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Saturday, May 16
 

2:00am CDT

Vida Cruz - Reading
Vida Cruz's fiction can be found or is forthcoming on Strange Horizons, Podcastle, Expanded Horizons, Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, and various anthologies. She has been longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award. A Clarion graduate and Tiptree fellow, she self-published an illustrated fantasy short story collection, "Beyond the Line of Trees" in August 2019. She lives in Manila with her family and ten dogs.
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Vida Cruz

Vida Cruz is a Filipina fantasy and science fiction writer, editor, artist, and tarot reader. Her short fiction has been published or is forthcoming from Strange Horizons, PodCastle, Expanded Horizons, and various anthologies. She is a 2018 Tiptree Fellow and in 2019, she published... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 2:00am - 3:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

4:00am CDT

Phoenix Alexander - Reading
Phoenix Alexander is the Science Fiction Collections Librarian at the University of Liverpool, Special Collections and Archives. He manages the largest collection of catalogued science fiction in Europe, including the archive of the Science Fiction Foundation.

A scholar and writer of science fiction himself, his work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Black Static, Safundi: the Journal of South African and American Studies, and Science Fiction Studies.
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Phoenix Alexander

Science Fiction Collections Librarian, Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool
I'm a queer, Greek-Cypriot writer and scholar of science fiction, fantasy and horror. I hold a Ph.D. in English and African American Studies from Yale University and am currently the Science Fiction Collections Librarian at the University of Liverpool, where I steward the largest... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 4:00am - 5:00am CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00am CDT

Aimee Ogden - Reading
Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Analog, Fireside, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and with Bennett North, she co-edits Translunar Travelers Lounge. Her novellas "Local Star" and "Sun-daughters, Sea-daughters" will be out in 2020 and 2021 from Interstellar Flight Press and Tor.com respectively.
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Aimee Ogden

Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Analog, Fireside, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novellas "Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Constance Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00am CDT

Scott Johnson - Reading
Scott A. Johnson is the author of ten novels, three true ghost guides, a chapbook, and a short story collection, as well as hundreds of articles about writing and about the paranormal. To find out more about him and his work, visit his website at http://www.creepylittlebastard.com
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Scott A. Johnson

Author, Creepy Little Bastard
Scott A. Johnson is the author of ten novels, three true ghost guides, a chapbook, and a short story collection, as well as hundreds of articles about writing and about the paranormal. To find out more about him and his work, visit his website at http://www.creepylittlebastard.co... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

10:00am CDT

Martha Wells - Reading
Martha Wells writes SF/F, including The Murderbot Diaries and The Books of the Raksura series. She has won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards, two Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the USA Today and the New York Times Bestseller Lists.
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Martha Wells

Martha Wells writes SF/F, including The Murderbot Diaries and The Books of the Raksura series. She has won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards, two Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the USA Today and the New York Times Bestseller Lists.

Saturday May 16, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction, Guest of Honor

1:00pm CDT

Nafiza Azad - Reading
Nafiza Azad is a self-identified island girl. She has hurricanes in her blood and dreams of a time she can exist solely on mangoes and pineapple. Born in Lautoka, Fiji, she currently resides in BC, Canada where she reads too many books, watches too many Kdramas and writes stories about girls taking over the world. Her debut YA fantasy, THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME (Scholastic, 2019) was nominated for the Morris award. Her sophomore novel, THE WILD ONES, is scheduled for release in 2021.
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Nafiza Azad

Nafiza Azad is a self-identified island girl. She has hurricanes in her blood and dreams of a time she can exist solely on mangoes and pineapple. Born in Lautoka, Fiji, she currently resides in BC, Canada where she reads too many books, watches too many Kdramas and writes stories... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

2:00pm CDT

Benjamin C. Kinney - Reading
Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientist, SFF writer, and two-time Hugo finalist as assistant editor of the science fiction podcast magazine Escape Pod. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and elsewhere. You can learn more at benjaminckinney.com or follow him on Twitter @BenCKinney.
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Benjamin C. Kinney

Attendee, Escape Pod
Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientist, SFF writer, and assistant editor (submissions editor) of the science fiction magazine Escape Pod. His short stories have appeared in many excellent magazines including Strange Horizons, Analog, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. You can read more... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

