var program = [{"id":"1","title":"Which New Trek Show Best Expanded Roddenberry's Vision","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"14:30","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"58","name":"Dantzel Cherry (moderator)"},{"id":"22","name":"Marshall Ryan Maresca"},{"id":"45","name":"Rick Klaw"},{"id":"574","name":"Stina Leicht"},{"id":"59","name":"Alan J. Porter"}],"desc":"The panel will review each of the Kurtzman produced Star Trek television shows, and compare them with Roddenberry's vision as express in TNG and TOS, and also how we determine what \"Gene's Vision\" even means in after 60 years of Trek."},{"id":"2","title":"Characters 101: Basic Characters","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"455","name":"A.E. Lanier (moderator)"},{"id":"29","name":"Michelle Muenzler"},{"id":"308","name":"Elizabeth Cobbe"},{"id":"41","name":"Marguerite Reed"},{"id":"560","name":"Erica Sebree"},{"id":"75","name":"Jayme Lynn Blaschke"}],"desc":"As a writer, how do you reveal your character as more than a list of attributes? What are some techniques for making your characters seem authentic, for making them grow, and for allowing revelations about them to build over time?"},{"id":"3","title":"Characters 201: Intermediate Characters","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"14:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"195","name":"Amber Royer (moderator)"},{"id":"117","name":"Joe R. Lansdale"},{"id":"144","name":"Rob Rogers"},{"id":"294","name":"Rowenna Miller"},{"id":"318","name":"Marina Lostetter"},{"id":"381","name":"J. Kenner (Julie)"}],"desc":"The character defines the story, the story defines the character-- whichever one comes first, how do you take your character creation to the next level and create a living breathing person on the page, and tell their story?  "},{"id":"4","title":"Characters 301: Advanced Characters","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"26","name":"Patrice Sarath (moderator)"},{"id":"130","name":"A. Lee Martinez"},{"id":"381","name":"J. Kenner (Julie)"},{"id":"511","name":"Nikhil Prabala"},{"id":"576","name":"William Ledbetter"},{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray"}],"desc":"You need characters your audience can believe it, fall in love with, or hate with a delightful passion.  How do you take a character that's interesting, and transform them into a character that is iconic and unforgettable?"},{"id":"5","title":"Booktube, Bookstagram, BookTok: Real or Just Performative?","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"68","name":"Thomas Wagner (moderator)"},{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade"},{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins"},{"id":"532","name":"Ellie Blackwood"},{"id":"568","name":"Liza Anderson"}],"desc":"Online book discussion has been wildly popular since the book blog craze of the 2000s. But with the rise of such social media platforms as YouTube, Instagram and especially TikTok, criticism has arisen that popular creators are insincere, focused on generating algorithm-friendly content for views over engaging in meaningful discourse, and \"performing' their love of books and reading. How can readers decide whom to follow, and how should creators present themselves to gain audience trust?"},{"id":"6","title":"Is There Such Thing As Too Much Worldbuilding?","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"563","name":"Greta Kelly (moderator)"},{"id":"130","name":"A. Lee Martinez"},{"id":"22","name":"Marshall Ryan Maresca"},{"id":"294","name":"Rowenna Miller"},{"id":"558","name":"Sarah Toups"},{"id":"565","name":"A.P. Hawkins"}],"desc":"Is there too much worldbuilding these days? Did we take the wrong lessons from Tolkien? Do we over explain for readers rather than leave less-relevant areas up to the imagination? What does this look like? Can we even all agree on what \"worldbuilding\" means, let alone what \"too much\" looks like?"},{"id":"8","title":"Holding The Line on AI","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins"},{"id":"574","name":"Stina Leicht"},{"id":"75","name":"Jayme Lynn Blaschke"}],"desc":"In a panel sure to stir up emotions, we talk about the twenty things in a trenchcoat we call \"AI\", how it creeps into every workflow and toolbox against our desires, and how it's affecting the creative industry."},{"id":"10","title":"Thanks to the Public Domain: When Is It Better to Lose Control of Your IP?","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"14:00","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"195","name":"Amber Royer (moderator)"},{"id":"224","name":"Mark Finn"},{"id":"329","name":"Jacob Weisman"},{"id":"401","name":"C.L. Irwin "},{"id":"83","name":"Josh Rountree"}],"desc":"Name any major monster trope and what does it have in common? It's in the public domain.  Some of the best creative endeavors today come from remixing and mashing up the old stories.  What great things have come about because someone let the copyright lapse?"},{"id":"12","title":"Cozy Fic: It's All The (Subdued) Rage","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"556","name":"Kate St.Clair (moderator)"},{"id":"184","name":"Holly Lyn Walrath"},{"id":"304","name":"Jeremy Brett"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"},{"id":"74","name":"Paige E. Ewing"}],"desc":"Cozy fic seems to break the cardinal rule every writing workshop hammers home: have conflict. But what is brewing under the surface of that coziness?  Why is it so popular? And is there a genre that can't be made \"cozy\"?"},{"id":"13","title":"Go outside and play: can you write about the future without experiencing our changing environment?","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"14:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"314","name":"Matthew Bey (moderator)"},{"id":"343","name":"Vivien Jackson"},{"id":"55","name":"Christopher Brown"},{"id":"56","name":"Lauren C. Teffeau"},{"id":"74","name":"Paige E. Ewing"}],"desc":"You can't write about the environment apocalypse without experiencing it. What have we been doing outside and what have we noticed?"},{"id":"14","title":"Solving Act II Problems","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins (moderator)"},{"id":"195","name":"Amber Royer"},{"id":"318","name":"Marina Lostetter"},{"id":"559","name":"Robin Alvarez"},{"id":"563","name":"Greta Kelly"}],"desc":"Writing long-form fiction is hard. Most people struggle with the second act, the middle of the story, sometimes referred to as the \"messy middle.\" It's where we fear boring our reader and losing the plot. We know how it begins and ends, but what do we do in-between? We will discuss how to write second acts that engage your audience and build tension. We will explore the genre works that defy expectations, when it comes to the middle. Rediscover the joy of writing long-form fiction!"},{"id":"15","title":"For All Mankind to The Expanse","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"14:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"576","name":"William Ledbetter (moderator)"},{"id":"450","name":"Randee Dawn"},{"id":"453","name":"Bill Frank"},{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins"},{"id":"522","name":"Howard Carter"}],"desc":"Yes, we know these are two different shows on two different streaming platforms. But many fans like to think of For All Mankind as a prequel of sorts. How do the two shows fit together? How does it not work? More importantly, what is the appeal of \"early stage\" space exploration that is not quite Star Trek, but still much further along than what we currently have."},{"id":"16","title":"Shakespeare and Succession Drama","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Lecture"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"21:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"308","name":"Elizabeth Cobbe (moderator)"},{"id":"26","name":"Patrice Sarath"},{"id":"442","name":"C.S. Humble"},{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins"},{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer"}],"desc":"Shakespeare loves a good regicide. His tragedy and history plays were the original \"Game of Thrones\" long before George R.R. Martin killed Jon Arryn. What was it about the life and times of Shakespeare's England that made these plays so popular? What can writers learn from the Bard when crafting their own succession dramas?"},{"id":"17","title":"The Future of Doctor Who","url":"","tags":["Media*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"74","name":"Paige E. Ewing (moderator)"},{"id":"22","name":"Marshall Ryan Maresca"},{"id":"532","name":"Ellie Blackwood"},{"id":"563","name":"Greta Kelly"},{"id":"571","name":"Keith Barnfather"}],"desc":"After 60+ years, the question of \"What's next for the Doctor?\" is more of a mystery than it has been in over two decades.  What IS next, or at least, what should be next?  And what led us to this point of mystery?"},{"id":"18","title":"Dark Academia in a Time of Anti-Intellectualism and Book Bans","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"308","name":"Elizabeth Cobbe (moderator)"},{"id":"489","name":"Linsey Miller"},{"id":"529","name":"Gabriella Buba"},{"id":"556","name":"Kate St.Clair"},{"id":"568","name":"Liza Anderson"}],"desc":"Dark academia has grown in popularity recently, but what does its future look like in a time of anti-intellectualism and book bans? How do authors approach not only the subgenre itself, but the nuances of weaving academia into fantasy settings in the context of today's world: from romanticizing the intelligent but pessimistic student to critiquing academic institutions. How can we use dark academia to diversify and expand upon the concept of academia while telling compelling stories?"},{"id":"19","title":"Are We Full-On Cyberpunk Yet?","url":"","tags":["Science & Technology*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"14:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"440","name":"Sanford Allen (moderator)"},{"id":"451","name":"Paz Pardo"},{"id":"56","name":"Lauren C. Teffeau"},{"id":"570","name":"Rudy Rucker"},{"id":"60","name":"D.L. Young"},{"id":"74","name":"Paige E. Ewing"}],"desc":"The specter of A.I. and the rise of the robots, megacorporations...all that's missing is a chromed arm. How dystopian is the real world, compared to the classic cyberpunk texts? Did Gibson, Sterling, and Rucker get it right, or were they hopelessly pessimistic?"