Prior to a long finance career, Joseph Badal served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army in critical, highly classified positions in the U.S. and overseas, including tours of duty in Greece and Vietnam. He earned numerous military decorations. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Finance and Business Administration, and is multi-lingual.Joe has written nine award-winning, best-selling suspense novels published. His stand-alone novels include The Pythagorean Solution, Shell Game, Ultimate betrayal, and Borderline. His Danforth Saga now includes five books: Evil Deeds (#1), Terror Cell (#2), The Nostradamus Secret (#3), The Lone Wolf Agenda (#4), and Death Ship (#5), which was released on November 17, 2015. His short stories appeared in the "Uncommon Assassins" (2012), the "Someone Wicked" (2013), and the Insidious Assassins (2014) anthologies. Joe also writes a blog titled Everyday Heroes, which can be viewed at http://josephbadalbooks.com. Joe was recognized in 2011 as "One of The 50 Best Writers You Should Be Reading." His novel, The Lone Wolf Agenda, was awarded First Prize for Fiction-Mystery/Thriller in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards Competition. Ultimate Betrayal was awarded the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best Fiction Book in 2014. The Mystery Writers Society of America awarded Evil Deeds its Silver Medal in 2015. Borderline is a finalist in the 2015 NM/AZ Book Awards competition.Joe has written dozens of articles that have been published in various business and trade journals and is a frequent speaker at business and writers events. To learn more, visit his website at www.JosephBadalBooks.com. You can contact Joe at josephbadalbooks@aol.com