Biography

Joe Solomon earned both master’s and doctoral degrees from Rice University and is a writer, a director, an independent filmmaker, and a composer.  His first novel—a supernatural thriller entitled The Darkness: Giger, Texas—reached #2 on Amazon's Best Seller list and is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook. His second novel—The Light: Houston, Texas—reached #1 on Amazon's Best Seller list, was an Apple Books Best Seller, and was a Barnes and Noble Best Seller. He is currently working on a collection of short stories that that begins with the novella The Astrodome.

An award-winning screenwriter, Joe has completed several screenplays and stage plays. He has also been very active in the independent film industry, directing four short films, one feature film, and six music videos. His screenplays have won Best Screenplay at the Mediterranean Film Festival (Cannes, France), been Official Selections at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and Toronto Films and Scripts Awards, been a Semi-Finalist been at the Flicker's Rhodes Island International Film Festival and San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition, a Finalist in the American Movie Awards and New York Screenplay Conctest, won the Final Draft Screenwriters Award, won the Screenwriting Showcase Award, reached the Second Round in The Sundance Feature Film Program, and been a Finalist in the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.