Guests of Honor
Sheree Renée Thomas
Literary Guest of Honor
Sheree Renée Thomas is an award-winning fiction writer, poet, and editor. Her work is inspired by myth and folklore, natural science and Mississippi Delta conjure. She lives in her hometown, Memphis, Tennessee near a mighty river and a pyramid.
Oksana Nedavniaya
Artist Guest of Honor
Oksana was born and educated in Moscow, Russia where throughout her formative years trained as a classical pianist. She has contributed as a costume concept artist on a number of productions, including Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters and The Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
Oksana currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
JordanCon Guests
Julia Benson-Slaughter
Julia Benson-Slaughter has so many (figurative) hats that it’s hard for her to remember which she’s wearing at any given time. Maker, writer, tech geek, storyteller, pyromaniac, drummer, research guru, and cat slave are the ones she wears most frequently since retiring from teaching computer science at the local community college.
Julia became interested in arts & crafts at age seven, while spending the summer with her grandparents. She made the mistake of telling her grandmother that she was bored, so her grandmother showed her some basic embroidery stitches before sitting her down with a stamped piece of embroidery fabric, some colorful floss, and a needle. Over the decades, she ventured out into other needlecrafts and a failed stint at pottery before discovering handweaving. Handweaving led to spinning, crochet, basketry, and bookbinding. Eventually she discovered flameworked glass, which set her on her current jewelry-making path as the purple-haired creator of Noctua Designs’ eclectic chainmaille, metal, and glass jewelry.
She met her fellow author Michael Aurelius, of St. Cloud, MN, in the online flameworking forums somewhere around 2007. They began writing together in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, when they were both starting to go stir-crazy. A handful of story snippets that Mike originated has grown into the eight-book (as of January 2025), three-part meta-series, Chronicles of the Multiverse. The original series, Chronicles of the Covenant, became a full-blown collaboration between the two of them, while Julia spun off a separate parallel universe with the Littleton Chronicles and Mike ventured off into the Chronicles of the Republic. Most of their work together is done online, though since 2022 they have met up each October at Multiverse Con for three days of collaborative shenanigans.
Julia lives in suburban Atlanta, GA, along with her black-belt martial artist husband and five cats.
https://noctuadesigns.com, https://facebook.com/julia.bensonslaughter, https://bsky.app/profile/juliabensonslaughter.com, https://instagram.com/noctuadesigns
Judy Black
Judy Black is a writer who makes her home in Atlanta, Ga. She loves games, books, cats, and most things with caffeine. She’s an Ennie-nominated writer of Dungeons and Dragons modules.
judyblackcloud.com
@judyblackcloud on instagram/twitter/TikTok
Amy Brewer-Davenport
Amy Brewer-Davenport is an award-winning artist and lifelong con-goer, always looking for new inspiration or ways to inspire others to create. She has spent decades volunteering and exhibiting art at conventions throughout the Southeast and beyond. Through her work she emphasizes whimsy through color, texture, and chance. Along with her studio practice she teaches creativity workshops in multiple mediums. Outside of conventions you can find the artist in the woods around the rural home she shares with her husband Andrew, in the studio painting, or binging whichever fantasy series has her attention this week. You can find her on all the usual socials, plus Patreon @amybdart.
Jez Cajiao
Jez Cajiao has been many things, a chef, an IT professional, a welder, a travelling lunatic, but quite possibly the weirdest job he’s ever had, is being a combined author and publisher. The way he most commonly describes it as herding cats, if the floor was lava and the walls were on fire.
With more than twenty bestsellers to his name, Jez splits his time between writing, hallucinating vividly while staring at the corpses of trees, and chasing said cats, but only when his wife, two children, two dogs, two cats and two fish allow him to.
Oh, and he has a pet Gecko as well.
If found at the bar, please provide with a large glass of spiced rum, and remind him of any panels he’s supposed to be on.
Jess Anderson
Jess L. M. Anderson, aka @stressinabox on social media, is a content creator with over two million followers on TikTok and the author behind the fantasy series The Source Keepers. Jess became known from 2019-2022 for her animal care, cosplays, make up tutorials, and DIY videos.
Carrie Callahan
Carrie has a BA in English from the University of Cincinnati, and an MFA from the Bluegrass Writer’s Studio at Eastern Kentucky University where she was awarded the Emerging Writer’s Award in Fiction in 2021. Carrie is a 2019 recipient of the Writers of the Future Award, and a 2023 finalist for the Baen Adventure Fantasy Award. She is a member of SFWA. You can find her work in Writers of the Future Volume 35, Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, and the anthology, A Bit of Luck.
https://carriecallahan.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieCallahanAuthor/
Ashley Chappell
Ashley Chappell writes satire and fantasy featuring expansive world-building and universes filled with magic, mayhem, and monsters.
Ms. Chappell currently resides in North Alabama where she works at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. When not writing or reading a Terry Pratchett or Brandon Sanderson novel, she can be found working alongside her husband building their off-grid, semi-underground dream home in the foothills of the Appalachians.
Upcoming releases include A Mother of Gods: Dreams of Chaos Book 4 and Harrowers: Lucifers’s Hawk, a gritty adventure in which Hell is a job for life. Or rather, a job for the afterlife.
https://www.ashleychappellbooks.com
@ashchap.bsky.social
Paige L. Christie
Paige L. Christie is originally from Maine and now lives in the NC mountains. Best known for her Legacies of Arnan fantasy series (#1 Draigon Weather), her work can also be found in anthologies, including Galactic Stew, Witches Warriors & Wise Women, and several More Tales of Valdemar books. When she isn’t writing, Paige runs a non-profit soup kitchen and food pantry, walks her dog too early in the morning, and is teaching herself to crochet (badly). She is a proud, founding member of the Blazing Lioness Writers.
https://www.instagram.com/fantastic_paiges/
Rachel A. Cooper
USA Today Bestselling author Rachel A. Cooper writes progression fantasy, blending LitRPG and western cultivation to craft tales of power and self-discovery. A Texan juggling family and an assortment of questionable ‘pets,’ she finds inspiration from paranormal legends, travel, and neuropsychology. She thrives on fast-paced adventures that blur reality and fantasy. Co-authoring with Aoife Wai, she brings stories such as A Titan’s Core to life, crafting immersive worlds that challenge and inspire.
https://www.unchartedbloodlines.com
https://www.facebook.com/aoifewaiandrachelacooper
Sargon Donabed
Sargon George Donabed is a father, son, brother and husband. He is writer and holds a PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations from the University of Toronto and a post-graduate degree in Anthrozoology/Animal Studies. Currently, he is also a professor of history at Roger Williams University and his focus consists indigenous and marginalized communities as well as cultural continuity, storytelling, wonder, and re-enchantment. Most recently, his studies have centered on re-enchantment through myth and panentheism. He is the creator and editor for the book series Alternative Histories: Narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean. Donabed is also published in a variety of journals from Folklore to National Identities and the International Journal of Middle East Studies and is the author of Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the 20th Century (Edinburgh University Press, 2015). He is an expert on Assyrian-Mesopotamian culture and currently penning two fantasy series; an epic fantasy entitled Of Beasts and Mischief: The Unremembered and a midgrade/YA tale Scion of the Ancients, an alternate reality/timeline based on the epic of Gilgamesh. A prequel chapter to one of his works was published in the 2024 Jordancon Anthology edited by Paige Vest.
Dr. Charles E. Gannon
Gannon’s epic fantasy series, The Vortex of Worlds, debuted in 2021 and the second novel, Into the Vortex was a 2023 Dragon Award fantasy finalist. He has collaborated w/ Eric Flint in the NYT/WSJ bestselling Ring of Fire series and written solo novels in John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising world. In addition to numerous other fiction credits, he has also written for table-top roleplaying games and as a scriptwriter/producer in NYC.
As a Distinguished Professor of English, Gannon received 5 Fulbrights, and his Rumors of War & Infernal Machines won the 2006 ALA Choice Award for Outstanding Book. He is a frequent subject matter expert for national media venues (NPR, Discovery, etc.) and for various intelligence and defense agencies.
- Facebook (Caineverse group page): https://www.facebook.com/groups/581897942719336
Webpage: www.charlesegannon.com
X/Twitter: https://x.com/cegannon1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-gannon-6955ab17/
Email: contact@charlesegannon.com
Jason Gilbert
Jason Gilbert is an author and film critic best known for his action-packed and often irreverent Coldstone Case Files series and his dark Urban Fantasy/Alternate History Clockworks of War series. Jason streams on Twitch as Failflix with OhHaiMark and TheGreyCat on Terrible Movies with Wonderful People. His influences include horror cinema, bloody video games, dark beer, and heavy metal music.
