Joseph Flynn was born, raised, and educated in Chicago. He attended: St. Mary of the Lake School; Francis W. Parker School; Loyola University and Northeastern Illinois University, from which he received a B.A. in English. It was while he was on his way to his first day of classes at Loyola, with the intention of becoming a lawyer, that Mr. Flynn's muse first visited him, presenting him with the idea for his short story, Lester's Curse.