},{"id":"20","title":"My Favorite Apocalypse","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"10:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"450","name":"Randee Dawn (moderator)"},{"id":"224","name":"Mark Finn"},{"id":"314","name":"Matthew Bey"},{"id":"55","name":"Christopher Brown"},{"id":"576","name":"William Ledbetter"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"}],"desc":"Since we're on the Eve of Destruction already, we might as well give shout outs to our favorite Post-Apocalypse stories. Rise of the Robots? New Simian Overlords? Australian Punks? With so many books and movies and TV shows ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, our panel of experts talk about their favorites and try to decide which one they'd rather be in. "},{"id":"21","title":"We Keep Rediscovering Low Budget Horror","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"21:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"49","name":"Derek Austin Johnson (moderator)"},{"id":"239","name":"Usman T. Malik"},{"id":"541","name":"Mariana Col\u00edn"},{"id":"554","name":"Micaiah Johnson"},{"id":"572","name":"Johnny Compton"}],"desc":"Low budget horror movies have always existed, and its the genre that lends itself best to creative storytelling and filmcraft choices driven by having little money.  This has been the case since the beginning of film as a medium.  But every few years we get a surge of New Horror Movies (this year with Obsession and Backrooms) that costed nothing but do big business, and the media responds like this is something new and unexpected."},{"id":"23","title":"Stephen King's Parks and Rec: A Trip to Widow's Bay","url":"","tags":["Media*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"21:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"402","name":"Beth Anderson \/ A.E. Dethlefsen (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"130","name":"A. 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Join a group of authors as they discuss the books, aesthetics, and themes that define the genre, and how authors use academia as a lens to tackle ambition, identity, class, and morality"},{"id":"25","title":"Writing Careers At Different Stages","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"21:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"120","name":"David Bowles (moderator)"},{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"},{"id":"329","name":"Jacob Weisman"},{"id":"455","name":"A.E. Lanier"},{"id":"555","name":"Kristina Gruell"},{"id":"559","name":"Robin Alvarez"}],"desc":"A writer's career is in constant evolution, and what works for a debut author will not work for a veteran of the business.  Writers at different points in their writing careers discussing their processes and their views of the industry. "},{"id":"26","title":"Storytelling as a Game Master vs as an Author","url":"","tags":["Gaming*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"14:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"312","name":"Ryan Leslie (moderator)"},{"id":"343","name":"Vivien Jackson"},{"id":"511","name":"Nikhil Prabala"},{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer"},{"id":"563","name":"Greta Kelly"}],"desc":"Steven Erikson famously based his Malazan books on a long-running table top RPG in the 1980s. Table top RPGs are more popular than ever. In this panel, we dig into the storycrafting that great Game Masters do and compare it to the craft of writing fiction."},{"id":"27","title":"Book-Edge Painting Workshop with Author-Illustrator Gabriella Buba","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Participatory Event"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:00","mins":"120","loc":["Magnolia"],"people":[{"id":"529","name":"Gabriella Buba (moderator)"}],"desc":"Where are my Bookwyrms guarding their glittering shelf-trophies? Come learn to transform beloved books into horde-worthy treasures at this Art meets Craft book-edge painting workshop. No prior painting experience necessary, bring your enthusiasm and we'll provide the rest!  The 2 hour workshop including signed book purchase costs $35, of $15 if you bring your own copy.\r\n\r\nNotes: We use washable non-toxic water-based gouache paints. Edges are sealed with archival acrylic setting spray once dry. "},{"id":"28","title":"Fashion Technology and Fictional Worlds","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"294","name":"Rowenna Miller (moderator)"},{"id":"314","name":"Matthew Bey"},{"id":"459","name":"Elizabeth Moon"},{"id":"529","name":"Gabriella Buba"},{"id":"534","name":"Mia Tsai"}],"desc":"Where Worldbuilding meets Fashion: A discussion on how Fashion Technology from textile material science, to dye, embroidery, and even trade routes all work together to create the basis for a complex and vivid science fiction or fantasy world. Consider fandom standouts such as Andor's Chandrillan fashion, Dune, Lord of the Rings, Shadow and Bone, even Bridgerton, and how the sucesses and failures seen there can be drawn into our own worlds and writings."},{"id":"29","title":"We Are So Back: The YA Dystopian Renaissance","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"532","name":"Ellie Blackwood (moderator)"},{"id":"314","name":"Matthew Bey"},{"id":"556","name":"Kate St.Clair"},{"id":"564","name":"MC Gallup aka Plum Parrot"},{"id":"566","name":"MinSook McCreary"}],"desc":"After the Hunger Games-fueled YA dystopia boom of the 2010s, publishers wouldn't touch YA dystopian genre for around a decade. However, in the last couple of years, big publishers have started releasing YA books that are explicitly marketed as dystopia again -- and not just from Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth. What is different about this new generation of YA dystopian novels? And what do we gain from having the YA dystopian category back in business?"},{"id":"30","title":"Space Tries To Kill You With William Frank","url":"","tags":["Science & Technology*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"453","name":"Bill Frank (moderator)"},{"id":"28","name":"Martha Wells"},{"id":"564","name":"MC Gallup aka Plum Parrot"},{"id":"574","name":"Stina Leicht"},{"id":"576","name":"William Ledbetter"}],"desc":"NASA Chief Training Officer WIlliam Frank's job is to make things go wrong in space simulations and make astronauts solve the problem. Watch him now torture SF authors with narrative scenarios that they'll improvise clever solutions for."},{"id":"31","title":"Characters 207: Unlikable Protagonists","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"402","name":"Beth Anderson \/ A.E. Dethlefsen (moderator)"},{"id":"120","name":"David Bowles"},{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"},{"id":"509","name":"Jess Hagemann"},{"id":"55","name":"Christopher Brown"},{"id":"60","name":"D.L. Young"}],"desc":"Whatever your story, someone has to be the main character.  Of course, that isn't always the hero, nor are they always a \"good person\".  How do you craft a protagonist that your audience won't like, but will still captivate their attention?"},{"id":"32","title":"Characters 128: The Supporting Cast","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"75","name":"Jayme Lynn Blaschke (moderator)"},{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"},{"id":"318","name":"Marina Lostetter"},{"id":"348","name":"Keith Lansdale"},{"id":"565","name":"A.P. Hawkins"}],"desc":"Whether you need to gather a crew to pull a job, have a support team in the van, or a found family, you need a group of folks around the main character to help move things along. How do you assemble the perfect group of supporting characters?"},{"id":"33","title":"From the Screen to the Page: Novelizing Movies","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"10:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"476","name":"Devon Foster (moderator)"},{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade"},{"id":"348","name":"Keith Lansdale"},{"id":"489","name":"Linsey Miller"},{"id":"509","name":"Jess Hagemann"}],"desc":"We often hear about books being adapted for the screen, but it works the other way, too! Sometimes stories that begin life as movies get a second chance when they're turned into books.  Sometimes, even, the book and the movie are developed in tandem.  \r\n\r\nOn this panel, we’ll explore reasons why someone might want to novelize a movie, how to acquire a movie’s book rights, and where to start the process of turning a movie into a book."},{"id":"34","title":"Alternative Creative Processes","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"19:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"332","name":"Avery Parks (moderator)"},{"id":"144","name":"Rob Rogers"},{"id":"320","name":"Tonia Ransom"},{"id":"322","name":"Elizabeth Rubio"},{"id":"348","name":"Keith Lansdale"},{"id":"558","name":"Sarah Toups"}],"desc":"A lot of mainstream writing advice boils down to the same basic idea: Put words on the page every day. But is that the only way? Are daily wordcount goals a help or a hindrance? What other creative processes do writers use, especially those of us with disabilities?"},{"id":"35","title":"Welcome to ArmadilloCon!","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"476","name":"Devon Foster (moderator)"},{"id":"191","name":"Scott Bobo"},{"id":"359","name":"Kasey Lansdale"},{"id":"522","name":"Howard Carter"},{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer"}],"desc":"We are so happy to see you again! Learn about all the can't-miss events you should attend to get the most out of this year's con!"},{"id":"36","title":" Karaoke Night","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"22:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"32","name":"D.R.R. Chang (moderator)"}],"desc":"Last year's Karaoke went well into the wee hours, how will it go this year?"},{"id":"37","title":"So It's Your First ArmadilloCon?","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"18:30","mins":"30","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"29","name":"Michelle Muenzler (moderator)"},{"id":"556","name":"Kate St.Clair"}],"desc":"If you've never come to ArmadilloCon before, come to this pre-show mixer to meet other folks who've never been before, so you have con-friends to start!"