Joseph Padgal was born July 24th, 1948 in a small southwestern Michigan town. He lived, along with his sister and parents in a former 100 year old farm house that had once housed a doctor's office. At the age of sixteen he started writing short stories about his life growing up in the town he lived, about his faith in God and his family.
After graduating from high school he enlisted in the armed forces, eventually ending up in South East Asia as a result of the war in Vietnam. After his honorable discharge from the military he lived at home for awhile eventually moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan where he lives with his wife in a three story home built in 1906.
Joseph retired from the federal government in 2008. It was in this year that Padgal started writing his first novel 'FireDance' which he finished and had published in 2010. His book is based on forgiveness, which he states is much debated and much needed in today's world. In his novel, Padgal demonstrates how to use forgiveness as a healing tool and offers viable steps for the individual who has difficulty forgiving anyone for anything.
His novel is well written, contains the elements of humor, suspense, crisis and cure. His first novel has received some excellent reviews and is one of a trilogy with an ending that will whet your appetite for more.