@jasongilbertauthor.bsky.social
Rob Grimoire
Rob Gilmore (writing as Rob Grimoire) is a father, husband, nurse, musician and a multi genre published author. He’s a huge fan of comics and consumer of almost all things horror, science fiction and fantasy.
Isabelle Hardesty
Isabelle Hardesty writes stories for all readers, and people like her, who didn’t see themselves in their favorite fantasy adventures growing up. She has written several ya book series, including: DESTROYER WITCH CHRONICLES, DELACOURT SHAPESHIFTER TRILOGY, VIOLA THE VAMPIRE WITCH, AND SEA WITCH HIGH duology. Her love of magic and nature is woven into her novel, THE WITCH OF BELLE FLEUR, which was named a quarterfinalist in ScreenCraft’s Cinematic Book Competition and has been on the coveted Coverfly’s RED LIST. As an author, loves attending conventions, and enjoys discussing her books, the writing process, witches, and more! She earned a BFA from Pratt Institute in New York City and has exhibited her art in Paris, France. Isabelle is a Miami native who uses her creative work to share her experiences growing up in South Florida. She lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and child.
Bill Fawcett
Bill has taught, been a game designer, author, and college dean. His entire life has been spent in the creative fields and managing other creative individuals. He is one of the founders of Mayfair Games, a board and role play gaming company. As an author Bill has written or co-authored over a dozen books and dozens of articles and short stories. As a book packager, a person who prepares series of books from concept to production for major publishers, his company Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged over 300 titles for virtually every major publisher. He founded, and later sold, what is now the largest hobby shop in Northern Illinois. Bill Fawcett & Associates Inc has packaged over 400 books for major publishers. These include a number of best selling Science Fiction, Mystery, and Action novels.
Bill’s first commercial writing appeared as articles in the early Dragon Magazines. At Mayfair Games he edited the “Role Aides” Role Playing Game modules and supplements released by Mayfair in the 1980s. During this period he also designed almost a dozen board games such as Empire Builder and Sanctuary.
In 1994 Bill joined with a team of programmers to form Catware featuring him as producer and designer. Catware released Swords of Xeen ( New World Computing) as part of the Trilogy game set, Star General, a strategic game based upon the six Fleet books (SSI) that was one of the 20 best selling games in the year of its release, Las Vegas Games (New World) and is now working on a On-line Role Playing Game. Bill produced and designed the computer RPG game Shattered Light for Simon and Schuster. Bill Fawcett continues to develop new internet and app projects.
His novel writing began with the juvenile series, Swordquest for Ace Penguin Putnam Publishing. The Fleet series he created with David Drake has become a classic of military science fiction. Bill has collaborated on several novels including mysteries such as the Authorized Mycroft Holmes novels, the Madame Vernet Investigates series. ] As an anthologist Bill has edited or co-edited almost 50 anthologies. Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged well over 250 novels and anthologies for every major publisher Bill is the editor of Hunters and Shooters and The Teams, two oral histories of the SEALs in Vietnam. His most recently published works include It Seemed Like a good Idea and You Did What, How To Lose A Battle, How To Lose a War, and It Looked Good on Paper: Engineering disasters through history. He also wrote Oval Office Oddities, containing thousands of fun facts and strangeness about US Presidents,. Recently published 100 Mistakes that Changed History and Trust Me, 100 Leadership Mistakes that Changed History are now available and 101 Stumbles in the March of History will be released in 2016. His recent science fiction novel, released in May 2024, is Never Again from Theogony Press.
Neil Hellegers
Neil is an actor, narrator, and educator who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. He has narrated over 500 titles, with a focus on GameLit, SciFi/Fantasy, Literary Fiction, and Poetry. He can also be seen playing a variety of bearded professionals on various screens, and has performed and taught the works of Shakespeare internationally. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA.
https://bsky.app/profile/neilhellegers.com
Aleksandra Hill
Aleksandra Hill is a Polish-Canadian writer of speculative fiction and the founder and publisher of khōréō, a magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora writers. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Analog, LeVar Burton Reads, Uncharted, Writer’s Digest, and others. She is represented by Eric Showers at HMLA. Learn more at www.aleksandrahill.com
https://bsky.app/profile/aleksandrahill.bsky.social
Aleksandra.hill.writes on insta
Ris Harp
Ris Mariner’s Vocabulary Harp is an artist, author, actor. Dweller in grey areas and loiterer in graveyards. You might have seen their work in past Jordan Con anthologies, in the art show, or in strange niche movies.
Benjamin Kerei
Benjamin Kerei is New Zealand author of mixed Māori and European ancestry from the Te-Whanau-a-Apeuni and Ngati Porou tribes. In 2014 Benjamin finally admitted to himself that he’d fallen hopelessly in love with writing and couldn’t die happy doing any other job. He then spent the next seven years writing throw away novels to improve his writing skills, before writing (Oh, Great! I was Reincarnated as Farmer) which was too good to go into his pile of unpublished manuscripts.
Aware that LitRPG was not yet accepted by traditional publishers, Benjamin was forced kicking and screaming down the self-publishing path. This attitude change when the novel sold more than 5,000 copies in its first month and again when the sequel opened in the top 100 books and audiobook on all of Amazon and Audible.
Benjamin now enjoys being a self-publish author, even with all the time it takes away from his writing, and has three on-going LitRPG series under his belt: Unorthodox Farming, The Vampire Vincent, and First Line of Defence.
You can find him most day tucked away in his office, lost in his own worlds, trying to entertain himself and his readers in new and creative ways.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/benjaminkereifans
Sarah Madsen
Sarah Madsen is an Atlanta-based author and game designer. She has contributed to TTRPG projects from Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, Draco Studios, Ghostfire Gaming, Cubicle 7, and more. In video games, she wrote for the Necromancer’s Tale, a story-rich gothic RPG. Her cyberpunky urban fantasy novel, Weaver’s Folly, is out now. Find her at unfetteredmuse.com.
https://bsky.app/profile/unfetteredmuse.bsky.social
Darin Kennedy
Darin Kennedy, doctor-by-day and novelist-by-night, writes and practices medicine in Charlotte, NC. Works include his Fugue & Fable trilogy: The Mussorgsky Riddle, The Stravinsky Intrigue, and The Tchaikovsky Finale; The Pawn Stratagem trilogy: Pawn’s Gambit, Queen’s Peril, and King’s Crisis; the Songs of the Ascendant series: Shadows of the Night, All Fired Up, and You Better Run; his YA novel, Carol; and The April Sullivan Chronicles.
MaxwellAuthor
Ryan Maxwell is an author born in Fort Worth, Texas, and currently resides in Arlington, Texas. He now works in the IT field as a QA Engineer for a company called Nelnet, working on school management software to provide the best experiences for schools that utilize the School Information System to manage their data and daily needs. He has been an avid reader since a very young age, idolizing the likes of many great authors such as Steven King, J.R.R Tolkien, and Isaac Asimov. He has been reading the LitRPG genre for the last 9 years, with some of his favorite series being The Land, Underverse, and Noobtown. He has been writing for the last two years and has multiple completed manuscripts, including one that was picked up by Legion Publishers, Grand System Vending. Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, as well as their many pets. He has been a volunteer foster parent to many dogs over the past 12 years, and his hobbies include playing D&D with friends, traveling to the beach and mixed drink destinations, playing video games, reading, and listening to audiobooks.
Marshall J. Moore
Marshall J. Moore is the author of the cozy fantasy novel Son of a Sailor: A Cozy Pirate Tale, the high fantasy trilogy The Rites of Resurrection, and over thirty published short stories. His story “Red Lanterns” won Second Place in the 2022 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Short Story Contest. An active member of SFWA, he can be found on TikTok at @marshalljmooreauthor, where he gives writing advice, discusses recent reads, and does book scavenger hunts in local bookstores.
www.marshalljmoore.com, TikTok and Instagram @marshalljmooreauthor
Melissa Olthoff
Melissa Olthoff is a scifi and fantasy author, a military veteran, and a self-proclaimed mocha addict. In 2023, she took second place in the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award and won the Imadjinn Best Short Story Award. She is published by Baen Books and CKP and is best known for sneaking romance into everything she writes.
Instagram (@Salvagebunny), Twitter (@melissaolthoff), Facebook (Melissa Olthoff)
Elizabeth Murphy-Spivey
Elizabeth is a working mom and award-winning cosplayer who uses costume making for dopamining and ADHD hyperfixation! Her focus in panels and the con community is in helping new creators get started, encouraging originality, overcoming gatekeeping, and making cons and fandoms more comfortable for neurodiverse and disabled nerd friends.
