Joe Barry Carroll is a former NBA All-Star, and an artist, publisher, award-winning author, philanthropist, and wealth advisor. 

Carroll has authored four books: “Coach Lee Rose: On Family and Basketball,” “My View From Seven Feet,” “Black American Voices: Shared Culture, Values, and Emotions,” and “Growing Up . . . In Words and Images.” He has twice been featured at the Arkansas Literary Festival, the Decatur Book Festival, and Roswell Roots: A Festival of History and Culture. 

Paintings by Carroll have been exhibited at Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Historic Arkansas Museum, Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, and Purdue University. The abstract and figurative art has been published in, “Growing Up: In Words and Images,” and “My View From Seven Feet,” which also include narratives written by Carroll. His photography appears in, “Black American Voices: Shared Culture and Values” featuring the Zamora Collection of African Art, of which he is the trustee.