Joseph Courtemanche

Joseph Courtemanche is a former Police Officer and certified Middle East, North Africa analyst. He is a distinguished veteran of the Naval Security Group of the United States Navy and is a former Arabic linguist. His linguistic and intelligence experience provide the background that’s crucial to his writing in the Action/Thriller genre. He is a graduate of The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and holds degrees from two other colleges.

Joseph writes his novels from a Christian perspective with the gritty realism that modern readers demand. His as-yet-unpublished Assault on Saint Agnes won Second Place in the prestigious Athanatos Christian Ministries 2013 Christian Novel Contest.

Joseph and his wife live in Saint Paul, Minnesota with their two Shetland Sheepdogs in an old Victorian home. He blogs several times a week at: http://www.commotioninthepews.com . His writing covers every topic from old music videos to current political events - all with a Christian world view. You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/josephcourtemancheauthor and his twitter feed is @joecourtemanche.

His writing motto is:

Biblical-Strength Heroes for a Modern World