Joyce Oroz raised her children and grew her commercial art and mural business.Painting was her whole life until seven years ago when she discovered writing.

Joyce began writing children's stories and graduated to her first 400 page mystery Novel, "Secure the Ranch".She writes about the things she loves; painting, animals, California, relationships, mystery and adventure.

Her ambition is to entertain, speed up the heartbeats, raise some hairs on the back of necks and make people laugh. She pulls her readers into Josephine's world and hopes they enjoy the ride. Joyce lives in Aromas, California with her husband and golden lab.


Joyce Oroz raised her children and grew her commercial art and mural business.Painting was her whole life until seven years ago when she discovered writing.

Joyce began writing children's stories and graduated to her first 400 page mystery Novel, "Secure the Ranch".She writes about the things she loves; painting, animals, California, relationships, mystery and adventure.

Her ambition is to entertain, speed up the heartbeats, raise some hairs on the back of necks and make people laugh. She pulls her readers into Josephine's world and hopes they enjoy the ride. Joyce lives in Aromas, California with her husband and golden lab.