},{"id":"38","title":"What You Should Have Watched This Year","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"123","name":"A. T. Campbell, III (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"304","name":"Jeremy Brett"},{"id":"49","name":"Derek Austin Johnson"},{"id":"559","name":"Robin Alvarez"}],"desc":"So many genre movies and shows! Which are worth talking about? Our panelists have opinions."},{"id":"39","title":"What You Should Have Read This Year","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"304","name":"Jeremy Brett (moderator)"},{"id":"532","name":"Ellie Blackwood"},{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer"},{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray"},{"id":"68","name":"Thomas Wagner"}],"desc":"So many great SFFH books and stories came out in the past year. Our esteemed panel endeavors to curate a good list of the cream of the crop for you."},{"id":"40","title":"Fannish Feud","url":"","tags":["Fandom*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"224","name":"Mark Finn (moderator)"},{"id":"191","name":"Scott Bobo"},{"id":"454","name":"MJ Kuhn"},{"id":"554","name":"Micaiah Johnson"},{"id":"564","name":"MC Gallup aka Plum Parrot"},{"id":"569","name":"Ariel Burgess"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"}],"desc":"It's a game show-type event where a team of SF professionals and a team of fans compete to guess the results of a survey on SF topics."},{"id":"41","title":"Endings: Reader Expectation vs Reader Desire","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (moderator)"},{"id":"22","name":"Marshall Ryan Maresca"},{"id":"294","name":"Rowenna Miller"},{"id":"318","name":"Marina Lostetter"},{"id":"451","name":"Paz Pardo"},{"id":"555","name":"Kristina Gruell"}],"desc":"There's an interplay with endings and the relationship the book has built with the reader. What has the reader been led to expect and anticipate, and are those expectations rewarded.  But at the same time, are those expectations based on what the story is actually doing, or are they built from desires for a \"happy\" ending that may not reflect the story's intentions."},{"id":"42","title":"Collaboration: Managing Egos","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Lecture"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"10:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"509","name":"Jess Hagemann (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"442","name":"C.S. Humble"},{"id":"459","name":"Elizabeth Moon"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"}],"desc":"Every writer has an ego.  Every collaboration has at least two writer-egos involved.  How do collaborators reach the emotional balance that best serves both (all) their talents?  What are the costs to collaborators if their partnership fails, and the gains of successful management of any hurt feelings?  What personal *character* qualities suggest potential difficulties ahead?  Nobody wants to be stuck in a failing collaboration."},{"id":"44","title":"Mind the Gap: When a writer's life-- and publishing schedule-- is disrupted","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Lecture"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"459","name":"Elizabeth Moon (moderator)"},{"id":"341","name":"Darcie Little Badger"},{"id":"41","name":"Marguerite Reed"},{"id":"56","name":"Lauren C. Teffeau"},{"id":"59","name":"Alan J. Porter"}],"desc":"Many writers have gaps in their publication. The writing\/publication industry does not stop and hold their place for long, and yet people can recover and rebuild their career--at least part of it. What happens when you can't fulfill a contract, or don't get another one, or anything else that disrupts your ability to produce salable fiction on your usual schedule. How to get back on the merry-go-round, and how to keep yourself from utter despair when nothing seems to work."},{"id":"45","title":"The Cruel Magic of Wishes","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"577","name":"Carmen Gray (moderator)"},{"id":"289","name":"Clayton Hackett"},{"id":"320","name":"Tonia Ransom"},{"id":"541","name":"Mariana Col\u00edn"},{"id":"557","name":"Paul Weimer"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"}],"desc":"From the oldest of folk tales to this year's OBSESSION, a consistent trope of storytelling is the wish gone wrong.  Whether the wish is poorly worded, maliciously interpreted or simply too selfish to do anything but cause disaster, we are primed to see people get what they truly deserve when they wish for something. What drives this trope, and where can we take it that's new?"},{"id":"46","title":"The Art of the Cover","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"19:00","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"529","name":"Gabriella Buba (moderator)"},{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade"},{"id":"560","name":"Erica Sebree"},{"id":"566","name":"MinSook McCreary"}],"desc":"How has cover art changed over the past 20 years? Do people still judge a book or a series by the cover? What are the fads and the fashions nowadays, and how has AI impacted cover art?"},{"id":"47","title":"Are We Still Mad at Fan Fiction?","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"568","name":"Liza Anderson (moderator)"},{"id":"26","name":"Patrice Sarath"},{"id":"304","name":"Jeremy Brett"},{"id":"343","name":"Vivien Jackson"},{"id":"534","name":"Mia Tsai"}],"desc":"Fan Fiction still brings out strong emotions, but is it time to take a look at the genre? Is it an unforgivable encroachment on an author's IP, an endearing homage, a sin akin to plagiarism, or all three? What is your relationship to fan fic and how does it impact your love of genre?"},{"id":"48","title":"Why We Write In A World Hostile to Writers","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"10:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"56","name":"Lauren C. Teffeau (moderator)"},{"id":"322","name":"Elizabeth Rubio"},{"id":"332","name":"Avery Parks"},{"id":"558","name":"Sarah Toups"},{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray"},{"id":"83","name":"Josh Rountree"}],"desc":"In an age where we can just roll over to our AI Overlords, why do we still write?  When half the internet seems content to pirate our work and treat us as content slot machines, what's the reason to keep going? Authors discuss the writing life, the urge to create, and where we go from here. "},{"id":"49","title":"The Craft of Genre Blending","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"19:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"41","name":"Marguerite Reed (moderator)"},{"id":"341","name":"Darcie Little Badger"},{"id":"451","name":"Paz Pardo"},{"id":"554","name":"Micaiah Johnson"},{"id":"83","name":"Josh Rountree"}],"desc":"Genre blending is all the rage, with authors combining elements of popular genres to create something that feels unique and fresh. But which genres blend well, and which don't? Is it possible to blur the lines of genre too much, so that the resulting work becomes unintelligible to readers? This panel will be a discussion of the dos and don'ts of genre blending.\r\n"},{"id":"50","title":"In Defense of Tropes","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"451","name":"Paz Pardo (moderator)"},{"id":"184","name":"Holly Lyn Walrath"},{"id":"312","name":"Ryan Leslie"},{"id":"563","name":"Greta Kelly"},{"id":"565","name":"A.P. Hawkins"},{"id":"68","name":"Thomas Wagner"}],"desc":"Tropes are the often-derided workhorses of genre fiction, creating a common language between author and audience. Love or hate them, tropes are everywhere, waiting to jump out of a portal to another world or shove cursed jewelry into our hands and run off cackling into the night. This panel will be a discussion of common tropes in speculative fiction and how we can effectively use (and subvert) them in our own writing."},{"id":"51","title":"Roasting Writing Advice","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"130","name":"A. Lee Martinez (moderator)"},{"id":"289","name":"Clayton Hackett"},{"id":"41","name":"Marguerite Reed"},{"id":"565","name":"A.P. Hawkins"},{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray"}],"desc":"Has someone told you to \"write what you know\" \"show don't tel\" one too many times? Someone told you to trade in \"said\"; for \"philosophized\" as a dialogue tag? Someone angrily told you to zealously spurn adverbs? Have you realized that much of Writing Advice 101is... very bad? Come vent your frustrations and watch fellow writers roast the absolute salmonella out of these tired, trite bits of advice."},{"id":"52","title":"I Love This Thing! How Do I Write It?","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"21:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray (moderator)"},{"id":"195","name":"Amber Royer"},{"id":"239","name":"Usman T. Malik"},{"id":"332","name":"Avery Parks"},{"id":"83","name":"Josh Rountree"}],"desc":"Sometimes we have a great idea for a story... but its the sort of story we've never written before. Or it needs a new style, new technique, skillsets we've not mastered.  How we approach that great next story that we're not quite ready for."},{"id":"53","title":"Is LitRPG the next cyberpunk? Was Dungeon Crawler Carl a fluke?","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"74","name":"Paige E. 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But while agents and editors say they want these things, are we really seeing it manifest in what's getting published? And if not, why aren\u2019t we seeing more diversity in published work?"},{"id":"55","title":"Sunday RPG One-Shots","url":"","tags":["Gaming*","\ud83d\udcc1 Participatory Event"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:00","mins":"175","loc":["Game Nook"],"people":"","desc":"What better way to spend the last day of the con than some one-shot RPGs?"},{"id":"56","title":"Female Rage, Horror and Final Girls","url":"","tags":["Media*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"19:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"489","name":"Linsey Miller (moderator)"},{"id":"120","name":"David Bowles"},{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"},{"id":"541","name":"Mariana Col\u00edn"},{"id":"577","name":"Carmen Gray"}],"desc":"With rare exception, women are the primary victims in horror, and even though the female protagonist is often victorious in the end, she usually has to be put through a crucible to be able to channel her rage and prevail.  What horror has been turning the trope on its head?"