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 the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in a new young-adult trilogy coming in April 2021, along with the forthcoming short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. Her other books include The City in […]
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 […]
Yaroslav Barsukov
After leaving his ball and chain at the workplace, Yaroslav goes on to write stories that deal with things he himself, thankfully, doesn’t have to deal with. He’s a software engineer and a connoisseur of strong alcoholic beverages—but also, surprisingly, a […]