Brian Joseph is the author of the forthcoming nonfiction book, Vegas Concierge: Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop, and Corruption in America. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and investigative journalist for about 20 years, writing for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Orange County Register, and the Sacramento Bee, among other publications. In 2013–2014, he was an investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he investigated privatized foster care for Mother Jones. Brian is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, and lives in Las Vegas.