Joshua Tree Publishing

Based in Chicago, Joshua Tree Publishing specializes in works that uplift the human spirit, inspire people to reach for higher goals, and touch the hearts of readers. We are an innovative, traditional publisher dedicated to making your dreams of being a published author a reality. Not tomorrow. Not next year. But today. Joshua Tree Publishing has 37 years of expertise and experience in publishing books. Publishing a book is a process. We guide our authors through that process, asking for their input at every stage.Our mission is to produce a book that professionally reflects the author's vision and voice. We encourage you to submit your work to Joshua Tree Publishing where We Believe in Authors.

In the News

Bronze Award Military Writers Society of America

Joshua Tree Publishing proudly announces that The China Connection, published in January 2023, received the Bronze Award from the Military Writers Society of America on...

Becky Cortesi-Caruso Honored

Author Becky Cortesi-Caruso of For One More Wish was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of Lemont High School on Saturday, September 14,...

New Authors and Books

Dilobar Ortiqo

Born into a family of writers, Dilobar Ortiqova has a passion for literature from the early ages. Her previous works mostly included poems and short stories....

Shane Michael Whitehead

Quite often, throughout the course of our lives, we will undoubtedly experience firsthand many unusual and unexpected circumstances that could potentially have an overwhelming...

New Releases

Worthy

The word “unworthy” comes up often in my life as an educator, counselor, coach, and mom. It’s not a word I use lightly nor a word I use often. Even though the word itself isn’t a part of my daily language, its meaning, and my feelings of unworthiness, surface frequently.I would say to myself, “Look, I have not used...

Don’t Get Fancy

A femme fatale Oklahoma oil billionaire serial killer lures flyover boys to help nurture her prize winning water roses.M. Lee Fox is a practicing eye surgeon with a penchant for storytelling. He has authored a variety of original stories and both feature and TV screenplays designed to stimulate the reader and open doors of imagination. Fox resides in Fort Lauderdale,...

Measure Your Success in Moments

Seeing the trauma and the pain among the youth and young adults incarcerated in one juvenile detention center was enough to propel Sam Burgett into a career of creating and providing reentry services within the juvenile and adult justice systems. Through years of working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth and adults in prison, jail, juvenile detention, and work release...

For One More Wish

A Journey Through GriefThroughout my life, I often heard the question, what would you do if you were granted one wish? I was fascinated by people’s responses. What do you think the answer to this question would be? World peace? A functional family? Good health? End poverty? On the contrary, many people “said” or “replied” that they wanted to...

M. I. A.

A Story Inspired by True EventsDuring World War II, Maria received a letter from the Romanian army stating that her husband went M.I.A., and they had to declare him officially dead.However, a letter she received from her husband, just before the letter she received from the Romanian army, drove her to believe that her husband was still alive, and...

A Journey to the Fourth Dimension of the Mind

A JOURNEY TO THE FOURTH DIMENSION OF THE MIND is a practical work aimed to change the reality of a person based on philosophy, psychology, and esoteric. I share my experience, my successes, and my tools. For readers, this is my unique experience of diving into the depths of the mind, not only as a researcher but also as a...

The Book of Joann

A Novel Based on Her Life Story, and the Lifetime Battle She Endured with Mental IllnessThe Book of Joann is a powerful story of darkness and light—defeat and victory —hope and faith. Joann, my mom, wanted her story to be told. As her daughter, I promised her that one day I would share her story with the world, and people would...

Head Case: A Very Painful Healing Journey

“It is in sharing our struggles and vulnerabilities that we connect with others and inspire change in them. Empathy and experience are some of our most powerful connecting points. By offering my own personal struggles, I hope to let others know that they are not alone, and that there is always hope, even in the darkest of times."No one...

The Legacy

Part mystery and part romance, The Legacy is a commentary on the legal profession as well as a vivid picture of a city that has always been divided between an elite upper class and waves of aspiring immigrants. While unraveling the puzzle of an oddly worded Last Will, Adam Chauncey and Sally Warren seek to uncover the secrets of the legacy...

New Imprint: Centaur Books

Specializing in fiction, Centaur Books is dedicated to helping first-time and seasoned authors in their writing careers.We have thirty-seven years of expertise and experience in publishing...

Authors

Diane Lang

Diane Lang has dedicated her career to helping people turn their lives around and is now on a mission to help them develop a sustainable positive attitude that can actually turn one into an optimist, literally. Diane is a practicing...

M. Lee Fox

M. Lee Fox who has been a devoted storyteller and writer for many years. He has authored a variety of original stories and both feature and TV screenplays designed to stimulate the reader and open doors of imagination. Fox is...

Sam Burgett

In 2017, Samantha Burgett was running a teen program in Northwest Indiana, when she noticed several of her youth demonstrating new negative behaviors after having been incarcerated in the local juvenile detention center for a short period of time....

Becky Cortesi-Caruso 

Becky Cortesi-Caruso has dedicated twenty-six years to being employed in public education. A former school social worker, she eventually made the leap of faith into school administration and is currently an Executive Director of Special Education. Becky earned a Master’s...

Bogdan Sopterean

Bogdan Sopterean was born on October 1, 1980, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which is located in the beautiful region of Transylvania—yes, the region where Dracula was born. When he began middle school, he started to practice martial arts, which helped him...

Vova Kosinskiy

Vova Kosinskiy was born under the symbol of the Moscow Olympics in a Ukrainian provincial town of the USSR.“I endured the hardships of the economic crisis of the ’90s and poverty, surviving through small-scale trade and self-improvement. Books were my...

Lisa Zarcone

Lisa Zarcone is currently the Massachusetts National Ambassador for NAASCA (National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse). She is dedicated to spreading awareness for child safety/abuse and mental health illness/stigmas. She is committed to educating people and promoting change...

James Gilbert

After an academic career during which he authored ten works on modern American History, (one of them a New York Times notable book), James Gilbert turned to fiction. He has now written a book of short stories and five novels, three...

Ben Hall

Ben Hall is a writer by day and reader by night. He has authored the St. Noir comic book series that cover the adventures of Captain Cobalt, the Sonic Sleuth and the Mysteries of the Muze.After serving 8 years...

Joseph Small

Author Joseph Small was born in Columbus, Nebraska, and grew up on a farm near Fullerton, Nebraska. After high school, he became part of his family’s farming business and still works the land and raises cattle today with his four...

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