Ellie Raine
Award-winning author Ellie Raine is fueled by coffee-bean concoctions brewed by the finest caffeine alchemists in the land of Atlanta, Georgia. Her works include the multi-award winning gothic fantasy epic, the NecroSeam Chronicles, Nightingale: the Grudges of Gods, 1st place award winning short story Ravensong, and a Childrens illustration titled “Ballad of the Ice Fairy”.
NecroSeam.com
JM Paquette
Author of the Klauden’s Ring Saga as well as the Conjuring Fascination, Rock Star Fairy Tales, and Shawarma Warrior King series, JM Paquette writes fantasy and paranormal romance novels. When she isn’t writing, she can be found teaching English, dissecting grammar, defending fantasy, discussing Tolkien, editing books, and watching Russian dragon shifter movies.
Ryan Rimmel
Ryan Rimmel is the author of the bestselling LitRPG series Noobtown, which is self-published on Amazon and recorded by Podium. In addition, he also writes Fifth Era, Chronicles of Sir Crabby, and Sword of Justice, all published under Aethon Books.
https://www.patreon.com/Noobtown
Emily Krempholtz
Emily Krempholtz is the author of VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE, a cozy fantasy romance about a powerful plant witch who quits her life of crime to open a flower shop in a small town, and the grumpy alchemist next door who she has to team up with to save her new community from a magical plague. (On sale Nov 2025 – available for preorder now!). As a bestselling ghostwriter, editor, and book coach, Emily has worked with hundreds of writers as they write and publish their books—and she’s delighted to finally send one out into the world with her own name on the cover.
When she’s not writing or reading, Emily bakes cakes that look like the books she reads and changes her hair color like it’s some kind of mood ring. She lives in sunny Colorado, where you’ll often find her in the mountains—either hiking (and pretending to be a character in a novel) or curled up in a hammock with a good book (and also pretending to be a character in a novel). She’s on a lifelong quest to discover the magic in the world and has a sneaking suspicion that the written word is where she’ll find it.
Instagram: @embakesbooks_
Tiktok: @writersofrohan
TJ Reynolds
Transgender activist, mother of three, Autistic ADHDer, combat veteran, and survivor.
Best selling author Rose Reynolds has published over thirty fantasy books under the pen names TJ Reynolds and Atlas Kane. Her passion for storytelling was cultivated in the deep wilds of Northern California where she stalked salamanders, blue-bellies, and large mouth bass. From serving as a 240 machine gunner in the Iraq war to earning a Master’s and teaching college English, Rose’s journey eventually led her to write books in the realms of Fantasy literature and LitRPG. Her more family appropriate titles are published under TJ Reynolds: “First Fist: Seventh Bridge to the Heavens” being the most notable success so far. For spicier content, check out her Atlas Kane titles with the beloved Towers of Acalia series among many others.
FB: @TJReynoldsAuthor IG: rosewater_rising
October K. Santerelli
October K Santerelli is the imaginative author behind City of Day and City of Night, books one and two of the Nightfall series. His other works include Storm’s Eye, an Out of Time novel with David Brin, and The Book of the Witch’s Son. For more information, please visit octoberksanterelli.com.
Tiktok: @okwrites / Instagram: @o_k_writes
Amelia Sides
Amelia Sides is the author of fantasy, science fiction, and alternative history novels. Her books are filled with complex heroes, political intrigue, and finding home among the chaos that is life. Amelia lives in the southern US and enjoys long walks with her dog, Reuben, and late nights at her computer, plotting out her next book.
Mia Tsai
Mia Tsai is a Taiwanese American author of speculative fiction. Her debut novel, a xianxia-inspired contemporary fantasy titled Bitter Medicine, was published by Tachyon Publications on March 14, 2023. Her sophomore novel, an adult science fantasy titled The Memory Hunters, will be published on July 29, 2025, by Erewhon Books.
Mia lives in Atlanta with her family and, when not writing, is a hype woman for her orchids and a born-again Knicks fan. Her favorite things include music of all kinds and taking long trips with nothing but the open road and a saucy rhythm section.
In her other lives, Mia is a professional editor, photographer, and musician.
Mia is on BlueSky at @itsamia.bsky.social and Instagram at @mia.tsai.books.
Eric Ugland
Eric Ugland writes novels, primarily in the LitRPG genre. Eric ran away from Seattle to join the circus. And then he came to his senses, and moved to Manhattan. Then he went to Los Angeles to write television! Which didn’t really work. At all. So, now he’s a novelist in Maine, trying to teach bears and moose to read. Don’t worry, it doesn’t make sense to him either.
Tiffany Vega
Tiffany Vega is a multi-genre author and co-owner of Outsider Publishing Company. A passionate storyteller, she dabbles in genres such as horror, fantasy, and contemporary fiction. Beyond her writing, Tiffany is a dedicated advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, using her platform to amplify diverse voices and stories. When she’s not crafting new worlds, she’s spending time with her three beloved fur babies, who keep her company on every creative journey.
https://outsiderpublishingcompany.com
Katharine E. Wibell
Epic fantasy author Katharine E. Wibell is prolific and multi-talented: an author, artist, nerd, promoter, extrovert, and speaker. Her first book, Issaura’s Claws, was published in 2016, followed by three more books in the Incarn Saga’s fast-paced new adult shifter fantasy series. Katharine then launched The Djed Chronicles, a noble bright YA portal fantasy series, with the fifth book, World of the Wyrms, set for release in the summer of 2025. For adults, she is simultaneously published The Guardian’s Speaker, a dark Viking fantasy and retelling of Nordic myth in the nine realms that exist around Yggdrasil, the world tree. The entire sixteen novella series is now available. Her love for all things Viking led to years spent researching, reading source material and sagas, learning a bit of the language, reading runes, and acquiring Viking-inspired reproductions of weapons and artifacts. Her books have garnered awards and accolades, including two second-place finishes in the Children’s Moonbeam Book Awards, a first prize in the Epic eBook Awards, a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, and multiple Amazon Best-Selling ribbons.
As the publishing landscape evolves, Katharine adapts and innovates. She actively promotes her indie publishing business across a variety of online platforms, including website, FB, IG, Pinterest, X, YouTube, and BookTok. Her books are available in print, eBook, and audible formats. In fact, George Blagden, English stage and film actor who played Athelstan in the television series Vikings, is the narrator for The Guardian’s Speaker. Katharine harnesses the power of technology and the internet, whether running successful Kickstarter campaigns or collaborating with international cover designers.
Her dynamic public speaking skills and engaging personality have been a springboard for hosting weekly hour-long live chats with fellow authors on #BookTok, the bookish community on TikTok, where peers, readers, and future writers learn more about authors, writing, and the world of publishing. Katharine’s ease at jumping on various platforms to share information or give a demo is one reason that she was asked to moderate a panel discussing the benefits of BookTok at a large conference last year. She loves to create connections with other fantasy enthusiasts and believes in the power of mentoring and networking. To that end, she served as panelist at Dragon Con and Multiverse Con in 2024 and will be a panelist for several other conventions, including CONpossible and Jordan Con, in 2025.
Katharine, who is also an artist, not only creates and hand-paints specialty TTRPG miniatures based on her characters but also develops accompanying game material to provide another means for people to enjoy them.
In her free time, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, brewing mead, reading, and spending quality time with her husband and their dogs!
https://www.katharinewibellbooks.com/
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Tome: https://tomebooks.com/user/katharineewibell
Lemon8: @katharineewibell
Discord: https://discord.gg/5qxXQQUAVg
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/KatharineEWibell
Rosemary Williams
A second-generation sci-fi/fantasy fan, Rosemary Williams has devoured countless books, movies, and television like a deranged, nerdy Pac-Man. Eventually she absorbed enough of their power her brain started spitting out stories of its own. A costumer, crafter, Shardcaster, and defender of the Oxford comma, rumor has it she may also be a My Little Pony in a human suit. She resides in Olathe, KS with her husband, 1.5 dachshunds, and half a chihuahua.
Nathan Ameye
Nathan Ameye grew up fishing, canoeing, and hunting in the Ozark Mountains. In his backpack, you could always find a bag of polyhedrons, a notebook full of story ideas, and a fantasy or science fiction novel, its tattered cover desperately held together by yellowed bits of tape.
Nathan’s video game addiction started with the original Atari consoles and progressed to text-based multiplayer games (MUDs) and then to modern MMORPGs.
After discovering LitRPG, fascinated by the interweaving of game elements into fiction, Nathan wrote his debut novel, Black Dawn, a post-apocalyptic story about a redneck wizard in the Ozarks.
