Joseph Hone is the author of eight novels, including The Private Sector, Summer Hilland Firebird, and four books of travel writing, from The Dancing Waiters to Duck Soup in the Black Sea, both of which gather material commissioned during his time as overseas correspondent for the BBC. He lived and and taught in Oxfordshire in England for a number of years. His autobiography Wicked Little Joe was published by The Lilliput Press in 2009. He passed away in August 2016.