About Joshua
Joshua Meadows (he/him) is a writer, game developer, and musician based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Originally from the United States, Joshua attended the New Orleans Centre for the Creative Arts (NOCCA) as a teenager. At 16, his first commercial work as a writer appeared as a column in XY Magazine — the US' largest print magazine for the queer youth demographic — before moving to New York City at 18. As a classically-trained musician, at 18 he performed as a tenor for Beethoven's Mass in C at Carnegie Hall.
Joshua moved to Australia in 2008 and continued a career in writing. He has worked as a journalist, editor, script writer, novelist, and event manager (running Sydney Gaymers — Australia's largest community for queer geeks & gamers — from 2012 to 2016, as well as founding GX Australia — Australia's first national convention for queer geeks and gamers across two events in 2016 and 2017) before moving on to video game development full-time.
His debut novel, Iyetra - Volume 01: Prophecy Told, was a quarterfinalist in the 2012 'Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award' competition sponsored by Penguin Books.
His debut video game, Alcyone: The Last City, was released in April 2025.
In 2026 he founded Strange Artifice, a studio for narrative-driven experiences where systems and stories are inseparable.