Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications. His work has twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing. His children's book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci, was an honoree for the Mathical Book Prize-the first-ever prize for math-themed children's books. D'Agnese's crime fiction has appeared in Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. D'Agnese is a 2015 winner of the Derringer Award for short mystery fiction. One of his short stories was selected by author James Patterson for inclusion in the prestigious annual anthology, Best American Mystery Stories 2015. D'Agnese lives in North Carolina with his wife, the author Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City).