3:00pm CDT

Anaea Lay - Reading
Anaea Lay lives in Chicago where she conducts a torrid love affair with the city. She's the fiction podcast editor for Strange Horizons, president of the Dream Foundry, teaches craft intensives at the Literary Level Up, and her second interactive game from Choice of Games is coming out at the end of May.
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Saturday May 16, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

3:00pm CDT

Cislyn Smith - Reading
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Cislyn Smith

secretary, Dream Foundry
Cislyn Smith (she/her) writes speculative short stories and poems, and you can find her wordy work in Strange Horizons, Diabolical Plots, Daily Science Fiction and scattered hither and yon else-internet. She is a first reader for Uncanny Magazine and Giganotosaurus, a graduate of... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Constance Stream
  Reading, Fiction

3:00pm CDT

Mary Soon Lee - Reading
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for over twenty years. Her stories and poetry have appeared in Analog, Asimov’s, Daily SF, F&SF, Fireside, and several Year's Best anthologies. Of late, she’s strayed from science fiction to science poetry, and her book Elemental Haiku (containing haiku for each element of the periodic table) was published by Ten Speed Press in October 2019.
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Mary Soon Lee

Author
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but now lives in Pittsburgh. She writes both fiction and poetry, and has won the Rhysling Award and the Elgin Award. Her two latest books are from opposite ends of the poetry spectrum: "Elemental Haiku," containing haiku for each element... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

4:00pm CDT

Trace Kerr - Reading
Trace Kerr is a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner who loves writing stories about undaunted queer teens and magic. Her debut YA novel, The Names We Take comes out May 19, 2020. When she isn't writing, Trace is the producer and co-host for Brain Junk, a lighthearted fact finding podcast that sometimes airs on Spokane Public Radio. She also recently joined the Taking Her Lead podcast as a co-host and is excited at the opportunity to interview women about their experiences in leadership.
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Trace Kerr

Author
Trace Kerr is a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner who loves writing stories about undaunted queer teens and magic. Her debut YA novel, The Names We Take comes out May 19, 2020. When she isn't writing, Trace is the producer and co-host for Brain Junk, a lighthearted fact finding podcast... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

5:00pm CDT

A.C. Wise - Reading
A.C. Wise's fiction has appeared in publications such as Uncanny, Shimmer, and Tor.com. She has two collections published with Lethe Press, and a novella published by Broken Eye Books. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice more being a finalist for the award, been a two-time Nebula finalist, and been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. In addition to her fiction, she contributes the Women to Read, and Non-Binary Authors to read series to The Book Smugglers. Find her online at www.acwise.net.
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A.C. Wise

A.C. Wise's fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, and several Year's Best anthologies, among other places. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice being a finalist for the Sunburst Award, twice being a finalist... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

5:00pm CDT

Wendy Nikel - Reading
Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author with a degree in elementary education, a fondness for road trips, and a terrible habit of forgetting where she's left her cup of tea. Her short fiction has been published by Analog, Nature: Futures, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and elsewhere. Her time travel novella series, beginning with The Continuum, is available from World Weaver Press. For more info, visit wendynikel.com
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Wendy Nikel

Editor-in-Chief, Flash Fiction Online
Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author whose short stories can be found in Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nature: Futures, Podcastle, and various anthologies and e-zines. She is editor-in-chief at Flash Fiction Online and a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

6:00pm CDT

Andrea Phillips - Reading
Andrea Phillips is a writer specializing in immersive games and experiences and near-future SF. She also makes great fudge, so catch her at your next physical-space convention!
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Andrea Phillips

Andrea Phillips is a writer specializing in immersive games and experiences and near-future SF. She also makes great fudge, so catch her at your next physical-space convention!

Saturday May 16, 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Constance Stream
  Reading, Fiction, Games, Guest of Honor

6:00pm CDT

Dakota Caulder - Reading
Dakota Caulder is the editor-in-chief of Hybrid Fiction. In the daylight hours, she works as a composition instructor and an academic developmental editor. In the nighttime, she works with creative writers, works on Hybrid Fiction, and sometimes writes as well.
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Dakota Mattson

Dakota Caulder is the editor-in-chief of Hybrid Fiction. In the daylight hours, she works as a composition instructor and an academic developmental editor. In the nighttime, she works with creative writers, works on Hybrid Fiction, and sometimes writes as well.