Since then, he has published two more books in the Fae Nexus series, as well as co-authored the Dungeon Accountant trilogy.
Drew Bailey
Drew Bailey is the author of the dark fantasy horror series The Giftborn Chronicles, published by Falstaff Books. He has a deep love of the fantasy and horror genres, both in literary and film media. He also maintains a regular schedule on social media and Booktok, providing fellow writers and readers with advice and insights into his writing world experiences.
Bill Bridges
Bill Bridges is a writer and game designer, most known for developing White Wolf’s World of Darkness horror RPG setting and the Fading Suns science-fiction universe. His fiction works include My Time Among the Stars for Fading Suns, and The Silver Crown, The Last Battle, and The Song of Unmaking novels for Werewolf: the Apocalypse. contributed to world design for Segasoft’s Emperor of the Fading Suns computer game and co-wrote the scripts for Viacom’s interactive horror movie Dracula Unleashed and Interplay’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Visit Bill at bill-bridges.com.
Gabriella Buba
Gabriella Buba is a mixed Filipina-Czech author and chemical engineer based in Texas who likes to keep explosive pyrophoric materials safely contained in pressure vessels or between the covers of her books. She writes adult epic fantasy for bold, bi, brown women who deserve to see their stories centered. Her debut SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW is a Filipino-inspired epic fantasy out with Titan Books. DAUGHTERS OF FLOOD AND FURY coming in July 2025.
She has a Filipino Fantasy short stories in the anthologies Strange Religion: Speculative Fiction of Spirituality, Belief, & Practice, Of Stardust: A Queer Fantastical Anthology, stories placed with the Sci Phi Journal and PodCastle Fiction and essays on Filipino Identity in Prairie Fire Press and With Love: What We Wish We Knew About Being Queer and Filipino in America. More at gabriellabuba.com or find her on socials @GabriellaBuba
Michael Chatfield
International best selling Scifi, Fantasy and LitRPG Author. Michael is a veteran of the Canadian military who loves to craft character driven stories that have realistic characters and outcomes, with a dash of crafting.
https://www.facebook.com/authormichaelchatfield/
Gerald L. Coleman
Gerald L. Coleman is a philosopher, theologian, poet, and Science Fiction & Fantasy author. He did his undergraduate work in philosophy, english, and religious studies, followed by a master’s degree in Theology. He is the author of the Epic Fantasy novel series, The Three Gifts, which currently includes, When Night Falls (Book One), A Plague of Shadows (Book Two), and the upcoming When Chaos Reigns (Book Three). His speculative fiction has appeared numerous anthologies including: The Cyberfunk Anthology: The City, the Roaring Lion Anthology: Rococoa, the Urban Fantasy Anthologies: Terminus 1, 2, and 3, the 2019 JordanCon Anthology: You Want Stories?, Dark Universe: Bright Empire, Cyberfunk!, Spacefunk!, the JordanCon 2022 Anthology: Neither Endings Nor Beginnings, and Whether Change: The Revolution Will Be Weird. His essays appear in the polish language Con-Magazine: KONwersacje, Apex Magazine 127, and the Hugo nominated Fanzine: Journey Planet. His poetry has appeared journals, magazines, and anthologies including: Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, Drawn To Marvel: Poems From The Comic Books, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Vol. 18, Black Bone Anthology, the 10th Anniversary Issue of Diode Poetry Journal, About Place Journal, Star*line Vol. 43, Issue 4, the Locust Award nominated Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2022), Strange Horizons, and This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets.
He has been a guest author at DragonCon, Boskone, Blacktasticon, JordanCon, Atlanta Science Fiction & Fantasy Expo, SOBSFCon, The Outer Dark Symposium, World Horror Con, Imaginarium, Multiverse, Weird Bites, NECON, the Atlanta Writers Club, Closer Look with Rose Scott on NPR, Dragonmount’s reWotch, Glitchy Pancakes Podcast, Blacklisted! Book Fair & Conference, and he’s been a Guest Author/Poet/and Lecturer at Berea College, University of Kentucky, Centre College (Governor’s School), Transylvania University, Western Carolina University, UNC Charlotte, Florissant College, Kenyon College, Randolph College, the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Working Class Kitchen, Black & Lit Book Club, Singletary Center for the Arts (Martin & Malcolm), and the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center.
He’s served as a Scholastic National Writing Juror, a grant reviewer for the Poetry Foundation, is a Co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets, a Rhysling Award Nominee, a Locust Award Nominee (as an anthology contributor), and a Fellow at the Black Earth Institute. His newest releases include a collection of SF&F short stories entitled, From Earth and Sky, and a collection of poems and micro-essays entitled On the Black Hand Side. You can find him at Geraldcoleman.com.
Rey Clark
Rey Clark is an award-winning fantasy and science fiction author and game designer with twelve published books. Her works include The Path of Ascension Trilogy, inspired by The Wheel of Time, the superhero sci-fi Titan Code Series, and the historical supernatural Runemaster Saga. Her Realm of Thraul series is rebranding as The Pentacle War, alongside the re-release of the boardgame Stones. Clark’s Titanholm TTRPG was a Kickstarter success, with its second edition published and Fortune’s Coast: A Pirate’s Wrath board game launching a new campaign in June 2025.
Joe Compton
Joe Compton is an Indie Author of the Crime Thriller Trilogy The Duality of Truth, upcoming Epic Fantasy Series Fragility, horror novella Crying On The inside Kind with Crone Girls Press, and horror novel The Light You Wish For. He is also an Indie Filmmaker that’s worked on over 40+ independent TV and Film productions in 5 different countries. Joe worked 18 months as a Script Doctor/Consultant in Hollywood and as an instructor at the Speculative Fiction Academy teaching different Screenwriting classes. Since 2016 Joe runs the Online Network Go Indie Now, which highlights, supports, and promotes Indie Artists of all art disciplines through various shows that air on a weekly, monthly, and seasonal basis.
https://www.youtube.com/@goindienow
https://bsky.app/profile/goindienow.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/goindienow/
https://www.facebook.com/joedream
Milton Davis
Milton Davis is an award-winning Black Speculative fiction author and owner of MVmedia, LLC. He’s the author of thirty novels and short story collections and editor/coeditor of fourteen anthologies. Milton has been published in various publications, such as Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda, Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire, and The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. He has received the ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2024 ConCarolinas Polaris Award, and the 2024 Deep South Con Phoenix Award.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Keith R.A. DeCandido is the author of more than 60 novels, more than 100 works of short fiction, more than 70 comic books, and more nonfiction than he’s entirely comfortable counting. He’s written in more than 30 different licensed universes, including TV shows (Star Trek, Doctor Who, Supernatural), movies (Alien, Cars, Serenity), games (World of Warcraft, Resident Evil, Dungeons & Dragons), comics (Spider-Man, Thor, X-Men), and literary characters (Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger, Joe Ledger). His new urban fantasy series, Supernatural Crimes Unit, will debut in 2025 from the Weird Tales Presents imprint of Blackstone Publishing. Other recent and upcoming work includes the fantasy novels Phoenix Precinct and Feat of Clay, latest in his other original series; the Resident Evil graphic novel Infinite Darkness: The Beginning (prequel to the Netflix animated series); the short story collection Ragnarok and a Hard Place: More Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet; a story in the Farscape 25th Anniversary Special comic book; and short fiction in multiple issues of Star Trek Explorer, in the anthology series Forgotten Lore, Sherlock Holmes: Cases by Candlelight, and Phenomenons, and in the standalone anthologies Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, Joe Ledger: Unbreakable, Multiverse of Mystery, and The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny, as well as in two anthologies he co-edited, Double Trouble (with Jonathan Maberry) and The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (with Wrenn Simms). Keith also writes about pop culture for a variety of sources, primarily the award-winning web site Reactor Magazine (formerly Tor.com), and also for his Patreon (patreon.com/krad) and various essay collections. When he’s not writing, Keith is a martial artist (a fourth-degree black belt in karate), a musician (currently percussionist for the parody band Boogie Knights), and an editor of 35 years’ standing (though he usually does it sitting down). Find out less at his retro web site DeCandido.net.
blog: decandido.wordpress.com
Facebook: Keith R.A. DeCandido (fan page)
Twitter: @KRADeC
Blue Sky: kradec.bsky.social
Threads: @krad418
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TikTok: keithradec
Patreon: patreon.com/krad
YouTube: youtube.com/c/KRADCOVIDreadings
Marc Alan Edelheit
Marc Alan Edelheit is a USA Today Bestselling author who has transformed his passion for history and travel into the richly detailed realms of his fantasy and science fiction novels. His works are celebrated for weaving authentic historical elements with vibrant, imaginative narratives, winning him numerous accolades and a devoted global readership. Whether crafting the gritty realities of war or the intricate politics of alien societies, Marc’s commitment to realism and detail shines through, captivating fans and critics alike.
