Growing up in the Chicago area, Joseph fell in love writing at an early age. He left Chicago for four years to attend the University of Notre Dame where he was awarded the university's prestigious William Mitchell Award for Playwriting. Upon graduating from Notre Dame, Joseph returned to Chicago where he attended and graduated from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

While studying literature, Joseph became a huge fan of Charles Dickens whose novels were originally released in installments, each ending in a cliffhanger to keep readers coming back for more. Because of his love of those novels as well as television dramas such as Dynasty, Knots Landing, Melrose Place, and Revenge, Joseph has created several serialized sagas for contemporary audiences.

In addition to developing projects for television, Joseph has also written several films which have recently been optioned for development.