Joel Strangis, standing in the main piazza of Sambiase, Calabria— his grandfather’s home town.

Welcome. Thanks for stopping by. I am a non-fiction author living in North Carolina. I have had three books published and I am creating a new book, the true story of an Italian immigrant shot and killed in West Virginia in 1931. My first published book was an Italian folktale told in picture book format. My second book was a biography of a courageous African-American and his wife who escaped from enslavement and became leaders in the anti-slavery struggle. I am currently working to revise and update this book for republication. My third book was a biography America’s favorite photographer of natural wonders. I love to travel in the beautiful regions of Catalonia in Spain and Calabria in Italy. Feel free to look around and learn more about all my travels and my books both past and (I hope) upcoming.