Joey Porcelli is the author of Rise & Dine: Breakfast in Denver and Boulder, a restaurant guide that appeared on The Denver Post’s top ten list. She co­authored The Gyros Journey: Affordable Ethnic Eateries Along the Front Range and Take30: The First Three Decades of the Denver International Film Festival. Her magazine feature articles have appeared in SouthwestArt, The Denver Post, Colorado Expression, and many other publications. Her short story “Parachute Drop” will be published in Sixfold Literary Journal in August 2021.

Joey teaches memoir writing at the Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities and served as newsletter editor for Historic Denver and Lower Downtown Denver, Inc. She has won awards from Denver Woman’s Press Club, Page International Screenwriting, and the Colorado Authors’ League. Joey is an active member of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver Woman’s Press Club, and the Denver Film Society.