Confirmed Guests include:
Steven Barnes
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter.
David Brin
Bestselling author, creator of the Uplift series, and winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Maurice Broaddus
Fantasy and horror author best known for his short fiction and the Knights of Breton Court novel trilogy.
DJ Butler
Dragon Award finalist and bestselling author of the Witchy Eye series and Cunning Man series.
David Drake
Author of the bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series, and foremost writer of realistic action SF and fantasy.
Eric Flint
One of the masters of Alternate History & New York Times bestselling author of the 1632 series.
Charles Gannon
National Bestseller author of the Caine-verse and Nebula and Dragon Award finalist
David Gerrold
Author of over 50 books, hundreds of articles and columns, and over a dozen television episodes.
Cecelia Holland
Iconic and prolific historical fiction author as well as the author of speculative fiction novels and non-fiction books.
Tom Kidd
Award winning artist and principal illustrator for the Ring of Fire series.
Mercedes Lackey
One of most popular and prolific fantasy authors of all time and creator of the Herald of Valdemar series
Edward M. Lerner
Physicist & computer scientist, and author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.
Jonathan Maberry
New York Times bestselling and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, anthology editor, and comic book writer.
Jody Lynn Nye
New York Times bestselling author of the Imperium Series and continuing author of Robert Aspirin’s Myth-Adventures.
Cat Rambo
President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and author of over 200 published works.
Christopher Ruocchio
Bestselling author of the Sun Eater saga; regarded as Barnes & Noble’s best science fiction books of 2018 and 2019.
Tom Smith
Filker extraordinaire (two dozen albums, fourteen Pegasus Awards and a spot in the Filk Hall of Fame).
Ryk E. Spoor
Science fiction and fantasy author known for the Castaway, Boundary, and Demons of the Past series.
S.M. Stirling
Canadian-American author well-known for the Draka series of alternate history novels.
David Weber
New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Honor Harrington Series.
Toni Weisskopf
Publisher, Baen Books.