Joe Cushnan is the author of two short stories on our website, Sweetheart and Twist. He was born and raised in Belfast but left for England at the age of twenty-two to pursue a career in retail management. His hobbies have always been reading and writing. Over the years, Joe has had poetry and general features published in newspapers and magazines. After his management career, Joe found a publisher for his memoir/handbook Retail Confidential. He also self-published books of fun verse as well as a biography of a 1960s film star, Stephen Boyd: from Belfast to Hollywood. In the past decade Joe has accumulated a substantial portfolio of published features, reviews and poetry.
Joe has worked in various locations across the UK. He has two grown-up sons and is now retired after nearly forty years of working.
For more information, visit Joe’s blog.