},{"id":"57","title":"Is There an \"American\" Vampire Story?","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"14:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"289","name":"Clayton Hackett (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"402","name":"Beth Anderson \/ A.E. Dethlefsen"},{"id":"45","name":"Rick Klaw"},{"id":"572","name":"Johnny Compton"}],"desc":"While classic vampire tropes incorporate gothic castles and aristocratic Europeans, the past 50 years have given us a great number of American vampires in books and movies like I am Legend, Salem's Lot, Interview with a Vampire, Near Dark, The Lost Boys, Lost Souls, Blade, True Blood, Fledgling, Sinners and more. Many of these stories incorporate American culture and history -- but is there a thread that links them together? Are there common tropes and images that signify the \"American\" vampire?"},{"id":"58","title":"Anything For A Buck: The Corporation As The Ultimate Villain","url":"","tags":["Media*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"440","name":"Sanford Allen (moderator)"},{"id":"32","name":"D.R.R. Chang"},{"id":"454","name":"MJ Kuhn"},{"id":"554","name":"Micaiah Johnson"},{"id":"562","name":"Frederick Luis Aldama"}],"desc":"Cyberpunk and other science fiction genres love a faceless, heartless corporation as a villain: who else can make the dispassionate decision between lives and the bottom line? Or decide that the market potential of the Xenomorph is worth the risk?  "},{"id":"59","title":"Worldbuilding Choices in Fantasy vs. Sci-Fi","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"522","name":"Howard Carter (moderator)"},{"id":"116","name":"Aaron de Orive"},{"id":"312","name":"Ryan Leslie"},{"id":"454","name":"MJ Kuhn"},{"id":"555","name":"Kristina Gruell"}],"desc":"Both these genres require a certain degree of explicit worldbuilding, and on many levels, the choices involved are very similar. How do we handle these different choices and communicate them to the reader? Where is the line between a magic system and an FTL drive?  And, especially, how do we integrate them for a setting that is both genres?"},{"id":"60","title":"Coming of Age in Other Worlds","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"16:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"144","name":"Rob Rogers (moderator)"},{"id":"489","name":"Linsey Miller"},{"id":"511","name":"Nikhil Prabala"},{"id":"58","name":"Dantzel Cherry"}],"desc":"Coming of age has been a constant theme of middle grade and young adult SFF over the decades. How do we craft coming of age stories in other worlds, and how the stories have changed over time?"},{"id":"61","title":"Geek Pictionary!","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Scheduled Game"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"191","name":"Scott Bobo (moderator)"},{"id":"123","name":"A. T. Campbell, III"},{"id":"31","name":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"},{"id":"41","name":"Marguerite Reed"},{"id":"450","name":"Randee Dawn"},{"id":"496","name":"David Hopkins"},{"id":"569","name":"Ariel Burgess"}],"desc":"With two large white pads of paper and a few markers, a panel of \"artists\" will see if they can get their teams to guess randomly chosen SFF-relevant concepts, titles, characters and other geek phrases and words. Needs a referee. Prizes are optional but fun.\r\n"},{"id":"63","title":"To the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids","url":"","tags":["Science & Technology*","\ud83d\udcc1 Lecture"],"date":"2026-09-13","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"87","name":"John K Gibbons (moderator)"}],"desc":"JPL Presentation by John K Gibbons"},{"id":"65","title":"Art Auction","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Participatory Event"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"19:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cherry"],"people":[{"id":"191","name":"Scott Bobo (moderator)"},{"id":"63","name":"Rhonda Eudaly"}],"desc":"Bid on things from the Art Show! Take something glorious home with you!\r\n"},{"id":"66","title":"Visual Storytelling: The Magic of Words and Pictures","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"14:30","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"559","name":"Robin Alvarez (moderator)"},{"id":"120","name":"David Bowles"},{"id":"187","name":"John Picacio"},{"id":"341","name":"Darcie Little Badger"},{"id":"562","name":"Frederick Luis Aldama"}],"desc":"Great graphic stories emerge from the blend of text and visual art working in tandem (or perhaps even just pictures alone)--; whether that comes from collaboration, or one talented artist. Panelists discuss the process of making stories with words and images."},{"id":"67","title":"The Legacy of Cyberpunk","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Literature*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"60","name":"D.L. 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Malik"},{"id":"49","name":"Derek Austin Johnson"},{"id":"572","name":"Johnny Compton"}],"desc":"From The Shining to Silent Hill to Exit 8 and the Backrooms, the transitional and impersonal space has always held fascination for horror in print and film, to name only two. This panel discussion tries to discuss why the trend for liminal horror has become so prevalent and why it speaks to modern horror audiences. "},{"id":"69","title":"Characters 117: Main Character Syndrome","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"10:00","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"59","name":"Alan J. Porter (moderator)"},{"id":"29","name":"Michelle Muenzler"},{"id":"459","name":"Elizabeth Moon"},{"id":"511","name":"Nikhil Prabala"},{"id":"60","name":"D.L. Young"},{"id":"61","name":"Skyler Gray"}],"desc":"So much a story relies on crafting an interesting and engaging main character.  But sometimes we run into the challenge of a main character who is an empty vessel that a story happens around, an avatar designed to run through the maze that is the story.  What are some of the techniques for making sure the main character is rich and three-dimensional?"},{"id":"70","title":"Characters 119: A Worthy Adversary","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"11:30","mins":"55","loc":["Cedar"],"people":[{"id":"381","name":"J. Kenner (Julie) (moderator)"},{"id":"26","name":"Patrice Sarath"},{"id":"442","name":"C.S. Humble"},{"id":"511","name":"Nikhil Prabala"},{"id":"556","name":"Kate St.Clair"},{"id":"560","name":"Erica Sebree"}],"desc":"Who doesn't love a great villain?  But what is the line between a great bad guy and... just a BAD guy?  How do you make your villains interesting and compelling, especially as a foil for your protagonist?"},{"id":"71","title":"Fantastic Maps and Where to Find Them","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"318","name":"Marina Lostetter (moderator)"},{"id":"22","name":"Marshall Ryan Maresca"},{"id":"224","name":"Mark Finn"},{"id":"529","name":"Gabriella Buba"},{"id":"568","name":"Liza Anderson"}],"desc":"Maps have always represented adventure, mystery, intrigue, and excitement, both as a representation of real space and an extension of one's own imagination. Let's talk about our favorite maps in F\/SF and other speculative fiction arenas. What makes a good map? Who are our current cartographic heroes? Does every book or series need a map?"},{"id":"72","title":"Everything's Coming Up Conan","url":"","tags":["Media*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-11","time":"17:30","mins":"55","loc":["Hill Country B"],"people":[{"id":"45","name":"Rick Klaw (moderator)"},{"id":"117","name":"Joe R. Lansdale"},{"id":"224","name":"Mark Finn"},{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade"},{"id":"440","name":"Sanford Allen"},{"id":"569","name":"Ariel Burgess"}],"desc":"A new Schwarzenegger Conan movie in the works! Genndy Tartakovsky announced a Conan animated series! Texas' favorite barbarian is poised for a comeback. Let's talk about Conan in popular culture, past and present. Mark Finn will even let the other panelists get in a word or two edgewise. "},{"id":"73","title":"The Best Book Cover Illustrators Ever","url":"","tags":["Speculative Fiction Art*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"13:00","mins":"55","loc":["Oak"],"people":[{"id":"187","name":"John Picacio (moderator)"},{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade"},{"id":"359","name":"Kasey Lansdale"},{"id":"55","name":"Christopher Brown"}],"desc":"Who are the cover illustrators that have created some of the most memorable and legendary SFF and horror cover artworks ever? And why do their artworks still stand the test of time? We’ll look at images from some of the greatest ever-- and see who makes the list!"},{"id":"76","title":"Psychological Horror: It's All in the Mind","url":"","tags":["Writing, Editing & Publishing*","\ud83d\udcc1 Panel Discussion"],"date":"2026-09-12","time":"20:00","mins":"55","loc":["Sycamore"],"people":[{"id":"291","name":"K.D. Blade (moderator)"},{"id":"239","name":"Usman T. 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Irwin "},{"id":"455","name":"A.E. Lanier"},{"id":"566","name":"MinSook McCreary"}],"desc":"Speculative fiction allows us to push the boundaries of family structures and can be an important tool for queer people to imagine more inclusive futures. How do we explore family and social structures in our own work? What are fictional families that have challenged or expanded our understanding of how people are connected? 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Among his more recent projects include book and media reviews for various publications, and a co-written book chapter, \u201c\u201cThis is OUR Story: Wonder Woman Historia, History, and the Evolving Nature of the Amazons\u201d for the Bloomsbury volume The Classical Reception and Impact of Wonder Woman in Comics and Film (2026)."},{"id":"55","name":["Christopher Brown"],"prog":["13","20","31","73","111","142"],"bio":"Christopher Brown is the author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places, published October 2024 by Timber Press, and of the novels TROPIC OF KANSAS (a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award), RULE OF CAPTURE, and FAILED STATE (a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award). He is currently working on a new narrative nonfiction book, FIELD NOTES FROM A NEAR FUTURE, forthcoming from Timber Press. He lives in Austin, where he also practices law."