About the Author

Joshua Goudie’s first book, Jack and the Hurricane (Breakwater Books), was published in October 2014 with its sequel, Jack and the Magnificent Ugly Stick (Breakwater Books), following in October 2016. A collection of children’s narrative poetry, Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines (Breakwater Books) was released in September 2022, and later chosen as an official selection of Canadian Children’s Book Week 2023.

His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, and he has been shortlisted for the Cuffer Prize for Short Fiction on three separate occasions. In 2013, his novel, The Last Portrait, was shortlisted for the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award, going on to be awarded the  Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Percy Janes First Novel Award in 2021. In 2017, Joshua’s original film, The Lore Tax, received national attention and was featured in Quill and Quire magazine (April 2017 issue). In 2023, the short film, The Hag, based on one of his short stories will be produced through a partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Corporation. 

Joshua lives and writes in St. John's, NL.