Joseph D'Agnese

Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications. In a career spanning more than twenty years, his work has been honored with awards in three vastly different areas--science journalism, children's literature, and mystery fiction. His science articles have twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing. His children's book,...See more

Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications. In a career spanning more than twenty years, his work has been honored with awards in three vastly different areas--science journalism, children's literature, and mystery fiction. His science articles have twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing. His children's book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci , was an honoree for the Mathical Book Prize--the first-ever prize for math-themed children's books. One of his crime stories won the 2015 Derringer Award for short mystery fiction. Another of his stories was selected by mega-bestselling author James Patterson for inclusion in the prestigious annual anthology, Best American Mystery Stories 2015 . D'Agnese's crime fiction has appeared in Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine . D'Agnese lives in North Carolina with his wife, the New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan ( The Girls of Atomic City ). See less