Joy E. Glenn is an author, creative writer, screenwriter, and U.S. Air Force veteran originally from West Palm Beach, Florida. The seventh of eight siblings in a devout Southern Pentecostal family, Joy grew up surrounded by structure, faith, and storytelling. Books became her escape and her voice, and after winning a short-story contest in the third grade, she knew she was meant to write.

Joy served over seven years in the United States Air Force, earning multiple awards while serving four different countries. Her travels exposed her to diverse cultures, perspectives, and histories—experiences that now shape the depth, authenticity, and emotional resonance of her work.

She has been married for more than eighteen years and is the mother of three beautiful children, who remain the center of her world and her greatest motivation. After settling in southern Spain, she began writing more intentionally, drawing from her life as a Black American woman raising a family abroad.

Joy’s storytelling blends lived experience, emotional depth, cultural insight, and imaginative world-building across both literature and screenwriting. She writes character-driven narratives centered on legacy, identity, and human connection, with a particular focus on stories that uplift, inspire, and explore the complexity of what it means to belong.