Prolific, bestselling writer and teacher Joe Clifford stopped into the Thrillerfest Interrogation Room, just to clear up a few things. Joe overcame a heroin addiction that once compelled him to live on the streets of San Francisco. He earned an MFA from FIU, and his bestselling Jay Porter Thriller Series receives rave reviews. Joe works as the acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and produces Lip Service West (a "gritty, real, raw" reading series in Oakland, CA); he is also the editor of "Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Stories Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen," along with the forthcoming "Just to Watch Him Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash." Joe also teaches online writing courses for LitReactor and at conferences and retreats.In this episode, Joe and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discuss writing craft, as well as addiction, recovery, and the common humanity of cops and addicts.