Gary Furlong
Gary is an audiobook narrator and voice actor based in Texas. FUN FACT: Listening to Michael Kramer and Kate Reading’s narration of The WoT series was what got him into audiobook narration!
https://www.instagram.com/garyfurlongvo/
Kaylee Godley
Kaylee Godley is a professional costume maker from Dallas, Texas. As the forerunner in literary costumes, Kaylee’s extensive crafting abilities depict characters from fantasy and sci-fi books.
Fueled by this passion, Kaylee thrives when creating elaborate costumes for book loving people! In December 2024, Kaylee’s work as a Royal Outfitter was featured in the inaugural Worldhopper Ball for Draongsteel Nexus, hosted by Paladin Creative. Kaylee made seven costumes for this Stormlight Archive themed experiential novella which were used in five immersive theater sessions.
Furthermore, Kaylee has won notable craftsmanship cosplay awards at Cosplay America, Dragon Con, and Jordan Con competing as characters from books. Kaylee Makes, LLC was founded in 2023 and Kaylee began her commission work as a full-time costume maker in 2024. Kaylee’s story is a case where a talented cosplayer turned into a professional costumer.
Kaylee started sewing in 2003 and turned to making props and costumes in 2012. She is also a trained vocalist and Project Management Professional (PMP). Kaylee has a degree in Biology and has thirteen years of website design and software project management experience. Some of Kaylee’s favorite authors include Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Garth Nix, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Frank Herbert, and L. A. Meyer.
Kaylee cares deeply about literary characters and strives to increase their prevalence in the costume and cosplay worlds. Her deep knowledge of sewing, electronics, resin casting, leather working, and jewelry making, comprise an extensive library of skills. Kaylee draws upon her entire creative skillset when making high quality costume and props. With git and practical problem solving, Kaylee provides her dazzling “wow” factor that book character commissioners need for their tailored projects.
With joy and creative ambition, join @KayleeMakesCrafts on her exciting book costuming journey. Kaylee makes literary characters live and breathe.
https://www.instagram.com/kayleemakescrafts
https://www.facebook.com/KayleeMakesCrafts/
https://www.tiktok.com/@kayleemakescrafts
https://www.youtube.com/@kayleemakes
JD Glasscock
JD started as a slam poet thirty years ago then front man of a band for a decade in Seattle followed by moving into film where he shot 16 short films, won numerous awards at festivals and wrote several feature film scripts he hopes to some day direct.
He now has shifted to video game design with a visual novel on Steam by the title A Crown of Thorns, a prequel to his multi-award nominated feature script Blade n Blood and writing litrpg novels.
He has written ten in the last two years in four different series and his latest has been a best seller, Nocturne.
He continues to pursue creativity in multiple venues while writing the much anticipated book three to the Nocturne series.
If you would like to support his aspirations and dreams, he has a patreon, stormcrowproductions or go to his website stormcrowproductions dot com
Coins in a sliver of silver
Poem by JD Glasscock
She’s destined for the scream like a horror flick playing in a dream… And his pockets are empty.. Got rolled in a back alley hoping for a taste…a melancholy tune strumming chords on the threaded strings of a beat up violin aged in
kisses..
She said his name once..in a fever… sweat carving pictographs to a black and white noir frame…a dial up of a vision on a phone with no tone…
They say in the soft segues between tomorrow and yesterday… you can hear their whispers.. you can hear their goodbyes… It all happened on a Tuesday… that forgotten slip between a touch and a punch.. on the cusp of a promise .
What are words but breaths held against the memory of today and the spot between her neck and lips.. between her breasts and her womb…
That man is still there.. in the midnight.. knuckle crawling silver holding a last wish between teeth
instagram.com/jdglasscock
K.T. Hanna
Born in Australia, K.T. met her husband in a computer game, moved to the U.S.A. and went into culture shock. Bonus? Not as many creatures specifically designed to kill you.
She’s known for her Library System Reset series, as well as Somnia Online, and her cowritten work with Tao Wong on System Apocalypse Australia.
KT creates science-fiction, fantasy, and LitRPG with a dash of horror for fun! She is a member of the SFWA and NINC. Her hobbies include gaming, reading, and spending time with her 2 cats, 3 dogs, daughter, and husband.
She doesn’t sleep and is entirely powered by caffeine, and sarcasm.
https://kthanna.com
https://www.facebook.com/KTHannaAuthor
https://www.instagram.com/kt_hanna/
https://www.tiktok.com/@k.t.hanna
Jeremy Frazier
Jeremy is a professionally trained audiobook narrator with over 30 years of experience in the performing arts. He has worked with renowned entities like Disneyland, collaborated with LA recording artists, and performed on a wide range of stages, from intimate venues to grand theaters. Having lived in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, Jeremy has developed a profound appreciation for diverse cultures, accents, and personalities, which he brings to his narrations.
As an author himself, Jeremy understands the dedication and creativity required to craft immersive stories and captivating fantasy worlds that readers will cherish.
John G. Hartness
John G. Hartness is an author, publisher, and editor from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of multiple series, including the award-winning Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series. He is also the publisher of Falstaff Books, and founder of the SAGA Genre Fiction Writers’ Conference. Find him online at www.falstaffbooks.com.
@falstaffbooks everywhere
Robyn Huss
Robyn Huss is a freelance editor who specializes in heavy developmental and copy editing. She has spent a lifetime analyzing fiction and writing; she taught literature and writing for more than thirty years in grades six through college, and she has been editing professionally since 2013. She currently edits for several JordanCon writers, and she has served as one of the editors for each of the JordanCon anthologies. You can learn more about Robyn and see samples of her work at www.HussEditing.com.
Venessa Giunta
Venessa Giunta is a writer of weird things, an editrix extraordinaire, and a little bit of a nerd. She is a published author, with non-fiction essays, short stories, and the urban fantasy Soul Cavern Series, and has been a professional editor, both freelance and contract, since 2008. Conventions are a big part of her life, mainly as a guest and organizer. She is the Senior Programming Director for Multiverse and second to the director of the Writers Track at Dragon Con, both in Atlanta, and has been a guest and volunteer at many others. Additionally, Venessa runs a writerly support group called The Writers’ Troupe (formerly The Writing Tribe) on Facebook, Discord, and Twitch.
https://sleekbio.com/venessag
Nicole Givens Kurtz
Nicole Givens Kurtz has been called “a genre polymath who does crime, horror, and Science Fiction and Fantasy (Book Riot).” She’s a two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award winner. With over 20 years in publishing, she’s written for Pseudopod, Fiyah, Apex Magazine, White Wolf, The Realm (formerly Serial Box), Subsume, and Baen. Nicole has over 50 published short stories and is the author of the Cybil Lewis and Death Violations cybernoir series as well as the Kingdom of Aves fantasy mystery series.
https://www.nicolegivenskurtz.net
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AJ Hartley
A.J. Hartley is the international bestselling and award-winning author of 27 novels including the YA fantasy HIDEKI SMITH, DEMON QUELLER, the 2nd of which will appear (in English and Japanese) in 2025. Other recent work includes BURNING SHAKESPEARE, a quirky time travel adventure, and COLD BATH STREET, a ghost story. With David Hewson he wrote adaptations of Macbeth and Hamlet (Audible’s 2014 Book of the Year) and works with Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 on SEKRET MACHINES, CATHEDRALS OF GLASS and TRINITY. He is Professor Emeritus of Shakespeare at UNC Charlotte, and hosts a J-rock focused YouTube channel. www.ajhartley.net
Michael Head
Michael Head is the author of the best-selling Threads of Fate and Wandering Warrior series. He was severely injured while serving in the military, and used his time recovering to rediscover his love for books. After medically retiring from fifteen years of service, Michael went back to college to finish his degree in order to become a professor. His love of learning and ability to speak several languages made it an obvious transition, but life had other plans. When the coronavirus shut down his school, his wife encouraged him to finally take the leap and try writing his own books. He found his experiences in combat allowed him to write detailed and realistic fight scenes. Those battles, combined with his attention to detail and ability to plan vast, elaborate, and comprehensive worlds, make for fast-paced and thrilling books. With, of course, the occasional touches of humor and sarcasm thrown in the mix.
