Joseph F. Girzone

Joseph Francis Girzone was born in Albany in 1930. At 14, he joined the Carmelite order. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from St. Bonaventure University in 1953 and was ordained as a priest in 1955. He also studied at Fordham University and the Catholic University of America. Girzone retired from the priesthood and published his first book, Joshua, in 1983. Throughout his writing career, he published 25 books, along with co-authoring books with Sr. Dorothy K. Ederer, former co-director of The Joshua Foundation. Girzone passed away in November 2015.