},{"id":"529","name":["Gabriella Buba"],"prog":["18","27","28","46","54","71"],"bio":"Gabriella Buba is a mixed Filipina-Czech author and chemical engineer based in Houston TX 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, brown, bi women who deserve to see their stories centered. Her debut duology the Stormbringer Saga has been shortlisted for the Aldiss Award. Her novella Of Stolen Pearls and Broken Rice and her next book Alchemist of Bohemia, a dark academic gothic set in a castle built on a portal to hell, are expected Spring 2027."},{"id":"569","name":["Ariel Burgess"],"prog":["40","53","61","72","82","88","91","144"],"bio":"Ariel, a D.C. area native, a Minnesotan transplant and ADHD 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 2012. 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. She even has a dragon calendar coming in 2027! "},{"id":"123","name":["A. T. Campbell, III"],"prog":["38","61"],"bio":"A. T. Campbell, III has been involved in Texas fandom since college. He\u2019s helped run local cons (ArmadilloCon, OwlCon, ApolloCon), a WesterCon, a WorldCon, and 2 World Fantasy Conventions. He organizes a SF\/F reading group that recently discussed its 690th book. He is a graphics programmer who has worked in many industries including video games, aerospace, forensic engineering, and medical visualization. A.T. lives in Austin with his lovely wife Carol. He was Co-Chair of ArmadilloCon 20 and Fan Guest at ArmadilloCon 39.  "},{"id":"522","name":["Howard Carter"],"prog":["15","35","59"],"bio":"Howard Carter came to SF through watching Star Trek reruns in the 70s but didn't \nbecome a Con goer until the 2000s. He's a major classic film fan who is constantly \nhoping to see better SF films. For his day job, he has spent the majority of his career \nworking for various NASA contractors. He has worked on projects ranging from EVA \ntools and Shuttle payloads to the Orion capsule. Currently he supports the Commercial \nLEO Development Program."},{"id":"32","name":["D.R.R. Chang"],"prog":["36","58","95"],"bio":"D.R.R. Chang is the senior editor at spacesquid.com (\"your puny planet's finest scifi and humor\"). His superpowers include Photoshopping up cat iconography and increasing web traffic for clients. He's bogarted Larry Ellison's dinner, sung with the Houston Symphony, and worked on some semi-famous videogames. He's 2 degrees away from Kevin Bacon. He was published in Avast, Ye Airships and has won a Michael Jasper Gioia Award and an ADDY. Find more at sparkleworks.com and snag his retro RPG at videogamewriter.com\/free-rpg ."},{"id":"58","name":["Dantzel Cherry"],"prog":["1","60","86","129"],"bio":"Dantzel Cherry\u2019s short fiction has appeared in Fireside, Cast of Wonders, Galaxy\u2019s Edge, and other magazines and anthologies. She teaches ballet, Pilates, and MELT Method when she\u2019s not writing. She lives near the mountains in Utah with her husband, daughter, three cats, and a rather startling horde of chickens, plants, and baked goods.\n"},{"id":"308","name":["Elizabeth Cobbe"],"prog":["2","16","18"],"bio":"Elizabeth Cobbe's short fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming from Fireside, Cossmass Infinities, and Kaleidotrope, and she is a graduate of Viable Paradise. Before turning to fiction, she was a playwright and an arts critic, covering theater and other performing arts for the Austin Chronicle for over 10 years. She currently has a novel out on sub."},{"id":"541","name":["Mariana Col\u00edn"],"prog":["21","23","45","56"],"bio":"Mariana Col\u00edn is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Institute of Communications Research, where she studies online political discourse from an anthropological and economic perspective. She is better known from her YouTube channel 'The Morbid Zoo,' where she analyzes horror in film, with a focus on monsters both real and imagined."},{"id":"572","name":["Johnny Compton"],"prog":["21","57","68","76"],"bio":"Bram Stoker Award nominated author of THE SPITE HOUSE, DEVILS KILL DEVILS, DEAD FIRST, and MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE."},{"id":"450","name":["Randee Dawn"],"prog":["15","20","61","68","119"],"bio":"Randee Dawn is the author of the \u201cfunny as hell\u201d \"Tune\"-iverse that includes \"Tune in Tomorrow,\" 2026's \"We Interrupt This Program,\" and the forthcoming \"Don't Touch That Dial.\" Last year she published two dark fantasies: \u201cThe Only Song Worth Singing\u201d and \u201cLeave No Trace.\u201d She's written many short stories and many articles for outlets including Reactor, Variety, the L.A. Times, and Today.com. Living in New York City, Randee runs the monthly Brooklyn Books & Booze reading series."},{"id":"116","name":["Aaron de Orive"],"prog":["8","23","38","42","57","59","68"],"bio":"Aaron de Orive is a screenwriter and video game narrative director who\u2019s worked on several bestselling games, including titles in the Ultima, Metroid, Star Wars and New World franchises. He co-authored the middle-grade fantasy novel Blade Singer with award-winning author Martha Wells. He\u2019s also the creator of the tabletop RPG Shard: World of the False Dawn, as well as the founder and co-host of The Gentlemen Nerds podcast. Currently, Aaron's the narrative director on the mobile RPG Godforge. "},{"id":"63","name":["Rhonda Eudaly"],"prog":["12","20","40","42","45","65","122","146"],"bio":"Rhonda Eudaly (she\/her) lives in Arlington, Texas with her husband and dogs. She has spent her career asking, \u201cWhat if?\u201d in the public and private sectors. She has a well-rounded, 20+ year publication history in both fiction and non-fiction. Links to my work can be found on www.RhondaEudaly.com.\n\n"},{"id":"224","name":["Mark Finn"],"prog":["10","20","40","53","71","72"],"bio":"Mark Finn is an author, an editor, a game designer, and a pop culture critic. He is a nationally-recognized authority on Robert E. Howard and has written extensively about the Texas author. When he is not waxing eloquent about popular culture on a variety of podcasts, he tends to the weekly needs of his growing Substack audience with musings on bunker life and pop culture from the totally real and not-at-all-made-up North Texas Apocalypse Bunker. He lives in Central Texas with his wife and all of their books."},{"id":"476","name":["Devon Foster"],"prog":["33","35","82","87"],"bio":"Raised traveling between disparate homes in Hawaii and Texas, Devon draws upon her mixed heritage \u2013 finding inspiration to tell both narrative and documentary stories. Her 2019 short film, about ecological threats, was screened during SXSW and awarded Best Short Film by the Rainforest Partnership. Across hundreds of small towns in Texas, she interviewed rural communities for documentary television. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture, she bought a platform to underrepresented farmers and traditional craft makers. Devon studied filmmaking as an undergraduate at Texas State University, where she received her BS in Digital Media Production. "},{"id":"453","name":["Bill Frank"],"prog":["15","30","77","120"],"bio":"Bill Frank controls the universe at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He's a Chief Training Officer (CTO) who runs simulations for the Artemis, International Space Station and Boeing Starliner programs. His science fiction story - Moon Unit - was published in Analog Magazine a few years back."},{"id":"87","name":["John K Gibbons"],"prog":["63"],"bio":"John K Gibbons is an SF fan and writer, a volunteer speaker for NASA's JPL, a retired software developer, a recent Master\u2019s graduate in Aerospace Engineering, and a hiker with way too many hobbies. Blog (hiking, mostly): https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yxtce2ze "},{"id":"577","name":["Carmen Gray"],"prog":["45","54","56","135","146"],"bio":"Carmen Gray is a freelance author, poet, and journalist. Her writing blends horror, speculative and historical fiction. A native Texan of Mexican-American heritage, she is a retired teacher and channels her multicultural background into storytelling. Her work appears in Road Kill, various Castle Bridge Media anthologies, and literary journals. She edited a collection of women\u2019s horror stories, Beneath The Bluebonnets. A member of The Writers\u2019 League of Texas and The Hispanic Genealogical Society of Houston, she stays busy. When she isn\u2019t writing, she teaches yoga, reads tarot and wanders foreign cities."},{"id":"61","name":["Skyler Gray"],"prog":["4","39","48","51","52","69"],"bio":"Skyler Gray has ghostwritten 36 non-fiction books, co-written three novels with Steven Brust (The Incrementalists, The Skill of Our Hands, and The Sword of Happenstance), and soloed on three of her own (and Falling, Fly, In Dreams Begin, and Roadtrip to Ruin). She works as a book coach, title consultant, and ghostwriter."},{"id":"555","name":["Kristina Gruell"],"prog":["25","41","59","88","145"],"bio":"Kristina Gruell\u2019s stories revolve around found family, epic magic, and overcoming the darkest times in one\u2019s life.\n\nBetween lifelong damage from a car accident and autoimmune diseases she has struggled with pain and disability most of her life. Through it all her found family\u2015those who stood by her through the darkest times when all hope was lost\u2015became one of the foundation blocks of her life. For that reason her books focus on those themes: found family and overcoming hardship. \n\nTo find out more about Kristina and her books, visit www.TheSomerledUniverse.com"},{"id":"289","name":["Clayton Hackett"],"prog":["45","51","53","57","95","130"],"bio":"Clayton Hackett is an attorney and short fiction writer whose work has appeared in PseudoPod, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere. His work tends to focus on the unintended consequences of technology, whether real or speculative. He is a member of Codex, can be found on Bluesky as @hackett.bsky.social, and spends too much time running slowly, falling off of walls, and blocking traffic."},{"id":"509","name":["Jess Hagemann"],"prog":["31","33","42","133"],"bio":"Jess Hagemann\u2019s debut novel Headcheese won a 2019 IPPY Award in Horror. Her sophomore novel Mother-Eating was named a \u201cMost-Anticipated Horror Book of 2025\u201d by Paste Magazine and made Bloody Disgusting\u2019s list of Best Horror Books of 2025. In 2026, she wrote the officially licensed novelization of the movie Burning Palms for Encyclopocalypse Publications. Jess received her MFA from the Jack Kerouac School, and is the former recipient of a teaching fellowship at McNeese State University and a writing residency at Dear Butte. She lives in Austin. More at www.jesshagemann.com."