Joe Sharkey

Bio

(1946-2023) Travel writer, columnist. Joe Sharkey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Tucson, Arizona.

Full Name

Joe Sharkey

Locations

Albany

Author's Timeline

1946

Joseph Michael Sharkey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 15, 1946.

1981

Mr. Sharkey was the executive city editor of The Times-Union in Albany, New York, from 1981 to 1984.

1984

Mr. Sharkey was assistant national editor at the Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, from 1984 to 1989.

1990

Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders
Signet
0451169476 / 978-0451169471
Nonfiction.

1991

Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case
Simon & Schuster
013584178X / 978-0135841785
Nonfiction.

1993

Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion
Poseidon Press
0671796445 / 978-0671796440
Nonfiction.

1994

Bedlam: Greed, Profiteering, and Fraud in a Mental Health System Gone Crazy
St. Martin's Press
0312104219 / 978-0312104214
Nonfiction.

1998

Lady Gold
St. Martin's Press
0312185413 / 978-0312185411
Novel written with former New York Police Department detective Angela Amato.

2023

Joe Sharkey died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, on November 6, 2023.

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