Josiah DeGraaf
Director of Admissions & Marketing
Professional Experience
- Co-Founder of Story Embers (2018-2024)
- Staff Writer & Editor, Lorehaven (2021 – present)
Writings & Publications
- A Study of Shattered Spells (upcoming in 2025)
- Mage Kids These Days (Havok, 2024)
- Visions of Grandeur (and Other Stories) (2023)
“Stories that lack joy are as unrealistic as stories that lack suffering.”
– Josiah DeGraaf
Biography
Josiah DeGraaf is a literature nerd who loves helping writers impact readers with honest storytelling. As a reader, he loves epic fantasy stories with imaginative worldbuilding. And as a writer, he loves crafting fantasy stories about characters who face the same dilemmas we do when we try to do the right thing. In addition to running marketing & admissions at the Author Conservatory, he also works as the program director of the Young Writer’s Workshop and as a staff writer for Lorehaven. He lives in a small river town just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.