Joe Graziano, after growing up in New Jersey, and moving to Colorado, began his career as a model building GOD at the tender age of 17.  Times were hard.  After dropping out of high school to pursue a GED, he was forced to
work as a busboy in a Perkins Restaurant.  Shortly after he moved to Iowa...no one knows why.  After six long years, and many jobs including cab driver, nursing home cook, and roofer, he finally decided to buy a $100 van and move to Seattle.  And that's when something magical happened.  He got a steady job with benefits!  He then married, and quickly divorced his psychotic wife, and shacked up with the preacher who married them.  After 5 long years they finally married.... yes, it's legal in WA since the preacher is a she.  Oh yeah, he also built a bazillion model kits, wrote for Modeler's Resource magazine, and has consistently kicked ass at model contests around the country.  He now lives in his garage where he attempts to make and sell light sabers and other assorted science fiction props.  See his website.