Joshua writes character-driven fiction about hard-won hope, shaped by queer, working-class, and neurodivergent identity—where coming-of-age stories meet sharp cultural critique.
Debut novel
“MacJesus & the Queen of Kings”
Upmarket YA with crossover appeal
Complete at 70,000 words and currently open to representation
MacJesus &
the Queen of Kings
In 1998 suburban Dallas, in the shadow of Matthew Shepard’s murder, a working-class queer teen fakes his way into an elite cotillion clique to escape his evangelical school. Passing as a prep-school legend earns him safety—but as book bans rise and intimacy blurs into manipulation, Shea must confront not just the cost of being seen, but the power in how he chooses to see. MacJesus & the Queen of Kings is a sharp, tender coming-of-age story about class, code-switching, and quiet acts of revolt.