Famous Writers Key West Florida

Biography
Joe D. Wells, Jr. (aka Island Joe - Key West, FL) was born in Arkansas
in 1959. His childhood involved a lot of moving, attending perhaps 10
different schools, before graduating high school from Colombia
Military Academy.
He worked various jobs on the streets of Memphis i.e. waiter, booking
rock bands etc., before making his stake as an off Wall Street
Investment Banker, traveling the world, several times over. His
knowledge of Wall Street is self taught.
Joe spent twenty odd years working in Capital Markets. His main
source of clients were institutions i.e. banks, large corporations and
such, then he also did business with several small countries around the
world. In the end, he had his on firm, were he found it easier to do
business with the large Wall Street firms, rather than working for
them. This seemed odd in the beginning, but it just worked out better in
the long run. He thinks his biggest year, he paid taxes on about nine
million - take home pay. Now a days, Island Joe does not were a
watch and very seldom, can you get him on the phone, and then if you
ask him what day it is .. you might get a question“What does it
matter?”
He moved his family to Key West, Florida in the early 90's, then
losing his wife, Elizabeth, to cancer, he was left to raise three children,
(Trey, Brandon & AJ) which he will tell you is no easy job and
perhaps, he could have done better, but he sure could have done a lot
worse. Everyone seems fairly normal.
His family started Island Joe's Coffee Roasting Company around
2005, which has gained international fame for their ability to roast
fine gourmet coffee and espresso. Then he begin baking, which bakers
start early in the morning. Finding he had time between baking
pastries and roasting coffee for customers, he begins writing, finding
the solitude at the café early the mornings to be very relaxing. He can
write without being disturbed, after all Key West is a drinking island,
which most occurs at night and Joe D. has be known to enjoy his
drink.