Joe Okonkwo

Joe Okonkwo is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and editor. His debut novel Jazz Moon won the Publishing Triangle's prestigious 2016 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction. A cum laude graduate of the University of Houston with a B.A. in theater, Joe made his living for a number of years as an actor, stage manager, director, playwright, and youth theater instructor. He also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from...See more

Joe Okonkwo is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and editor. His debut novel Jazz Moon won the Publishing Triangle's prestigious 2016 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction. A cum laude graduate of the University of Houston with a B.A. in theater, Joe made his living for a number of years as an actor, stage manager, director, playwright, and youth theater instructor. He also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from City College of New York. See less