Joe Canzano’s interest in stories started at the age of three, when his mother read him Peter Rabbit. Unfortunately, his grandfather shot Peter and shoved him into a pot, traumatizing Joe at a young age and completely turning him off to fiction about fuzzy animals.
Throughout his school days, English was the only subject that didn’t put him to sleep. He has a BA in English from Rutgers University.
Joe once wrote a 10,000 line epic poem about an upscale madam and the secret agent who falls in love with her. He figured this would take the literary world by storm since there was nothing like it on the bestseller lists. He soon discovered there was good reason for this. As one editor said, “Epic poetry ain’t what it used to be.” Well, crap. Joe decided to write something else.
Joe’s hero is Wile E. Coyote because he keeps on trying, no matter how many times a big rock falls on his head.
Joe’s short stories have been published in the following places: Akashic Books Online, Happy Magazine, The Chrysalis Reader, The Wisconsin Review, Studio One, Pearl, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and Quercus Review.
Joe is a rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitar player, and his stories and style are influenced as much by the Ramones and Lou Reed as they are by Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Elmore Leonard, Christopher Moore, and Tom Robbins.
Joe’s publishing company, Happy Joe Control, recently published his debut novel Magno Girl.
For more information, please visit his web site at www.happyjoe.net.
