Kagan Tumer
Kagan Tumer is an AI and robotics professor and science fiction writer. He published over 200 technical articles on AI, with a focus on AI systems that operate over long time horizons, and spent a decade at NASA devising multi-robot […]
Panelists
Felice Tzehuei Kuan
Felice Kuan is a Narrative Director at Deck Nine Games, where she leads a talented team of writers and narrative designers in the creation of cinematic narrative adventure games. At Deck Nine, she was a staff writer on Life is […]
Michael R. Underwood
Michael R. Underwood is an author, podcaster, and publishing professional. His books include space opera Annihilation Aria, the Ree Reyes Geekomancy books, the Stabby Award finalist Genrenauts series, and the Ree Reyes Geeky urban fantasy series. He’s been a bookseller, […]
Kimberly Unger
Kimberly Unger is the author of the 2022 Phillip K. Dick Memorial Award-winning “The Extractionist”. She created her first videogame back when the 80-column card was the new hot thing and turned her literary love of science fiction into a […]
Valerie Valdes
Valerie Valdes’s work has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019, with starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Library […]
Monica Valentinelli
Monica Valentinelli writes stories, games, essays, and more. Find her online at www.booksofm.com.
Wendy Van Camp
Wendy Van Camp is the Poet Laureate for Anaheim, California. She is a speculative poet, author, and poetry anthology editor. A graduate of the Ad Astra Speculative Fiction Workshop, Wendy has been nominated for the Elgin Award, Pushcart Prize, and […]
Greg van Eekhout
Greg van Eekhout’s nine published work include the middle-grade novels, Voyage of the Dogs, COG, Weird Kid, and the adult novel, California Bones, and Norse Code. His work has been listed by the New York Public LIbrary among the Best […]