Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn,1923. In 1961 he published the bestselling Catch-22 and went on to write the novels Something Happened, Good as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, and Closing Time (the sequel to Catch-22). His non-fiction works include No Laughing Matter (with Speed Vogel) and Now and Then. Joseph Heller died in December, 1999.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Something Happened (1974)
Good As Gold (1979)
God Knows (1984)
Poetics (1987)
Picture This (1988)
Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man (2000)
Good As Gold (1979)
God Knows (1984)
Poetics (1987)
Picture This (1988)
Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man (2000)
Collections
Joseph Heller recommends

Hoopla (1983)
Harry Stein
"A wonderful novel about an exciting time in America when it was still possible to believe in heroes."

The Jukebox Queen of Malta (1999)
Nicholas Rinaldi
"A beguiling, romantic story in an illuminating and surprising setting."

India Shastra (2015)
Shashi Tharoor
"I'm enthralled by the writing of Shashi Tharoor, his remarkable erudition and insight. For me, his work has been illuminating introduction to India."
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