Joseph Badal has worked for thirty five years in the banking and financial services industries.  Prior to his finance career, he served as an 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.

Joe has been a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives and recently retired as a Board Member and Senior Executive of a New York Stock Exchange-listed company.  He lives in New Mexico.

Joe's first suspense novel, The Pythagorean Solution, was released in April, 2003.  His second suspense novel, Terror Cell, was released in July 2004.  The paperback version of The Pythagorean Solution was released in 2005. He is currently at work on a new novel to be released in 2008.