He currently lives in Kansas with his wife, who is also retired from the military, and their three daughters. Michael is also losing an ongoing war with the neighborhood squirrels that invade his attic, but he will continue to fight until the bitter end against the implacable enemy of mankind.
Website: www.michaelheadauthor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.michael.head
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michael_head
Newsletter: https://sendfox.com/author-michael-head
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Defying all odds is what #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon does best.
sherrilynkenyon.com
https://www.facebook.com/mysherrilyn
https://www.tiktok.com/@sherrilynkenyon
Kyoko M
Kyoko M is a USA Today bestselling author and a fangirl. She is the author of The Black Parade urban fantasy series, the Of Cinder and Bone science-fiction series, and the Starlight Contingency space opera series with Falstaff Books. The Black Parade has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews. Of Cinder and Bone placed in the Top 30 Books in Hugh Howey’s 2021 Self Published Science Fiction Contest. Kyoko M has appeared as a guest and panelist at such conventions as Geek Girl Con, DragonCon, Blacktasticon, Momocon, JordanCon, ConCarolinas, and MultiverseCon. She is also a contributor to Marvel Comics’ Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda (2021) anthology as well as the Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson (2025) anthology. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Lit degree from the University of Georgia, which gave her every valid excuse to devour book after book with a concentration in Greek mythology and Christian mythology. She is currently working on a science fiction trilogy with Falstaff Books and her debut novel, The Starlight Contingency, released October 29th, 2024.
http://www.shewhowritesmonsters.com
@misskyokom (IG)
Stephen Landry
Spinning chaos into art and writing. Mostly chaos.
https://www.patreon.com/c/stephenlandry
https://linktr.ee/stephenlandry
Jody Lynn Nye
Jody Lynn Nye is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction books and short stories, many of them with a humorous bent.
Rey Nichols
Rey Nichols, a native of the Midwest, is the love child of an Eldritch horror with more apostrophes than letters in its name, and the front person of an 80’s rock band she can’t quite remember the name of. Only two degrees away from Kevin Bacon, when Rey is not busy trying to evade capture from monster hunters, she spends her time writing urban fantasy and paranormal investigative mysteries. Rey is the author of the Apollo Grant series and the Eric Kent Investigation series. You can find out more about Rey and her upcoming works by visiting https://www.reynichols.com.
Facebook: reynicholswriter
BlueSky: @reynicholswriter.bsky.social
Ryan H. Reid
In the fifth grade, when Ryan H. Reid realized he could make his classmates laugh at his Family Guy impressions, a love for voice work was sparked. He learned his British dialects from watching Harry Potter wayyy too many times, and just absorbed and parroted, really, anything he listened to. Ryan went on to study acting and voice at Millikin University, and broadened his focus after graduation.
He spent the following years working as a producer, voiceover artist, director, and stage/film actor in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Chicago. For the work on his directorial debut in film, STRUNG, Ryan was awarded the Best First Time Director award “in recognition of excellence in filmmaking at the Top Shorts Film Festival” in 2020, among 20+ awards that the short earned on the festival circuit. He now lives in Chicago, happily recording all his silly little voices from the vocal booth “shack” he built in his office. He couldn’t be happier that the majority of his work comes from the wonderful folks at Soundbooth Theater. You can follow his journey on Instagram, @ryan_reads4.
Janci Patterson
Janci Patterson writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, romantic comedy, and epic fantasy. She has co-authored many books, including the sixth book in the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarian series and the Skyward Flight collection with Brandon Sanderson. Janci and Brandon will be continuing the Skyward universe with a new co-authored trilogy, debuting in 2025. As a hybrid author, Janci has published forty books both independently and traditionally. She lives in Orem, Utah with her husband, two children, and her energetic bordie collie. In her spare time, she plays games of all kinds, customizes barbie dolls, and watches too much reality TV.
Sarah J. Sover
Sarah J. Sover is the author of the Urban Fantasy Fractured Fae series, beginning with Fairy Godmurder, and the comedic fantasy Double-Crossing the Bridge, all from Falstaff Books. An active SFWA member, Sarah is a contributor to multiple short story anthologies, to Dan Koboldt’s Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy series, and to Writer’s Digest Magazine. She has a degree in Biology and a background in wildlife rehabilitation, which she utilizes to thoroughly gross out fantasy readers. Sarah lives in John’s Creek, Ga with her husband, two little forces of nature, and rescue pup Gandalf the Grey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, creating art, battling through Hyrule, binging the newest SFF show, or hyper-focusing on something new. Sarah takes a special interest in neurodivergence and the ways it affects creators. She’s been attending JordanCon, her home convention, since 2017, and her stories can be found in the first three JordanCon Anthologies.
Christina Stiles
Christina Stiles is a writer, editor, and game publisher from SC. She has freelanced for such companies as Paizo, Green Ronin, Troll Lord Games, Schwalb Entertainment, and White Wolf. She publishes games via Christina Stiles Presents, Misfit Studios, and Rogue Genius Games. She is known for The Book of Passion, Rogue Mage Roleplaying Game, and the Bite Me! lycanthrope series.
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Ryn Stryker
Ryn Stryker has been writing Dungeon Core and LitRPG novels since 2018, and since 2019 has published a total of 12 novels. Combing a lifetime love of reading, gaming, and adventure, Ryn has worked hard to cultivate novels that capture the fun of a DnD session with friends, and the wackiness of an energy drink fueled gaming session. Ryn’s passion for writing stems from a lifetime of reading fantasy novels, such as WoT, LoTR, and the Dragonlance novels.
https://portal-books.com/jonathan-smidt
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558797718519
Jay Peterson
Jay Peterson didn’t set out to be a professional movie monster, but isn’t complaining now that it’s happened. He’s most recently appeared as a troll in Red One, an angry ghost in The Piano Lesson, and a demon-possessed corpse in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.
R.R. Virdi
R.R. Virdi is a USA Today bestselling author, Nebula Award finalist, and two-time Dragon Award finalist of South Asian descent. He is the writer behind the bestselling urban fantasy series, The Grave Report, The Books of Winter, and the Silk Road Fantasy from Tor, Tales of Tremaine.
Marisa Wolf
Marisa Wolf writes SFF that ends with hope, no matter how hard the circumstances. She has a number of co-authored novels in shared universes, solo novels in her own worlds, and a plethora of short stories. All contain various levels of snark.
Instagram: @bookdogs
Aoife Wai
Aoife grew up surrounded by Celtic myths, epic tales, and a love of fantasy. Now, she channels that passion into writing, blending LitRPG, cultivation, and high-stakes action with her co-author, R. A. Cooper.
JordanCon Attending Professionals
Rick Abercrombie
I have been making jeweler for about 20 years. My work is handmade and most are one of a kind. I started doing Native American bead jeweler. With encouragement from friends I ventured into more fashion jeweler. My Native America and Celtic heritage influences my work.
Everette Beach
I’ve been a Science Fiction fan since I learned to read. I had read everything in the “juvenile” science fiction / fantasy section of our library by the time I was 10 and had to get my mother to check out the “real” books in the adult section for me. Yes, I am old enough to remember watching the original broadcasts of Star Trek, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants. None of my friends were into Sci-Fi and I never got into gaming, so it was after college before I went to my first “con”.
I really got involved in conventions when I owned a video production company, where I taped conventions from Georgia to New York and everywhere in-between. I sold that company years ago, but have become even more involved with cons since then. I’ve worked at multiple conventions throughout the Southeast at everything from Guest Transportation, Guest Operations, Special Events, and Charity Events. I’ve been host for masquerades, a judge at costume contests, moderated panels, etc.. (No I have never been a con chair, never want to, I’m one of the ones smart enough to avoid that headache.)
What I am probably best known for is doing charity auctions. I have run charity auctions at conventions for years, doing everything from just being guest auctioneer, to being Auction Director. These auctions have ranged from conventions with 300 to 40,000 people attending, with auction totals from $400 to $25,000.
I have always been a photography enthusiast and that slowly brought me into the engraving world. I now engrave my photos onto tiles, mirrors, glass, wood, and anything else I can think of.
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Paul Bielaczyc
Starting in 2002, Paul Bielaczyc joined with his brother Michael and sister Sara to form Aradani Studios. What started as a fun hobby between siblings at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival has grown significantly over the past 2+ decades. Aradani is known for 2 rather unique aspects, special f/x make-up and fantastical artwork. Michael and Paul both have won numerous awards over the years for their costumes, and Aradani’s ever-growing line of elf ear prosthetics and masks has helped other cosplayers win countless awards worldwide.