},{"id":"565","name":["A.P. Hawkins"],"prog":["6","32","50","51"],"bio":"A.P. Hawkins is a biologist turned speculative fiction author and editor based in Houston, Texas. Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, EscapePod, and The Librarian anthology series from Air and Nothingness Press. A.P. is a co-founder of Tomeworks, an editing collective helping genre authors build better books. When she\u2019s not writing or editing, A.P. enjoys gaming, crafting, and spending time outdoors. She dabbles in costuming, quilting, and painting minifigures for TTRPGs. For updates on her writing and other endeavors, you can find her website and social links at bio.site\/ahawkwrites."},{"id":"496","name":["David Hopkins"],"prog":["5","8","14","15","16","61","121","146"],"bio":"David Hopkins is a fantasy novelist with an interest in Shakespeare, medieval history, fairy tales, and myth. He is the author of the Dryad\u2019s Crown, a story set in the vast world of Efre Ousel. He\u2019s created a few best-selling \u201cRed War\u201d titles for the D&D Adventurers League, and he\u2019s written feature stories for a variety of magazines and newspapers. David is a member of SFWA. He's married to artist, April Hopkins. They have two daughters, Kennedy and Greta."},{"id":"442","name":["C.S. Humble"],"prog":["16","42","70","139"],"bio":"C.S. Humble is the award-winning author of the Amid the Vastness of All Else Saga published by Shortwave Publishing. His work has also appeared in Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthologies and publications such as Texas Highways Magazine. His novel TO CARRY A BODY TO ITS RESTING PLACE is the 2026 Bronze Ippy Award winner."},{"id":"401","name":["C.L. Irwin "],"prog":["10","24","81"],"bio":"C.L. Irwin is a nonfiction science author and poet. As an IT professional, she's worked for organizations such as DoD, NIH, and DoS with the bulk of her career in support of the life sciences (i.e., genomics, bioinformatics, etc.). She's currently at work on a dark epic fantasy series. Discover more at clirwin.com."},{"id":"343","name":["Vivien Jackson"],"prog":["13","26","47"],"bio":"Viv's an Austin-based writer whose debut novel <I>Wanted & Wired<\/I> won some awards and was a finalist for others. She's worked as both a writer and an editor, but her favorite part of this adventure has been mentoring and reading for other writers and holding the door open for all the awesome folks who've come after her."},{"id":"49","name":["Derek Austin Johnson"],"prog":["21","23","38","68","76","109"],"bio":"Derek Austin Johnson was born on the East Coast but has lived most of his life in the Lone Star State. His work has appeared in the Splatterpunk Award-winning anthology Camp Slasher Lake Vol. I, Midnight Tales, Anterior Skies, and Cthulhu Dreams.  His story \"Day of the Devilfish\" was an Inkd Publishing Pushcart Prize nominee. He lives in Central Texas with his wife Gretchen Johnston and multiple cats."},{"id":"554","name":["Micaiah Johnson"],"prog":["21","40","49","54","58","82","90","101","148"],"bio":"Micaiah Johnson is the Compton Crook and Carl Brandon Award-winning author of The Space Between Worlds. Her debut novel was a Sunday Times Bestseller, Editors\u2019 Choice at The New York Times, and named among the best books of 2020 and best science fiction books of the last decade by NPR. The sequel was one of NPR\u2019s Best Books of 2024 and was a finalist for the Ursula Le Guin Prize. She received her PhD from Vanderbilt University, where she studied race, the unhuman, and death  \u2014  topics she explores in her upcoming horror debut, The Unhaunting. "},{"id":"563","name":["Greta Kelly"],"prog":["6","14","17","26","50"],"bio":"Greta Kelly is the author of the critically acclaimed adult fantasy novels THE FROZEN CROWN, THE SEVENTH QUEEN and THE QUEEN OF DAYS (Voyager) and the co-host of SFF ADDICTS Podcast. Her writing has also appeared in Nerdist, i09 and Writer\u2019s Digest. Her debut spy thriller, The Throwaways is out in October."},{"id":"381","name":["J. Kenner (Julie)"],"prog":["3","4","70"],"bio":"J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the NYT, USA Today, l and #1 International bestselling author of over one hundred novels in a variety of genres. Her books have  reached as high as #2 on the New York Times list. She has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a \u201cflair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations\u201d and is the author of the long-running Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series, currently in development for television. Book 1 in her Dreambound romantasy series debuted in July and book 2 is a September 2026 release!"},{"id":"45","name":["Rick Klaw"],"prog":["1","57","67","72","97","98"],"bio":"Publicity Manager\/editor for Tachyon Publications, Richard \u201cRick\u201d Klaw has edited numerous publications, including anthologies The Apes of Wrath, Rayguns Over Texas, and the groundbreaking Weird Business (with Joe R. Lansdale). For Tachyon, he\u2019s managed Texas authors Lansdale, Bruce Sterling, Josh Rountree, and David Liss plus non Texan Meg Elison. In the 90s the Klaw-fronted Mojo Press predicated several 21st century publishing models. The opinionated Klaw has written countless reviews and essays. Many of his writings were collected in Geek Confidential: Echoes from the 21st Century."},{"id":"454","name":["MJ Kuhn"],"prog":["40","58","59","82","87","100","147"],"bio":"M.J. Kuhn is a sci-fi and fantasy writer by night and a mild-mannered marketer by day. She is the internationally bestselling author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves, and Killswitch Protocol. She is also cohost of the SFF Addicts podcast and FanFiAddict Book Club. She lives in the metro Detroit area with her very spoiled cats, Evie and Thorin Oakenshield.\n\n"},{"id":"117","name":["Joe R. Lansdale"],"prog":["3","72","97","105"],"bio":"Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally-bestselling author of over fifty novels, including the popular Hap and Leonard novels. Many of his works have been adapted for television and film, most famously the films Bubba Ho-Tep and Cold in July, and the Hap and Leonard series on Sundance TV and Netflix. Lansdale received an Edgar Award for The Bottoms and ten Stoker Awards, and has been designated a World Horror Grandmaster. "},{"id":"359","name":["Kasey Lansdale"],"prog":["35","73","97","98"],"bio":"Kasey Lansdale has been in the fiction world since birth as a writer, editor, audio book narrator, and creative professional. Lansdale is based in LA, and currently serves as head editor at Pandi Press. She is also a known musician. As an author, she has released numerous short-stories and anthologies from publications such as Harper Collins, Titan Books, and more. Lansdale has had her fiction adapted for television and comics. First Chance is her debut novel. "},{"id":"348","name":["Keith Lansdale"],"prog":["32","33","34","97"],"bio":"Author, director, editor, and screenwriter Keith Lansdale's credits span multiple medias. Notable works include Red Range, The Pale Door, X-Files, Creepshow, Big Lizard, and Elijah's Elixir. Big nerd with big nerd thoughts."},{"id":"576","name":["William Ledbetter"],"prog":["4","15","20","30","128","145"],"bio":"William Ledbetter is a Nebula Award winning author with three novels and more than seventy speculative fiction short stories and non-fiction articles published in five languages, in publications such as Asimov's, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog, Escape Pod and the SFWA blog.\n\nHe's been a space and technology geek since childhood and spent most of his non-writing career in the aerospace industry. He is a member of SFWA and Codex. He lives near Dallas with his wife, a needy dog and three spoiled cats."},{"id":"574","name":["Stina Leicht"],"prog":["1","8","30","81","134","144"],"bio":"Stina Leicht is an award-nominated sf\/fantasy writer. Her newest novel, Loki\u2019s Ring is a Feminist Space Opera released in March 2023 by Saga Press. Her first SF novel was Persephone Station. She was a finalist for the Crawford Award in 2011 and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2011 and 2012. She has also written four Fantasy novels: Cold Iron, Blackthorne, Of Blood and Honey, And Blue Skies from Pain. She\u2019s now working on her next SF novel, Helix Falls, which will be published in 2025."},{"id":"312","name":["Ryan Leslie"],"prog":["26","50","59"],"bio":"Ryan Leslie oversees research for a large health system, where making stuff up is generally frowned upon. His creative outlet has always been writing fiction. He is the author of COLOSSUS, THE BETWEEN, and THE GARDEN OF BEFORE. Ryan lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, children's author Lindsay Leslie, and their two sons."},{"id":"341","name":["Darcie Little Badger"],"prog":["44","49","66","110"],"bio":"Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus award for Best First Novel and is a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received the Newbery Honor, is a LA Times Book Prize finalist, and is on the National Book Awards longlist. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran."},{"id":"318","name":["Marina Lostetter"],"prog":["3","14","32","41","71","149"],"bio":"The open skies and dense forests of the Pacific Northwest are ideal for growing speculative fiction authors\u2013or, at least, Marina would like to think so. Originally from Oregon, she now resides in Arkansas with her spouse, Alex, a sweet house cat, and the luckiest of dogs. In her spare time she enjoys globetrotting, board games, and all things art-related. Her original short fiction has appeared in venues such as Lightspeed, Uncanny, and Shimmer Magazine, and her novels are available from Harper Voyager and Tor. She posts on Bluesky as @MarinaLostetter"},{"id":"455","name":["A.E. Lanier"],"prog":["2","25","81","137"],"bio":"A. E. Lanier (she\/her) is a fantasy and horror writer with stories in The Arcanist and Metastellar, among others. She is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop and a host of the Fantasy podcast at the New Books Network. Originally from Central Texas, she now lives in North Carolina with a collection of humans and cats of various sizes.