Among his books are The Knights of Breton Court urban fantasy trilogy from Angry Robot, the steampunk novel Pimp My Airship from Apex Publications, and the young adult novel The Usual Suspects from HarperCollins.

He was formerly the executive director of Cities of Refuge Ministries, which provides transitional housing and employment opportunities for people dealing with addiction, reentry, or homelessness.

[4] He currently works at the Oaks Academy Middle School as a teacher librarian and at the Kheprw Institute, a neighborhood association focusing on youth leadership development, community wealth building, and improving the lives of local residents.

In 2010 Angry Robot published Broaddus’ urban fantasy novel King Maker, a "retelling of the Arthurian mythos involving street gangs.

His steampunk novella Buffalo Soldier was released in 2017 by Tor[9] and was described by the New York Times Book Review as an "exciting" story packed with "alternate American history, fantastic technology and father-son bonding.

[17] One of the essays selected by Broaddus was "Da Art of Speculatin'" by Regina N. Bradley, which discussed how hip-hop duo Outkast "blended Black Southern life of the past and present in their music to paint possibilities of their lives in the future.

[26][27] Additionally, in 2024, Broaddus received two Indiana Author Awards for Best Middle Grade Novel titled Unfadeable and Genre Shortlist for Sweep of Stars.