But it is his artwork that truly provides a glimpse into what defines Paul, and where his passion lies. Paul uses charcoal, chalk, and pastels to create his finished works, media which are usually considered for the sketching and preliminary stages, not the final product. He strives to achieve a level of detail in his works, pushing the boundaries of what is typically seen with charcoal and pastel. Though in recent years, he has experimented with almost every media, except oil painting. Go figure.
Over the past 22 years, Paul has worked for Sagaborn, White Wolf, Dragon Lance, Apex Digest, and many other independent publishers. His art has won many awards at various conventions, including GenCon and Dragon*Con, and his work Nightmare, one of his earliest professional pieces, won the prestigious Chesley Award in 2006 for Best Monochrome Unpublished. Starting in 2012, Paul became a licensed artist for The Wheel of Time, joining a select few artists who have the blessing of Robert Jordan’s wife to illustrate scenes from his epic tomes. Having done many designs for Ta’veren Tees back in the day, two of Paul’s Wheel of Time illustrations were published in 2015’s The Wheel of Time Companion, depicting the entries for Padan Fain as well as Tha’kandar.
https://bielaczyc.com/
https://www.instagram.com/paulbielaczyc
https://www.facebook.com/BrothersBielaczyc
Ariel Burgess
Ariel, a D.C. area native and dyslexic, is a multi-award winning internationally published digital painter. Her dedicated fans love her hyper-realistic style and hidden references beginning with her work as an Official Wheel of Time artist. In 2023 she was Guest Artist of Honor at Balticon 57. Currently she is focused on her Patreon community, creating original fantasy works and continuing to work in book illustration and cover work. (www.artistarielburgess.com)
Sarah Clemens
Sarah’s early love of science fiction and fantasy art came even before she could read, from looking at the covers of science fiction magazines. She has been attending science fiction conventions since the late seventies. The artwork she most enjoys creating are those connected with the fantastic and she is gratified at the response of con-goers to her award-winning paintings of Magnus & Loki, the cat and dragon companions, which have been the most fun of all her fantastic creations.
After a twenty year career as a medical illustrator, she feels herself truly lucky to be able to be a full time fantasy artist. “It’s a complete reversal,” she says, “from painting what other people want to creating my own work the way I want.”
Sarah is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, with a degree in Art History and Fine Arts.
Sarah works in a photo-real style in oils and acrylics. She has exhibited and won national awards at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival and her erotic paintings are published in Volumes 2 and 3 of The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today. Growing up in a darkroom contributes to her love of photography.
She has also sold short stories to Ellen Datlow anthologies and Asimov’s Magazine.
Sarah and her husband and cats and terrariums and carnivorous plants live in Mesa, Arizona.
http://www.clemensart.com/prints.htm
https://www.facebook.com/sarah.clemens2
Roy Coker
From an early age he has been interested in creating items connected to his love of magic, myth and the unusual.
He feels that an artist is somewhat like a magician or shaman, they communicate and connect with others by what they create.
After graduating with an art degree in the mid 70s, he went into the graphic arts and printing fields for a number of years.
During the 1980s to the1990s he also entered convention art shows, occasionally winning awards.
These days his work consists of small paintings, silver-point drawings and jewelry.
Several of his pieces are in private collections in the United States and overseas as well as two in college collections.
He hopes to share his interests with people for the rest of his life.
Elizabeth Eade
Elizabeth is a self-taught colored pencil artist that occasionally dabbles in watercolor mediums. Ever since she can remember, she’s loved expressing herself through crafting and creating. During the 2020 pandemic, she discovered her love of colored pencils and the rest is history! She’s inspired by nature and fandoms and enjoys bringing her favorite subjects to life through photo realism. When she isn’t creating her next piece, she loves crocheting, knitting, or reading and spending time with her husband, two kids, two dogs…and maybe a raccoon one day.
Kelly Keuneke
Hidden deep among the corn fields, between the Garfield monuments and Pokagon State Park, resides Indiana artist Kelly Keuneke. Working as a mechanical engineer and exhibits/facilities manager for the local science museum, Kelly strives to do more in the arts and aid in the nature and nurture aspect of the environment around her. A lover of nature, of learning, of giving, Kelly continues to work on art as to where her life’s calling truly lays. Studying under artists such as Donato Giancola, Jeff Watts, and Marshall Vandruff, Kelly continues to pursue her artistic endeavors by continuing education. Her focus in art is high fantasy and sci-fi and trains to invoke energy, skill, and inspiration into her works.
Madolyn Locke
An award-winning artist, Madolyn works primarily in fantasy fine art photography and digital art, including book covers and graphic design. She has been selected for several exhibitions and art shows in Atlanta and across the country, including becoming a fixture at the Dragon*Con Art Show where she won ‘Best Photography’ in 2018 and ‘Best Photography/Digital Art’ in 2019, 2021, & 2023. She has shown in New York City’s Chelsea district and has been invited to display in galleries in both the US and Canada. Madolyn has also been featured in numerous publications and was nominated for an ASFA Chesley Award for ‘Best Paperback or eBook Cover’ in 2021.
Amanda Makepeace
Amanda Makepeace was born near Washington D.C. in 1976. She is an award winning fantasy and science fiction illustrator. Her career in art began more than a decade ago while living abroad in the UK. In recent years, Amanda has worked with independent authors, small publishers, and game companies. She has illustrated the covers for Hugo nominated fiction anthologies, genre magazines, and her art has appeared in ENnie Award winning rpg games. Through her art, she explores the themes of nature, magic, fantasy, dark corners and even distant worlds. Her illustrations have won two Chesley Awards in 2019 and 2020 for Best Cover of a Paperback/eBook.
In 2016, Amanda co-founded the Bird Whisperer Project with Melissa Gay, a monthly art challenge devoted to encouraging artists of all skill levels to have fun creating a piece of art based on a single reference photo of a bird. The project has attracted industry professionals, hobbyists, and children from around the world. In 2020, the Bird Whisperer Project was featured by the National Audubon Society for celebrating birds through art.
Amanda is an active participant in Fantasy and SciFi conventions in the southeast. When she’s not in the studio, she can be found reconnecting with nature and the woods that inspired her as a child.
Patreon: https://patreon.com/makepeaceart
Rick Martin
Rick produces fan art of fantasy novels using lego and lego-compatible bricks, as well as 3D renders of lego scenes. He specializes in custom printed minifigures, immersive scenes, building instructions, and animations. Some of his favorite authors to build to include Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Cat Valente, and Travis Baldree, though he has a long list of other projects he’d love to get to if he had time. His style is whatever works, insofar as he will drill, sand, paint, or print on bricks as needed to achieve the desired effect. When he is not building, he is a professor of electrical engineering in Dayton, Ohio.
https://www.secondbrickfast.com
https://www.tiktok.com/@fastlindyrick, https://www.facebook.com/fastlindyrick,https://bsky.app/profile/fastlindyrick.bsky.social
Kalyani Poluri
Kalyani Poluri is an East Indian. She loves the fusion of different techniques to make unique and brightly colored art on watercolor paper, jewelry that has origins from Hindu mythology and Indian Culture. She calls her art business Art InFusions.
You can see and purchase her latest art and prints at her Facebook page below.
Edward Peña
Edward Peña became enamoured with stained glass when he took a class at his local shop in Colorado Springs, CO at Carol’s Creative Glass. Over the next year, he took multiple classes to soak up as much knowledge from Carol and Art as he could. He started a home workshop in his garage in late 2022 and began created one project after the next. He focused on creating projects for family and friends. While practising his skill set, he began… well, let’s call it what it is: he began hoarding glass. He started Sassy Glass in Dec 2023, and now sells items throughout Colorado Springs at shops at pop-up markets. He also teaches introductory classes so new students can begin delving into the timeless art of stained glass.
https://sassyglassy.com/
https://tiktok.com/@sassyglassyco, https://instagram.com/sassyglassyco, https://www.facebook.com/sassyglassyco
A L Raden
A L Raden is a Minnesota-based multidisciplinary storyteller who loves exploring layered, character-driven storytelling, especially with an emphasis on magic, myth, and nature. Her art features original whimsical fantasy and science fiction in multiple mediums, including traditional charcoal drawings, pointillism-style acrylic paintings, and digital inking. Her writing credits include stories in multiple comic, essay, and prose anthologies, including the 2024 JordanCon anthology.
Saron Williamson
Saron is a mental health therapist and self-taught artist out of Athens, Georgia. They began creating art as a way to “stim,” or focus, during the height of the pandemic when all of their clients could only be seen virtually. They found that they enjoyed creating art very much, and eventually became inspired by botanical and scientific illustration. They also became interested in digital art, and take a lot of inspiration from Greek mythology, particularly from the art of Rachel Smythe (Lore Olympus) and Jen Zee (Hades I & II).
