An honors student in literature, he was editor-in-chief of his college newspaper at the University of Toledo. He worked as an international corporate lawyer for 30 years, starting his career with the large firm Jones Day, and completing it as the chief legal officer of a NYSE traded global company, The Lubrizol Corporation. He retired early to pursue an author’s life and has been writing novels ever since from his homes in Ann Arbor, Cleveland, and Charleston, SC.. His first three novels, “The Accidental Patriot”, “The Patriot’s Angels” and “Too True To Be Good” (all acclaimed for their literary quality, pace, and suspense) were published in 2020, 2021 and 2023 by Archway Publishing from Simon Schuster. After his manuscript of “Sailing For Grace” was awarded 1st Prize at the 2022 annual Atlanta Writers Conference, he signed with Running Wild Press for the publication of Sailing For Grace and the republication of his first 3 novels following this one. Mr. Bauer is married and has 3 adult daughters whom he raised in Shaker Heights, OH. He is an avid fly fisherman and fly tyer. Find out more at www.josephbauerauthor.com.