\n"},{"id":"239","name":["Usman T. Malik"],"prog":["21","52","68","76","131"],"bio":"Usman T. Malik is a Pakistani-American writer and doctor whose fiction has been reprinted in more than a dozen best of the year anthologies. His stories have won the British Fantasy Award, the World Fantasy Award, Crawford Award and the Bram Stoker Award\u00ae. Malik is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, where he returned to teach in 2024. He is the co-founder of The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction, which, since 2016, has been nurturing Pakistani writers of speculative fiction. His debut novel is slated to be published by Putnam in spring 2027."},{"id":"22","name":["Marshall Ryan Maresca"],"prog":["1","6","17","23","41","71","106","147"],"bio":"Marshall Ryan Maresca is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, author of sixteen novels, most of which are part of the Maradaine Saga: Four braided series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called Maradaine. He is also the author of the standalone dieselpunk fantasy, The Velocity of Revolution.  He is a six-time Hugo finalist as the co-host of the podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists, and has been a playwright, an actor and an amateur chef. He lives in Austin, Texas with his family."},{"id":"130","name":["A. Lee Martinez"],"prog":["4","6","23","51","108","143"],"bio":"A. Lee Martinez has been a professional science fiction \/ fantasy writer for two decades. His thirteen novels have been published in multiple languages, and his novel Monster was adapted into the Chinese language film Monster Run. He has received the Alex Award and Amelia Bloomer Award from the American Library Association. He has a lifelong love of monsters and weird creatures and has managed to get paid writing about them, which he counts as a plus. He lives in Lewisville, TX with his wife and the requisite number of pets required by writer law."},{"id":"566","name":["MinSook McCreary"],"prog":["24","29","46","81"],"bio":"MinSook McCreary is a novelist located in Austin, Texas. She spent her formative years in Texas and France before completing a PhD in medieval French literature. She was a professor of French for five years and still works in higher education while also finding time to write stories that combine her South Korean heritage with her love for strong literary women. When not working or writing, she can be found hiking the trails around Austin with her family and dogs, watching K-dramas, or reading anything she can get her hands on."},{"id":"489","name":["Linsey Miller"],"prog":["18","33","56","60","148"],"bio":"Once upon a time, Linsey Miller studied biology in Arkansas. These days, she holds an MFA in fiction and is the author of Lambda-nominated What We Devour. Her other works include the Mask of Shadows duology, Belle R\u00e9volte, The Game, the first three books in the Disney Princes series, and That Devil, Ambition. Her short fiction is featured in the anthologies Being Ace, The House Where Death Lives, and This Is How We Roll. She can be found in Texas writing about science and magic anywhere there is coffee.\n\n"},{"id":"294","name":["Rowenna Miller"],"prog":["3","6","28","41","124","149"],"bio":"Rowenna Miller is the author of The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill, The Palace of Illusions, The Dancer and the Dream Thief, and the Unraveled Kingdom trilogy. She lives in Indiana with her husband, two daughters, four cats, and an ever-growing flock of chickens, where she teaches writing, trespasses while hiking, and spends too much time researching and recreating historical textiles."},{"id":"459","name":["Elizabeth Moon"],"prog":["28","42","44","69","102"],"bio":"Elizabeth Moon made her first fiction sale at age 40 and her next novel, HORNGARD, will be released October 6.   She's published 28 novels, including Nebula winner The Speed of Dark, Hugo Finalist Remnant Populations, in epic fantasy as well as a military SF and space opera series. She has also published over 50 shorter works in magazines and anthologies. Graduate of both Rice University and the University of Texas. She served in the USMC, and enjoys fencing, knitting, cooking, and writing."},{"id":"29","name":["Michelle Muenzler"],"prog":["2","37","69","95","140"],"bio":"Michelle Muenzler, known at local science fiction and fantasy conventions as \u201cThe Cookie Lady,\u201d writes things both dark and strange to counterbalance the sweetness of her baking. Her short fiction and poetry can be read in numerous science fiction and fantasy magazines, and she takes immense joy in crinkling words like little foil puppets. Visit her website to find links to more of her work, or if you are feeling especially brave, check out her squidgy weird buddy adventure novella, The Hills of Meat, the Forest of Bone, on Amazon."},{"id":"451","name":["Paz Pardo"],"prog":["19","41","49","50","67","118","143"],"bio":"THE SHAMSHINE BLIND, my debut novel, was selected as one of Library Journal's best SF\/Fantasy reads of 2023, one of Crimereads' best debuts of the year, and one of the San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2023. My writing has also appeared in Modern Love, LitHub, and Crimereads. I spent three dreamy years in Austin getting my MFA from the Michener Center for Writers and tasting all the tacos (I still dream of the carnitas at La Fruta Feliz). Raised in the US, I live in Argentina. \n"},{"id":"564","name":["MC Gallup aka Plum Parrot"],"prog":["29","30","40","53","82","93","103","146"],"bio":"Plum Parrot is the pen name of author MC Gallup, who grew up in Southern Arizona and spent much of his youth wandering around the Sonoran Desert, hunting imaginary monsters and building forts. He studied creative writing at the University of Arizona and, for a number of years, attempted to teach middle schoolers to love literature and write their own stories. If he\u2019s not out walking his big Airedale Terrier, you can find him writing, reading his favorite authors, or playing RPGs with friends and family."},{"id":"291","name":["K.D. Blade"],"prog":["5","33","46","72","73","76","136"],"bio":"K.D. Blade writes horror urban fantasy. Her first novel, Night Skin: Tall Tales of a Black American Princess, is a story about a Black American Princess who turns into a werewolf and battles a vampire princess who wants to marry then eat her. It was on the Amazon bestseller list for African-American fiction (#13) when it published in Halloween 2022. The novel got its start on TikTok when she asked if anyone wanted to read about Black women who turn into werewolves and eat people went viral. (The Internet said 'YES!!!') "},{"id":"187","name":["John Picacio"],"prog":["66","73","142"],"bio":"JOHN PICACIO is the 2026 Locus Award Winner for Best Artist and a 2026 Hugo Award Finalist (Best Professional Artist). He is the co-author and illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE (also a 2026 Hugo Award Finalist), and one of the most acclaimed American artists in science fiction and fantasy over the last three decades, creating best-selling art for George R. R. Martin\u2019s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE series, the STAR TREK and X-MEN franchises, as well as over 200 book covers. He lives and works in San Antonio, TX."},{"id":"59","name":["Alan J. Porter"],"prog":["1","44","69","142"],"bio":"Alan J. Porter, writer, and podcaster, writes about stuff and makes up stories too. With over 40 fiction and non-fiction book publishing credits and hundreds of magazine articles, he covers the worlds of Pop Culture, Comics, High-Adventure fiction, Movies, Music, and more. Alan is currently serving as the President of the Ian Fleming Foundation - a 501(c) non-profit that leverages the legacy of Ian Fleming and James Bond to empower the next generation of readers, writers, and filmemakers through scholarships, grants, and awards."},{"id":"511","name":["Nikhil Prabala"],"prog":["4","26","60","69","70"],"bio":"\nFrom playing the DM in Dungeons and Dragons to writing fantasy novels, Nikhil Prabala loves storytelling, delighting in fantasy fiction from the epic to the cozy and everywhere in between. THE DUCHESS OF KOKORA is the first novel in the Love and War Duology with the concluding volume STEEL EMPRESS arriving in August of 2026.\n\nBorn and raised in Austin, Texas, he graduated from Stanford in 2019 and is currently based in the Bay Area. In his free time he enjoys ballroom dancing, singing, playing the guitar, tabletop games, and spending time with friends and family."},{"id":"320","name":["Tonia Ransom"],"prog":["34","45","76","132","147"],"bio":"Tonia Ransom is the World Fantasy Award-winning creator and executive producer of \u201cNIGHTLIGHT\u201d, an IGNYTE Best Fiction Podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers, and \u201cAfflicted\u201d, a horror thriller audio drama. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She successfully scared her teacher\u2014just not in the way she intended, but she got hooked on that feeling! She lives in Austin, Texas. You can follow Tonia @missdefying on all the socials. Risen is her debut book."},{"id":"41","name":["Marguerite Reed"],"prog":["2","44","49","51","61"],"bio":"Born and raised on the Great Plains, Marguerite Reed is a speculative fiction author who once worked in the most notorious abortion clinic in the United States and was a landed Baroness in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Her first novel, Archangel, won the 2016 Philip K Dick Special Citation. Her short work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Lone Star Stories, Weird Tales, and Journey Planet, as well as a few anthologies. She's currently at work on more speculative fiction."},{"id":"463","name":["Matt Rifley"],"prog":["82","93"],"bio":"Matt Rifley is a cinematographer, television show creator, and visual story lover. After spending 20 years in the military, Matt (a Disabled Veteran from his time in service) returned to his childhood dream of creating stories for people to enjoy by pursuing degrees in Radio\/Film\/Television and Digital Media Production. Matt has become a 1st generation Amazon Studios filmmaker, created several award-winning independent films, launched an annual film festival in Austin and co-created a weekly television show called TEXAS AGRICULTURE MATTERS. An avid Texas historian, few people know Texas the way he does."