Disciplines: Literature – fiction

Josh Riedel

Disciplines: Literature – fiction
Region: Portland, OR
Residencies: 2025

Josh Riedel is the author of the novel Please Report Your Bug Here, called a “sharp literary thriller” by The New York Times and selected as an Amazon Editors’ Pick in Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. His work has appeared in Esquire, Electric Literature, Joyland, One Story, and other publications. Originally from Missouri, he lives in Oregon.

While at MacDowell, he worked on his novel-in-progress, The Sciallo Cabin.

Portrait by Mark Davis

Studios

Heyward

Josh Riedel worked in the Heyward studio.

The Lodge Annex, a wing on the west side of the men’s dormitory (The Lodge), was completed in 1926. Initially intended as an apartment for a caretaker, the space was soon repurposed as a live-in studio for writers. In recognition of a major endowment gift from the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Foundation, Lodge Annex was…

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