Joy lives in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area on a small ranchette. She has just enough land to stretch her gardening skills, which are usually exhausted by the time July and August roll around with the Oklahoma heat. She has a love of rescue animals and lives with two terrifying terriers, a tuxedo cat and most recently, a chocolate lab who found her, not the other way around. Besides reading, writing, and normal household activities, she is active in church and holds down a part time cashiering job, where she meets everyday people with the most interesting stories.