},{"id":"74","name":["Paige E. Ewing"],"prog":["12","13","17","19","53","102"],"bio":"Paige writes about superheroes and sentient cities, were-spiders, and gun-loving fairies. Author of the Liliana and the Fae of Fayetteville series, about neurodivergent were-creatures in North Carolina surviving social landmines, and the occasional poisonous spider the size of a volkswagons. WIP is a gay paranormal romance with a werewolf fighter pilot and a surfing data scientist dodging the Russian mafia in Siberia. For fun, Paige hurls arrows and axes at people and things. She lives in the middle of nowhere, Texas, and flies a lot to get somewhere, usually in planes. "},{"id":"144","name":["Rob Rogers"],"prog":["3","34","60","116","147"],"bio":"Rob Rogers is the author of Devil's Cape, a superhero thriller set in Louisiana. Devil's Cape was a Pop Matters pick and a HeroPress book of the year. His short stories have also appeared in the anthologies The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Triumph Over Tragedy, Origins & Endings, and This Mutant Life. Rob lives in North Texas, where he continues to write about superheroes, pirates, aliens, mad cultists, werewolves, interdimensional rifts, carnival freaks, and cowboys, often in the same stories."},{"id":"83","name":["Josh Rountree"],"prog":["10","48","49","52","98","107","149"],"bio":"Josh Rountree is an Austin based novelist and short story writer. His new novel The Unkillable Frank Lightning is billed as \"Frankenstein in a Wild West Show\" and his new novella Summer in the House of the Departed is a West Texas haunted house tale. Several collections of his short fiction have been published, including his most recent, Death Aesthetic, featuring tales of death and transformation. Rountree lives with his lovely wife of many years, and a pair of half-feral dogs who demand his obedience. "},{"id":"195","name":["Amber Royer"],"prog":["3","10","14","52","123","143"],"bio":"Amber Royer writes the Chocoverse comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series, and the Bean to Bar Mysteries. She is also the author of Story Like a Journalist: a Workbook for Novelists and the Thoughtful Journal series. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach. Amber and her husband live in the DFW Area.  If you are very nice to Amber, she might make you cupcakes.  Chocolate cupcakes, of course! Amber blogs about creative writing technique and all things chocolate at www.amberroyer.com."},{"id":"322","name":["Elizabeth Rubio"],"prog":["34","48","81","115"],"bio":"Elizabeth lives in a house with more cats, snails, and spiders than people. If you ask, they might tell you a story. Elizabeth's stories have appeared in publications such as Analog and Little Blue Marble."},{"id":"570","name":["Rudy Rucker"],"prog":["19","67","82","89","112"],"bio":null},{"id":"26","name":["Patrice Sarath"],"prog":["4","16","47","70","127","145"],"bio":"Patrice Sarath is the author of several novels including The Sisters Mederos and Fog Season (The Tales of Port Saint Frey) and Gordath Wood, Red Gold Bridge, and The Crow God\u2019s Girl (The Books of the Gordath), as well as The Unexpected Miss Bennet, a sequel to Pride & Prejudice. Her short story collection, Into the Dark, is published by NewCon Press. She has made a number of short films in the fantasy genre, most notably Changeling and Do Over, which are available at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@patricesarath103."},{"id":"560","name":["Erica Sebree"],"prog":["2","46","70","149"],"bio":"Erica Sebree lives in Austin, Texas, where she works in public service as a graphic designer. In her free time, she creates fantasy worlds where magic and swords collide. Wild Heart of the Storm is the first installment in her medieval fantasy series about a young woman whose magic awakens dramatically and unexpectedly. When assassins turn up soon after, the young woman is forced to flee with the mysterious town metalsmith and return to the fae kingdom she left behind. Books 1-3 of the Wild Heart fantasy series are available in ebook and paperback."},{"id":"332","name":["Avery Parks"],"prog":["34","48","52"],"bio":"Avery Parks (she\/her) is a science fiction writer with a focus on hope. She has stories at Analog, Apex, and Solarpunk Magazine, among others. Her Texas home is happily filled with both pets and books, alongside her amazing family. You can find her online at averyparkswrites.com. (AKA Tiffany Smith)"},{"id":"556","name":["Kate St.Clair"],"prog":["12","18","29","37","70","138"],"bio":null},{"id":"392","name":["Bruce Sterling"],"prog":["67","82","89","99"],"bio":null},{"id":"31","name":["Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam"],"prog":["25","31","32","41","56","61","113","145"],"bio":"Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam is the author of the horror novel Grim Root and the short story collection Where You Linger & Other Stories. Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in over 90 publications such as Popular Science, Lightspeed, and LeVar Burton Reads, as well as in six languages. By night, she\u2019s a two-time finalist for the Nebula Award. By day, she works as a Narrative Designer for a mobile game."},{"id":"56","name":["Lauren C. Teffeau"],"prog":["13","19","44","48","126","148"],"bio":"Lauren C. Teffeau is a speculative fiction writer based in New Mexico. Her books include the eco-thriller Accelerated Growth Environment (Shiraki Press, 2026), the environmental fantasy A Hunger with No Name (University of Tampa Press, 2024), and the cyberpunk\/solarpunk adventure Implanted (Angry Robot, 2018), which was shortlisted for the 2019 Compton Crook Award for best first SF\/F\/H novel. Over twenty of her short stories have appeared in venues like Sunday Morning Transport, DreamForge Magazine, After Dinner Conversation, and the Stoker Award-nominated Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror."},{"id":"558","name":["Sarah Toups"],"prog":["6","34","48"],"bio":"Sarah Toups is a speculative fiction writer whose short work appears in Amazing Stories Best of 2025 and the forthcoming Burial Books sword and sorcery anthology Whispers from the Iron Cauldron. She writes across the darker corners of the genre, including horror, dystopian SF, and fantasy, and is currently querying her debut novel, City Beyond the Wall, a dystopian science fiction romance. She lives off-grid in Costa Rica, where she surfs when she's not terrorizing fictional characters"},{"id":"534","name":["Mia Tsai"],"prog":["24","28","47","98","114","144"],"bio":"Mia Tsai is a Taiwanese American author and editor of speculative fiction. She debuted with Bitter Medicine, a xianxia-inspired contemporary fantasy. Her sophomore novel, The Memory Hunters, released from Erewhon Books on July 29, 2025. When she isn't an author, she's an editor, musician, and erstwhile photographer. She is the creator of ConCurrent and is a Hugo-nominated editor with Giganotosaurus. Mia lives in Atlanta with her family, pets, and orchids. Her favorite things include music of all kinds and taking long trips with nothing but the open road and a saucy rhythm section."},{"id":"68","name":["Thomas Wagner"],"prog":["5","39","50","90"],"bio":"Thomas Wagner has been involved in Texas SFF fandom since he was an irritating teenager in the 1980s, publishing his own fanzines. After finishing school at UT Austin and spending several years working in comics and film\/TV production, he launched his book review website SFReviews.net in July 2001. In late 2013, he joined YouTube\u2019s popular Booktube community, launching his channel SFF180 \u2014 featuring reviews, interviews, and his weekly Thursday Night Reading Hangout livestreams, while revamping his legacy website under the new name. Thomas is now retired, fostering lots of dogs, and enjoying booktubing for his 12,000 subscribers."},{"id":"184","name":["Holly Lyn Walrath"],"prog":["12","50","95"],"bio":"Holly Lyn Walrath's poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, Luna Station Quarterly, Liminality, and elsewhere. She is the author of three books of poetry: Glimmerglass Girl, The Smallest of Bones, and Numinous Stones. She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Texas and a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. Find her online at: hlwalrath.com"},{"id":"557","name":["Paul Weimer"],"prog":["8","16","26","35","39","45"],"bio":"Paul Weimer is an award winning genre reviewer and critic. His reviews have appeared everywhere from Reactor\/Tor to Nerds of a Feather. He also podcasts, on the Skiffy and Fanty show and guests on many other podcasts. He is also a long time roleplayer and GM.\nHe can be found all over the internet as \"Princejvstin.\""},{"id":"329","name":["Jacob Weisman"],"prog":["10","25","98"],"bio":"Jacob Weisman is the World Fantasy Award-winning editor and publisher at Tachyon Publications, which he founded in 1995. He edits many of Tachyon\u2019s titles, and is the series editor of Tachyon\u2019s Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Shirley Jackson Award-winning novella line. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Realms of Fantasy, the Louisville Courier-Journal, The Seattle Weekly, and The Cooper Point Journal. Jacob recently co-authored the novel Egyptian Motherlode (with David Sandner)."},{"id":"28","name":["Martha Wells"],"prog":["30","104","144"],"bio":"Martha Wells is an SF\/F writer whose work includes The Books of the Raksura series, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, The Murderbot Diaries series, Witch King, Queen Demon, and many others. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and a Dragon Award, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, as well as the USA Today, Sunday Times, and the New York Times Bestseller Lists. She is a consulting producer for Murderbot on AppleTV. Her books have been published in thirty languages. "},{"id":"60","name":["D.L. Young"],"prog":["19","31","67","69","117"],"bio":"D.L. is a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the Independent Press Award. A lifelong science fiction fan, his intense, fast-paced novels echo his many influences from books and movies, including Star Wars, the Mad Max films, Dune, Blade Runner, Star Trek, the stories of Harlan Ellison, and the novels of William Gibson. For more on his books, visit dlyoungfiction.com"}];