Joseph Murillo is a horror writer with an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from CSU Northridge. After a near ten-year stint in the hospitality industry after college, he began writing again. Since then, a proof of concept was produced for his horror script, Cryptids, for winning the Reno-Tahoe Screenplay competition in 2023 and he was selected to take part in Coverage Ink’s Get Repped program. Most recently, his horror/fantasy script, Forged in Blood, was featured in the 2024 Blood List. Growing up disabled allows Joseph to write about outcasts and their struggles for acceptance while slaying monsters.

I write conspiracy thrillers, near-future sci-fi, and dramas with a side of comedy. I'm also a cancer surgeon/scientist who adores T cells (the type of white blood cell that remembers your cellular enemies and vanquishes them), math, visual arts, and cats. I served as an advisor on Here Awhile starring Anna Camp, Steven Strait, and Joe Lo Truglio and was featured in the Sundance Award winning documentary, How To Die in Oregon.

Lean's feautre, Stay Late, scored Concierge's highest recommendation.