Andrew Buckley
In-Person Conference Andrew Buckley is a film school-educated writer, which means he’s spent most of his life with no money and a strong opinion about bad movies. Today, he’s a traditionally and self-published novelist of rather silly, yet enjoyable speculative fiction for all ages, a comic book
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Hari Alluri
In-Person Conference An uninvited migrant on territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, and on Ts’uubaa-asatx land, Hari Alluri (he/him/siya) is author of The Flayed City (Kaya), chapbook Our Echo of Sudden Mercy (Next Page), and a forthcoming collection (Brick Books). He ha
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Stephanie Candiago
In-Person Conference Stephanie Candiago is a dedicated publishing consultant who enjoys working with authors at all stages of their writing journeys. With degrees in English Literature and Business Management, she combines her passion for storytelling with practical insights. As a partner in The Cre
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Darren Groth
In-Person Conference Described as a “masterful writer” and “brilliant storyteller”, Darren Groth is the internationally published author of works including Kindling, Are You Seeing Me?, Munro vs. the Coyote, and his most recent novel, Boy in the Blue Hammock. He is an Adelaide Festival Award
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Shari Green
In-Person Conference Shari Green writes fiction and poetry for children and young adults. Her latest book, SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS, is a finalist for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award. Her verse novels also include GAME FACE, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection and IODE
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Erin Roberts
Virtual Conference Erin Roberts tells stories across formats. Her short stories and interactive fiction have appeared in publications including Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, and The Dark, and her tabletop role-playing game writing credits include Journeys through the Radiant Citadel, w
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Cat Rambo
In-Person Conference Cat Rambo’s 300+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 2020 they won the Nebula Award for fantasy novelette Carpe Glitter. They are a former two-term President of the Science Fiction and F
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Crystal (CJ) Hunt
In-Person Conference CrCrystal (Cj) Hunt is an author, health psychologist, podcaster, and very human curator of bright ideas. She has been published in a wide variety of genres under various pen names over the past two decades, and you can learn about her latest projects online at crystalhuntauthor
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Renée Sarojini Saklikar
In-Person Conference and Virtual Conference Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the author of five books, including the award-winning Children of Air India and Listening to the Bees. Her poetry, essays and short fiction have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies, including Exile Edition
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Robyn Harding
In-Person Conference Robyn Harding is the author of the bestselling novels HER PRETTY FACE, THE ARRANGEMENT, THE PERFECT FAMILY, and THE PARTY which was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis award for best crime novel. Her book, THE SWAP, debuted at #1 on the Canadian bestsellers list. Her recent bestsell
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Sean Cranbury
In-Person Conference Sean Cranbury is an award-winning writer and literary events programmer who infuses digital technology into his work with traditionally published writers and editors. He’s lead Unconference masterclass workshops on everything from web design and online promotion for writer
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Eileen Cook
In-Person Conference Eileen Cook is a multi-published, award winning author with her novels appearing in nine languages. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She’s an in
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Liza Palmer
In-Person Conference Two-time Emmy nominated, internationally best-selling tea enthusiast who gets to write for Marvel sometimes, Liza Palmer lives in Los Angeles where 95.3% of people call her Lisa. *** NOTE FOR BLUE PENCIL: Liza requests that for blue pencil appointments with her, you bring three
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Susanna Kearsley
In-Person Conference New York Times, USA Today and Globe and Mail bestselling author Susanna Kearsley is a former museum curator who loves restoring the lost voices of real people to the page, often in multi-stranded stories that interweave present and past, or the past and the more distant past. Sh
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Mary Robinette Kowal
In-Person Conference Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man,The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula a
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Hallie Ephron
In-Person Conference HALLIE EPHRON is a NY Times bestselling author of suspense novels reviewers have called “deliciously creepy.” Careful What You Wish For is a mash-up of Antiques Roadshow and Strangers on a Train. Never Tell a Lie was adapted for film. A five-time finalist for the Mary Higgin
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Elizabeth Boyle
In-Person Conference Elizabeth Boyle is a New York Times bestselling author of 25 novels, several novellas and a couple of short stories. Her books have won the Romance Writers of America RITA award, the RT Love and Laughter Award, and garnered starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist, a
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Michael Slade
In-Person Conference MICHAEL SLADE is a criminal lawyer/crime writer who has acted in more than 100 murder cases. His specialty is psychopathology. He argued the last hanging appeal in Canada’s Supreme Court. His 15 Mountie Noir thrillers about the Special X psycho-hunters of the RCMP fuse pol
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kc dyer
In-Person Conference kc dyer loves travel and has literally flown around the world in search of fantastic stories. When she’s not on the road, she resides in the wilds of British Columbia, where she likes to walk her dogs in the woods and write books. Her most recent novel, AN ACCIDENTAL ODYSSEY c
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Diana Gabaldon
In-Person Conference Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, #1 NYT-bestselling OUTLANDER novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting ‘Scrooge McDuck’ comics.”
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