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Joseph Torchia

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Occupation
  
Writer, photographer

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Joseph Torchia

Notable works
  
As if after Sex

Genre
  
Novel


Joseph Torchia The Kryptonite Kid Joseph Torchia 9780030577987 Amazoncom Books

Died
  
1996, Napa, California, United States

Joseph Torchia (1948 – April 22, 1996) was an American Author and Photographer. In the late 1970s he also worked as a reporter for 'The Palm Beach', 'The San Francisco Chronicle' and 'The San Francisco Examiner'.

Torchia was born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1964 (Johnsonburg High School). After his studies at the University of Florida (1968) he spent two years in the Peace Corps (1968–1970). After having left journalism, Torchia owned a photography studio during the last 15 years of his life.

Works by Torchia

  • The Kryptonite Kid (1979)
  • As If After Sex (1983)
  • First Communion – a short story (Gay Sunshine Journal, no 47, 1982, p 90-104)
  • References

    Joseph Torchia Wikipedia