Joseph Lovett

Born in 1957, at Eglin AFB, Florida. The fourth of nine children born to James M. Lovett and Barbara L. Lovett. Grew up mostly in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. Lived at Dover AFB, Delaware and Travis AFB, California. Graduated from Choctawhatchee High School, in Ft. Walton, in 1975. Attended Okaloosa Walton Junior College in Niceville, Florida until dropping out in 1977. Worked at a gas station, parts warehouse for the next two and a half years. Considered a career as an auto mechanic but decided not to on account of back stress. Moved to Okalahoma in 1979, went to work at a Co-op grain mill in Kremlin, Oklahoma. Within four months, landed a job on a drilling rig. Worked in the oil field for the next three years. The oil field "bust" of 1983 caused me to move back to Ft. Walton. Began electrical work in 1984 after various construction labor jobs. Married Cheri K. Ivie in 1987 on the 17th of April. Moved to Orlando, Florida in 1989. Have three children; Jessica Lynn, born February 2nd 1990, Christopher Bryan, born June 11th, 1991, and Thomas Michael, born June 1st, 1994. Moved to Kissimmee, Florida, in 1999. Began writting my first book in 2006.