Daniel McCloskey

At the age of 21, Daniel McCloskey founded the Cyberpunk Apocalypse writers’ project which housed 45 writers from across the US and Canada and hosted hundreds of literary events. By the time he was 25 his first novel, A Film About Billy was in print. At 26 he launched a monthly comic within weeks of knocking out his four front teeth, at 28 he distributed a free monthly comic in runs of 4,000 in Pittsburgh PA, and at 29 he sold the Cyberpunk Apocalypse and moved into a van so he could live and work in the same places as his cartoon characters. He has been awarded the Heinz Small Arts Initiative grant, the Heinz and Pittsburgh Foundation’s Creative Development grant, and was runner-up for the Drake Emerging writers’ award.