Joshua Isard

Joshua Isard grew up in the Philadelphia area, earned his BA in English at Temple University, and then went on to study creative writing at the University of Edinburgh and literature at University College London. He is the author of the novel Conquistador of the Useless (Cinco Puntos Press 2013), and his short stories have recently appeared in The Broadkill Review, Press 1, StoryChord, and Northwind. He is currently the director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, two cats, and baby daughter.