Joseph sweet

Joseph Patrick Sweet (born October 30, 1976
in Black River, New York) is an American author,
whose books include the short story collections Hell 101
and The Fall Published in 2007 and 2008.

Bio

Joseph Sweet was eleven years old when
he first started writing, but he said
there was never a moment when he
imagined he'd be writing anything worth
reading, and shortly thereafter, he quit.
"It became obvious very quickly that I
wasn't ready for that." he said. Writing
was always in his heart, however, and
after a near-fatal accident at a young
age, Sweet began reading everything he
could get his hands on. Eventually at
about sixteen, he picked up his pen again,
and made another stab at it.
His first book, Hell 101,
(published in 2007 by Forsaken Press)
got a good response from reviewers. An
independent blog, posting reviews of
hundreds of books, shined a very favorable l
ight on it, despite their copy being an early,
unedited and as of yet unpublished version.
Hell 101 is a collection of thirteen
short horror and science fiction stories,
ranging from tentacled creatures to near-death
experiences and Post apocalyptic adventure.
Sweet has attended book signings in upstate
NY, including Borders Books and Music who also
carry it, and they are available worldwide
through online stores like Barnes & noble, and
Amazon.com.
Sweet's second book, The Fall, was
released in February of 2008 by Forsaken Press,
containing one novella and 5 short horror stories.

A fan-site went up shortly after the release of his first book, as well
as an article on associated content. Both by a fan going by the user-name,
DrDeviance. The user resides in Sweden, showing that even despite early
concerns of self publishing, Sweet was already attracting fans across the
globe before the release of his second book.

Since then, Joseph has been interviewed by Fox 7 and 28, Newswatch 50, and
News 10 now, as well as the local times, and other news sources, and quickly
attained a local celebrity status. He has been referred to as a "Young Stephen
King." And compared to authors like Edgar Allen Poe. Both, sweet has said, he
isn't sure he deserves, but is flattered nonetheless.

Recent Works

* Hell 101: A collection of 13 short stories, mostly in the Horror Genre.

* The Fall: 6 mainly horror stories.

* The Damned: A novel. Scheduled for release in late December to early January.

* The Edge: "A volume one collection of everything so far by Joseph Sweet, including 6 new stories." scheduled for an early 2009 release date.

References: The information on this page was obtained from several sources,as well as Joseph himself. I contacted him via the email link on his web site: http://www.Josephsweet.co.nr I've linked or mentioned the names of other sites that were used for verification, on which a simple search will bring up the author. Anything which could notbe verified by secondary sources was omitted. Some sources of news on Joseph Sweet which led to this, are http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id77E13949-66D5-42F6-A37E-5062C2888807&gsatrue for a story on the October book signing. Some information was obtained from news10now.com one such news article, complete with video interview about Joseph's life and writing, is http://news10now.com/Default.aspx?ArID=38751 The watertown daily times, watertowndailytimes.com has information in the archives of the first book publishing and of the last book signing. a press release for his first book, "Hell 101" can be viewed here, http://www.pr.com/press-release/62395 Anyone who has more information or just wants to help me make this look better, please feel free to update or expand.

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