An Oakland, California native,
J.Z. Wyckoff holds an MFA from San Francisco State University.
He was a finalist in Hypertext Magazine’s 2023 Doro Boehme Fiction Contest, and his work has appeared in The Hong Kong Review, The Santa Clara Review, Underwood Lit, Art Practical and elsewhere. He was also an editor for Voice of Witness, a book series amplifying unheard voices from around the world. By day he is a paintings and sculpture conservator in private practice and has two young children.