Josh Boldt is a crime, mystery, and Southern Gothic author from Lexington, Kentucky who specializes in the themes, settings, and characters of the American South. His novels include Moneymaker, The False Favorite, and Slurry. Boldt also serves on the Board of Directors for the Lexington Writer’s Room.

A believer in the Jack London school of experiential learning and a lifelong seeker of new adventures, Boldt has held many jobs, including grocery stocker, horse farm gardener, entomology field tech, umpire, dishwasher, mattress salesman, construction worker, vintage furniture dealer, college professor, IT Director, and graphic designer. He also has a graduate degree in English from Eastern Kentucky University, and he taught writing at the University of Georgia for several years.

Boldt has written essays for The Chronicle of Higher Education about academic labor that garnered international attention from The New York Times, Slate, Salon, Al-Jazeera, the U.S. Department of Education, the American Historical Association, and the Modern Language Association, among others. His writing landed him on the radio show Here & Now, and he was invited to give a keynote address at the Modern Language Association’s annual conference.

Learn more about Josh Boldt by listening to this episode of the Accents literary podcast from WUKY/NPR.