W. Joseph Greffey
Wenford Joseph Greffey (W.J.) was born in Indianapolis Indiana on April 4th, 1973. At a young age, he took to reading and writing. In elementary school, he wrote his first story, and from then on he could not hold back his imagination. Movies, theatre, and television became his world. At a young age, he followed in his brothers footsteps, and enroll at Culver Military Academy. He believed that he would eventually join the army as his father did, but while at the academy, he attended a theatre production, and had a vision of his future.
He knew then he had to act. in the fifth grade, he landed a lead roll in his first play, "The Electric Sunshine Man", and from that moment on he was hooked. He tried out for several plays through school, and decided to study Theatre Fine Arts Performance in college. W.J. left his friends Dan and Mike in Indiana and traveled to Washington D.C. to live with his brother while he attended college. There he met two men that would become life long friends as well.
W.J. left Washington D.C. after being accepted to Ball State University to study theatre. There he rejoined with his oldest friends Dan, and Mike. While in school W.J. would enjoy evenings with his friends playing miniature games such as Warhammer, and they would constantly watch movies. In his second year at Ball State, W.J. landed a paid acting job in a summer stock theatre. He played the role of Miles Gloriosis in the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum." This started his acting career.
He left school, and through the years learned that acting wasn't enough any more. in 1997 he chose to pursue his second dream, to become a writer. After moving around a bit, W.J. landed back in Indianapolis and was employed as a server at a casual fine dining Italian Resturaunt. It was there that he met Douglas and Stuart. The three would quickly become best ! friends, and to this day remain in his circle of family.
He approached his friends, and asked them to work with him in creating an Authoring Production House. They loved the idea, and W.J. knew that working with the most creative minds he had ever known, they could not fail. In 2005, Writers of the Storm became a reality.
