Panelists
Cassie Alexander
“Cassie Alexander is a registered nurse and author. Her most recent book is Dragon Called, cowritten with Kara Lockharte, a hot billionaire romance about a dragon-shifter and the nurse he can’t get enough of. Prior to that, she wrote the […]
Charlie Jane Anders
Charlie Jane Anders is a sentient toy giraffe with a variable number of legs (between three and seven usually) depending on how many vowels are in the name of the month. She does not glow in the dark, no matter […]
G. V. Anderson
“G. V. Anderson is a speculative fiction author whose short stories have won a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, and been nominated for a Nebula. Her work can be found in Strange Horizons, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, […]
John Appel
John Appel is a SFF writer from Maryland. By day, he’s an information security and technology risk professional working in the financial industry. He’s also a historical fencer, a lifelong tabletop gamer, and a former US Army paratrooper. John’s debut […]
Sam Kabo Ashwell
Sam Kabo Ashwell makes and writes about interactive fiction, procedural generation art, narrative TTRPGs, theatre LARP and other forms of oddly-enjambed media; he is the current organizer of interactive fiction’s XYZZY Awards, and you can find his games criticism at […]
Margot Atwell
Margot Atwell is the Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, where she helps authors and publishers build community and find support for their creative projects. Previously, Margot was Publisher at Beaufort Books, an independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction books. Her […]
Eugen Bacon
Eugen Bacon is African Australian, a computer scientist mentally re-engineered into creative writing. Her work has won, been shortlisted, longlisted or commended in national and international awards, including the Foreword Book of the Year Awards, Bridport Prize, Copyright Agency Prize, […]
Kate Baker
Kate Baker is the Executive Director for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. When she’s not running the daily operations of the organization, she is also the Podcast Director and Non-fiction Editor for Clarkesworld Magazine where she has […]