JOEL E. TURNER
Joel E. Turner’s debut novel, Wildwood Exit, a noir tale set at the Jersey Shore, was published by Level Best Books in 2025. Amy Rosenberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer called it “a quirky sand-in-your-shoes crime novel with a romantic heart”.
His fiction has appeared in many US and UK journals including Ambit, 3AM Magazine, New Millennium Writings, Mobius, Proof, The Medulla Review, Red Fez, Literary Yard, The Eunoia Review, and The Write Launch. His dystopian novella The Fisheye Incident appeared as a serial in Ambit.
His website, joeleturnerauthor.com, has samples/links to his work and posts about books, film and music (especially R&B/Soul). Articles he has written about Soul music have been featured on the UK-based Soul Source website, a major platform for news and writing on the Northern Soul scene.
Wildwood Exit draws on his extensive work experience at some of the finer dining establishments at the Jersey Shore. He knows how to operate a Frialator.
Joel splits his time between Philadelphia and White Cloud, Michigan.
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