Joe Clifford Faust (born 1957) is an American author, songwriter, and cartoonist best known for his seven science fiction novels primarily written during the 1980s and 1990s, including A Death of Honor, The Company Man, the Angel's Luck Trilogy (all published by Del Rey Books), and the satirical Pembroke Hall novels (published by Bantam Spectra). His novels are known for their tightly controlled plots and their sense of humor.
Like many authors, he draws inspiration from previous and current occupations, including projectionist, record store clerk, radio announcer, sheriff's dispatcher, and advertising copywriter. He currently works in advertising, but keeps his hand in writing through other creative projects. From 2001 to 2008, he served as a freelance producer for a local cable music program, Random Acts of Music.
Faust was born in Williston, North Dakota, but claims Gillette, Wyoming as his adopted home town. He currently lives with his family in his wife's ancestral home in Ohio--a 140 year-old plot of land signed over to the family by President James K. Polk. He enjoys reading, firearms, listening to music on his iPod, and good chili. Other interests include the creative process, songwriting, playing guitar, home recording, and community theater. He currently works as a copywriter at an advertising firm while maintaining his career as a freelance writer. He also draws a cartoon entitled The Home World, which is published online. Faust had drawn extensively in high school and college, and published a cartoon in a national magazine, but gave up on cartooning when his writing began selling more consistently than his artwork.
? Handling It: How I Got Rich and Famous, Made Media Stars Out of Common Street Scum and Almost Got the Girl (1997) - Science Fiction Book Club edition combining Ferman's Devils and Boddekker's Demons.