A member of the Dramatists Guild, Joëlʼs plays have been produced around the country. Her short play, Action and Reaction, has been seen in many places including Los Angeles, Boston, New York, St. Louis and Sydney, Australia. It was a finalist for the Heideman award at the 2011 Humana Festival. Her childrenʼs play, Furry Tales, has been published and produced by many childrenʼs groups.

The Good Citizen is based on her play, The Four Wise Monkeys. It is her first novel.

She attended the Sewanee Writerʼs conference (Beth Henley) as a Tennessee Williams scholar, Southampton Playwriting Conference (John Patrick Shanley), and was selected for the Kennedy Center Intensive Playwriting Workshop. (Gary Garrison, Paula Vogel, Marsha Norman). Her credentials include a BA from University of Michigan, MBA from Temple University, MA from Northeastern Illinois, and advanced playwriting at Webster University.

When not writing, she enjoys working with her daughter at V.I.P. Hospital Productions, promoting and selling activity books that help kids and teens communicate with their doctors.