JOSEPH BADAL IS A DECORATED ARMY VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN GREECE AND VIETNAM. JOE IS A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE TONY HILLERMAN AWARD FOR BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR; HAS BEEN NAMED "BEST AUTHOR" MULTIPLE TIMES BY ABQ THE MAGAZINE, INCLUDING IN 2023 AND 2024; HAS RECEIVED 4 GOLD MEDALS AND 3 SILVER MEDALS FROM THE MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA; IS A THREE-TIME FINALIST IN THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS; IS AN ERIC HOFFER AWARD WINNER; AND IS A FOUR-TIME WINNER OF THE NEW MEXICO/ARIZONA BOOK AWARD FOR BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR. JOE IS AN AMAZON #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND WAS NAMED THE WRITER OF THE YEAR IN 2020 BY THE MWSA. HE HAS HAD 19 SUSPENSE NOVELS PUBLISHED: 4 STAND-ALONES; 7 IN THE DANFORTH SAGA SERIES; 4 IN THE CURTIS CHRONICLES SERIES; AND 4 IN THE LASSITER/MARTINEZ CASE FILES SERIES. JOE'S SHORT STORIES HAVE APPEARED IN NUMEROUS ANTHOLOGIES AND HE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST AUTHORS YOU SHOULD BE READING. HE IS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS, MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA, and SOUTHWEST WRITERS WORKSHOP. JOE'S LATEST BOOK, SOULLESS, WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2025. HIS 20TH NOVEL, GONE FOREVER, WILL BE RELEASED IN MAY 2026. HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES. JOE TEACHES MASTER WRITING CLASSES AND HAS BEEN A FREQUENT GUEST LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS AN INTERVIEWEE ON RADIO AND TELEVISION. http://www.josephbadalbooks.com JOSEPHBADALBOOKS@OUTLOOK.COM
JOSEPH BADAL IS A DECORATED ARMY VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN GREECE AND VIETNAM. JOE IS A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE TONY HILLERMAN AWARD FOR BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR; HAS BEEN NAMED "BEST AUTHOR" MULTIPLE TIMES BY ABQ THE MAGAZINE, INCLUDING IN 2023 AND 2024; HAS RECEIVED 4 GOLD MEDALS AND 3 SILVER MEDALS FROM THE MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA; IS A THREE-TIME FINALIST IN THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS; IS AN ERIC HOFFER AWARD WINNER; AND...
SOULLESS features Eddie Parnall and Tatiana Borodvic who were introduced in Joseph Badal's novel JUSTICE, the third book in the Curtis Chronicles series. Parnall, a retired CIA agent, and Borodvic, a former Bulgarian Special Operator, join a high-octane cast of characters who starred in previous books in the Curtis Chronicles series. Joseph...
2016 Winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best Fiction Book of the Year.
In “The Motive,” Joseph Badal presents the first book in his new series, The Curtis Chronicles. This latest addition to Badal’s offering of acclaimed, best-selling thrillers delivers the same sort of action and suspense that readers have come to expect and enjoy from his...
A world-class thriller with non-stop, heart-pounding tension and action, “Obsessed” brings back Matt Curtis and Renee Drummond and their villainous nemesis, Lonnie Jackson. This second installment in Joseph Badal’s The Curtis Chronicles takes the reader from Rio de Janeiro to the mountains of New Mexico to the Mexico/United States border,...
"Action-adventure writing of the highest order...a gut-punch of a thriller, packing a wallop Badal dispenses with a strong and seasoned hand
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Jon Land, NY Times and USA Today Best-Selling Author of "The Tenth Circle"
" 'Natural Causes' by Joseph Badal is a first-rate thriller, a powerhouse of a story that will keep you turning the pages into the wee hours. The pacing is relentless, with a sense of menace that grows almost unbearable. Lassiter and Martinez are two homicide detectives for the ages. I loved it!"
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Douglas Preston, NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Paradox"
"For novels of international intrigue with gut-wrenching action, twists, and unpredictable developments, no thriller author can beat the high-octane crime writing of Joseph Badal. Suspense is his middle name."
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Mark Rubinstein, Award-Winning Author of "Season of Fear"
GONE FOREVER, the 5th book in Joseph Badal's Lassiter/Martinez Case Files series will be released in May 2026. Detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez return in this...
