Joseph M. Orazi received a BA in English and Theater from Villanova University. His plays have been produced in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago. His work, The Lion and the Lamb, won him a Pennsylvania Playwright Fellowship. In addition to writing numerous TV and radio commercials and industrial films, Joe was a staff writer for the ABC daytime drama, Ryan’s Hope. He is also an accomplished lyricist. His song, Recue You, Rescue Me, received a 2016 nomination for an American Songwriting Award. The documentary film, Prisoners Among Us, which he wrote and associate produced, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival. He is currently working on book two of the L’America series, continuing the stories of three emigrant families. Book two covers the period from 1929 to 1946. Joe and his wife, Kathy, were married in 1973. They have two children, Gena and Scott, and a beautiful granddaughter, Arabella.