Joe Weintraub has published fiction, essays, translations, and poetry in all sorts of literary reviews, periodicals, and regional publications throughout the country. Many of his pieces have been anthologized, and he has received awards for fiction and creative nonfiction from, among others, the Illinois Arts Council, the Barrington Arts Council, and Holy Names University. He is currently a member of the Dramatists Guild, and he has had staged readings, radio dramas, and one-act plays produced throughout the USA and Australia. As a translator, he has introduced the Italian horror writer, Nicola Lombardi, to the English-speaking public.