i am a fantasy author and illustrator with experience in both IP and non-IP projects. as a person, i have been solemnly characterized as “kind of just a quirky little guy.” i am also a degree-holding linguist and a license-holding tattoo artist, which does nothing to dispel this claim.
At the End of All Things (writer)
part of the Ringo-nominated Jim Henson Presents
2025, BOOM!/Archaia
The Nightland Express
2022, Erewhon Books
Speak the Words: Worldbuilding with Language
World Roulette
2020, Light Grey Art Lab
Songs of the Seven Gelfling Clans
2020, Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Aughra’s Wisdom of Thra
2019, Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Heroes of the Resistance: A Guide to the Characters of the Dark Crystal Age of Resistance
2019, Penguin Young Readers Licenses
The Boxcar Children: The Great Spy Showdown
2019, Albert Whitman & Company
Flames of the Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal YA Series #4)
2019, Penguin Workshop
Tides of the Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal YA Series #3)
2018, Penguin Workshop
The Boxcar Children: Midnight at the Haunted Hotel
2018, Albert Whitman & Company
The Boxcar Children Great Adventure Miniseries
2017, Albert Whitman & Company
Song of the Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal YA Series #2)
2017, Grosset & Dunlap
Shadows of the Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal YA Series #1)
2016, Grosset & Dunlap
The Emmy Award-winning
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Staff Writer; Creative Consultant
2019, Netflix
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Podling Language Creation and Script Translation
2019, Netflix
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
Podling Language Translation
2019, BonusXP & En Masse Entertainment
i enjoy working with others on creative endeavors, including (but not limited to) hosting or moderating author panels or events, teaching craft workshops, attending other speaking engagements, performing authenticity/sensitivity reading, and engaging in other forms of constructive editing.
queer topics (especially experimental pronoun work); chinese american diaspora; language and linguistics; tarot
worldbuilding in fantasy; fanfiction as a creative exercise; how to find (and be) the best writing crit partner; conlanging 101; maintaining voice in fiction; writing OUT lgbtq+ writers & publishers panel; st. thomas summer publishing institute
novel storybreaking; conlang creation/consulting; (college) classroom q&a
i am represented by erzsi deák at hen&ink literary studio.
i am generally available for hire for various writing and editing projects. if you’re interested in hiring me, please get in touch by emailing inquiries@joeyverse.com and describe your project. i’ll get back to you if i think we’d be a good fit.
i am open to inquiries from both individuals and publishers. please identify yourself clearly when you contact me.