Joe Schoenmann (born in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin) is an American journalist and nonfiction author who has lived in Las Vegas since 1997.
Schoenmann graduated from River Valley High School in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
[5] In 2013, his article about the Clark County Coroner's Office in the Las Vegas Sun won Best Feature in the Nevada Press Association contest.
[8] The nonfiction book Vegas Rag Doll: A True Story of Terror and Survival as a Mob Hitman's Wife, co-authored by Schoenmann with Wendy Mazaros and released in fall 2011, is an autobiography of Mazaros' marriage to Tom Hanley, 39 years her senior, who was involved in organized crime in Las Vegas.
"[11] Tod Goldberg, in a critical review for Las Vegas CityLife, called the book "an unremorseful account of being married to a hitman.