J. A. Moad II

J. A. Moad II is a former Air Force C-130 pilot and English professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy who writes about war and veterans. His short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in various journals and anthologies. He received the 2014 Consequence Magazine Fiction Award. He wrote and performs the solo play Outside Paducah: The Wars at Home, which premiered in Minneapolis in 2016 and was staged in New York in 2017, where it won an award for Innovative Design. He also leads the Veterans' Voices Initiative in Minnesota and lives in Northfield, MN.