Joel Burcat is an award-winning author of four environmental legal thrillers: Drink to Every Beast (about illegal dumping of toxic waste), Amid Rage (about a coal mine permit battle), Strange Fire (about a fracking dispute), and his latest, Reap the Wind (an action/adventure thriller). He has received a number of awards, including the Gold Medal for environmental fiction from Readers’ Favorite for Strange Fire, and as a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Amid Rage. He has written numerous short stories.

Burcat’s books are infused with realism developed over a forty plus year career as an environmental lawyer. Burcat worked in government as an Assistant Attorney General and in a private law practice. He was selected as the 2019 Lawyer of the Year in Environmental Litigation (for Central Pa.) by Best Lawyers in America. Among his numerous professional writings, he has edited two significant non-fiction books on environmental and energy law. He has retired from the practice of law and works full-time as a novelist. 

He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers and PennWriters.

Burcat lives in Harrisburg, Pa. with his wife, Gail.