Joseph O'Malley was educated at Wayne State University, Boston College, and The University of Iowa.  He taught writing for four years at Boston College, and completed an M.F.A. in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was the recipient of a

Houghton Mifflin Fellowship,

a Michener/Copernicus Fellowship,

and an Alice Sheets grant. His fiction has been published in a score of journals, including  Colorado Review, Glimmer Train, Crazyhorse, and A Public Space. Three  of his stories have received Pushcart nominations.