IG: @sketchesbysaron
Mason Adams
Mason makes artwork to tell stories, to capture the beauty, the oddity, the rich lovely weirdness of existing. The conversations and connections of humans with ourselves and one another, and with this crazy wild beautiful world we inhabit drive him to capture that essence, that profound spark of being, always reaching for the ineffable. Always important is the desire to cause, to convey, to catalyze emotion in the viewer. Mason studied art at UGA, earning a BFA.
Instagram.com/masonadamsart
Larry Barthel
I’ve been doing sports and portrait photography for over 20 years, and I wanted to bring that expertise to Cosplay photography to conventions, so everyone can appreciate the skill and craftpersonship of cosplayers in displaying themselves in their costumes, in the best lighting and touchups possible, along with adding special effects and background.
I really love seeing people in their costumes and in their elements, and want them to be able to share how awesome they looked in costume. I hope to be your next social media profile picture with you in your costume, and am only happy to work together to get you a nice picture of yourself.
Michael Bielaczyc
Michael Bielaczyc has been working professionally in the art field since 2001 when he founded Aradani Studios with his brother Paul. Together they have exhibited across America selling both their artwork and costuming. He works in many mediums from oil paint to latex prosthetics, video to graphite.
Amanda "Carmanda" Carman
Carmanda is an illustrator of whimsical folklore-inspired artwork of wildlife and fantasy characters, a writer of often-dark folklore-inspired fantasy, and the storyteller on the “What the Folklore?” podcast.
Storytelling, be it visual or written, is the core of her existence, which is otherwise fueled by jam and most anything seasoned with garlic. She will read anything that sits still long enough, and her bookshelves live in constant fear of collapse. Add to this ten years of folklore podcasting, and all that story has to go somewhere. Since socializing isn’t her strong suit, she went with art. Every illustration she creates aims to tell a story of some kind, big or small, serious or silly. She has had two published short stories, a successfully Kickstarted art book, and is working on more novels than is wise to be tackling at once.
Really, though she is just an odd goblin ruled by the whims of a fluffy cat named Cricket, lucky enough to be along for the ride.
https://carmandaartsthings.com/
https://www.instagram.com/carmandaartsthings/
Melanie Crew
When not penning fiction [Weird; spec-lit], consuming bizarre films and doing her best to have high hopes for all of our futures, Melanie is conjuring strange and delicious jarred concoctions with her small-batch cryptid-themed jam company THE CRYPTID CANNERY. TASTE THE TERROR! We at The Cryptid Cannery have a deep love for our FIENDS, and of course we HEART monsters and making jam! Our cryptid-themed small-batch jam and jelly company spawned in 2021 and we’ve been slinging jam ever since! *Our jams, jellies and preserves are gluten-free and vegan. We also have sugar-free options available.
WWW.THECRYPTIDCANNERY.COM
https://ko-fi.com/thecryptidcannery, IG: @thecryptidcannery
Melissa Gay
Melissa Gay thinks of creating art as illustrating personal myths– half-dreamed bedtime stories, chance encounters in misty woods, hazy glimpses of far-flung civilizations through a handmade telescope, scenes to fire the imagination. Beginning her career as a scientific illustrator, she went on to create covers and interior illustrations for publishers such as Baen Books, Llewellyn Worldwide, Hay House, Apex Press, Three Ravens Publishing, and 78 Tarot, as well as working on many fan-favorite tabletop games such as Delta Green, Over the Edge, Trail of Cthulhu, the Dracula Dossier, the Dresden Files, Part-Time Gods, Mermaid Adventures, Sagaborn, Surviving Strangehollow, Fate Worlds, Hero 6th Edition, the Yellow King RPG, and many others. Her illustrations “Offering” and “Harvest” have won Chesley awards, and many of the games she has worked on have won Gold and Silver ENnie awards. Her work has been featured in ImagineFX Magazine, io9, tor.com, and several of the Infected By Art anthologies.
She has published two art books, Finding My Familiar (animal drawings on toned paper with various pencils) and Earth and Water (ink drawings and paintings), and she is currently working on a book of acrylic sci-fi paintings, called I Dream Of Space. (Gallery owners have scolded her for doing too many different things. Instead of stopping, she decided to do it even harder.)
Apart from drawing and painting, she happiest when gaming with her spouse or creating her own woodland adventures on hiking trails.
Visit her on the web at http://melissagay.com, say hi on https://facebook.com/melissa.gay.art, or see what she’s up to behind the scenes in her studio at https://patreon.com/MelissaGay.
Sara Glassman
Sara’s interest in jewelry design started at a very young age, but her career began with a job at a bead store in Tuscaloosa, AL. Access to other artists and a wealth of materials allowed her to develop her personal style as well as the skills to realize her designs. An interest in textile techniques such as weaving, knitting, and crochet heavily influenced her design aesthetic.
She was able to refine some of these textile techniques into jewelry applications. Her day jobs as a bookseller and then librarian provided an entirely new source of inspiration in the books she works with.
Debbie Hughes
Debbie Hughes is a science fiction and Fantasy Illustrator.
Since 1981 I have honed my skills as a realistic painter. As an illustrator in the Science Fiction and Fantasy field that goal was and still is a challenge. It is not easy to paint something that belongs in the future. In addition, I started my career in a field dominated by male artists. Through persistence, I became one of the few women to have my work published in over 200 publications. I have worked for Baen Books, Easton Press, Amazing Stories Magazine, Science Fiction Age Magazine, Realms of Fantasy Magazine, Wizards of the Coast, The Learning Company, Paramount Interactive and many more. In order to survive in this business I branched out into animation, medical illustration, space and astronomical art, movie poster art, game art, micro stock, flash, webpage illustration and collectible game card art. But through all this I maintained a daily schedule of painting in the traditional style of paint on hardboard and canvas.
Today, I describe my work as “magic realism”. I concentrate on my own ideas: a combination of myths, fairy tales and enigmatic themes and elements born out of my years doing illustration. My work is currently exhibited through NAWA, The National Association of Women Artists in various show in the NY, NY. I also exhibit at galleries in South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky. In addition, I continue to exhibit my work at Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions throughout the United States and abroad.
Alexandra Klimek
Alexandra Klimek’s work includes abstracted portraits, twisted creatures, and fantastical monsters from myth and fandoms alike. She specializes in alcohol ink paintings and making RPG accessories (dice boxes in particular) and has shown her work in various art galleries in Greenville, SC, as well as the Oddities and Curiosities Expo and other conventions across the country.
Christine Marshall
Christine Marshall’s fantasy romance and fantasy adventure books are filled with magic, mythical creatures, and twists on your favorite fairytales for readers of all ages.
If you love books that help you escape into a magical world then these are the perfect books for you!
When Christine isn’t spinning tales on her laptop, she probably has a book and a chocolate chip cookie in hand. She loves all kinds of books: fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, non-fiction, and even textbooks.
Christine also loves to play her ukulele, stand in the rain, stay up late, and try new foods… but not all at the same time! Christine has moved over 20 times in the past 20 years, and firmly believes that people are more important than things.
www.ChristineMarshallAuthor.com
Lori Morrow
Lori has always been interested in art. Her art has gone through many changes over the years. For many years Lori ran a tie dye business but changed her focus several years ago. Now she works primarily in dot art. Recently she went back to her roots drawing zentangle inspired art enjoying the symmetry and patterns.
morrowmakings.myshopify.com
Morrow_makings.instagram.com
Leia Powell
Master Stained Glass Artisan Leia Powell has been creating glass masterpieces, breaking down barriers, and rejuvenating the old world artistry for over 27 years. The first stained glass artist to be nominated for the coveted Chesley Award, Leia is also the first glass artist in history to be the sole maker of an author’s trademarked characters: Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Her three-dimensional figures and exceptionally intricate stained glass windows have won her multiple art show awards, including JordanCon. Her fused glass jewelry is a testament to how glorious melting glass at 1200 degrees can be.
Leia keeps apprentices and interns on staff at her studio Wildcat Mountain Artistry in Florence, Alabama, and is determined to teach everyone she can to ensure the flame of stained glass creativity keeps burning.
www.facebook.com/wildcatmtnartistry
M.M. Schill
M.M. Schill is an award winning artist and illustrator, and writer. She also serves as associated editor at Pseudopod (a pro-market, award winning, short horror podcast and E-zine).
Outside of her artistic pursuits, she is an outspoken activist for victim’s rights.
https://mmschill.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mmschill
Bluesky: @mmschill
Insta: @mm_schill
Cara: @mmschill
