Writer & former journalist
Real or imagined, on the page or the screen—the story comes first.
Josh K. Elliott is a Toronto writer and former journalist. Before turning his focus to speculative fiction, he wrote thousands of Canadian news and feature stories for the country's top news sites.
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Current fiction
When a young artist cheats the family pact protecting his island, he triggers a cataclysm that lifts the sea into the sky, forcing him to cross a monster-infested seabed to strike a new bargain with his death-obsessed uncle.
A literary-leaning fantasy about inheritance, survival and the terrifying cost of remaking the world.
A prospector alone in the Alaskan wilderness is besieged by a grizzly that becomes both predator and judgment, forcing him to confront the guilt he carries toward his estranged brother.
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Selected journalism
Josh wrote and edited thousands of stories for CTV News, Global News and Narcity, covering survival, conflict, disaster, loss, science and popular culture while finding the human narratives that made complex events compelling. In dozens of film and television interviews, he spoke with leading actors, directors and writers about the creative choices at the heart of their work.
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About
Josh Elliott is a Toronto writer and former journalist whose fiction explores what people carry through hardship—and what they become afterward.
Over more than a decade in journalism, Josh reported, wrote and edited thousands of Canadian news and feature stories for CTV News, Global News and Narcity. His work ranged from conflict, climate and disaster to science, film and popular culture. He also interviewed actors, directors and writers about the craft behind their work.
Josh holds a master’s degree in journalism from Western University. He studied English and Creative Writing at York University, where his courses also took him deep into film, culture and comic books.
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