Saturday May 16, 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

6:00pm CDT

Erin Roberts - Reading
Erin Roberts is a speculative fiction writer who tells stories across formats – her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2019, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, The Dark, and THEN AGAIN: Vintage Photography Reimagined by One Artist and Thirty Writers; her interactive fiction has been published in Sub-Q Magazine and is forthcoming from Choice of Games; and her non-fiction essays and reviews have appeared on Tor.com and in Cascadia Subduction Zone, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy, and Strange Horizons, among others. Erin is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and Stonecoast MFA program and has received awards including an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Diverse Worlds and Diverse Writers awards. You can follow her on Twitter at @nirele and read more about her work at writingwonder.com.
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Erin Roberts

Attendee

Saturday May 16, 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

7:00pm CDT

Becky Chambers - Reading
Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series, which currently includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record of a Spaceborn Few. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. Her most recent work is To Be Taught, If Fortunate, a standalone novella.

Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she’s now back in her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day. You can find her online at otherscribbles.com.
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Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers is a science fiction author, best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. She has two new works coming out in 2021: The Galaxy... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Felton Stream
  Reading, Fiction

7:00pm CDT

F.C. Yee - Reading
NY Times Bestselling Author and product manager of mobile games
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F.C. Yee

NY Times Bestselling Author and product manager of mobile games

Saturday May 16, 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction, Games

7:00pm CDT

Karen Osborne - Reading
KAREN OSBORNE is a writer, visual storyteller and violinist. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Fireside, Escape Pod, Robot Dinosaurs, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and once won a major event filmmaking award for taping a Klingon wedding. Her first novel, Architects of Memory, is due out from Tor Books on August 25th.
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Karen Osborne

KAREN OSBORNE is a writer, visual storyteller and violinist. She is the author of Architects of Memory and Engines of Oblivion from Tor Books. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Fireside, Escape Pod, Robot Dinosaurs, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She is a member of the DC/MD-based... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00pm CDT

Jenny Rappaport - Reading
Jenny Rae Rappaport has been published in Lightspeed Magazine, Escape Pod, and Daily Science Fiction, among other magazines. She is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing workshop, and holds a BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. She lives in New Jersey with her family, where she divides her time between writing and herding small children. She can be found online at www.jennyrae.com and on Twitter at @jennyrae.
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Jenny Rae Rappaport

Attendee
Jenny Rae Rappaport has been published in Lightspeed Magazine, Escape Pod, and Daily Science Fiction, among other magazines. She is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing workshop, and holds a BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. She lives in New Jersey with her family... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00pm CDT

Valerie Valdes - Reading
Valerie Valdes’s work has been featured in Nightmare Magazine and Uncanny Magazine. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was published by Harper Voyager in September 2019 and Orbit UK in February 2020. The sequel, Prime Deceptions, is forthcoming in fall 2020. She lives in Georgia with her husband, children and cats.
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Valerie Valdes

Valerie Valdes’s short fiction and poetry have been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Constance Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00pm CDT

Victoria Sandbrook - Reading
Victoria Sandbrook is a speculative fiction writer, freelance editor and reviewer, and Viable Paradise graduate. Her short fiction has appeared in Giganotosaurus, Sword & Sonnet, Podcastle, Shimmer, and elsewhere. Victoria and her family live in Brockton, Massachusetts. She reviews books and shares writerly nonsense at victoriasandbrook.com and on Twitter at @vsandbrook.
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Victoria Sandbrook

Victoria Sandbrook is a speculative fiction writer, freelance editor and reviewer, and Viable Paradise graduate. Her short fiction has appeared in Giganotosaurus, Sword & Sonnet, Podcastle, Shimmer, and elsewhere. Victoria and her family live in Brockton, Massachusetts. She reviews... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

9:00pm CDT

Steve Toutonghi - Reading
Steve is the author of the critically praised novels Join and Side Life. Katherine Dunn called Join, "A searing ballistic plunge into the mysteries of identity and mortality," and Scientific American recommended it as a "satisfying story of what is to come." In a starred review, Library Journal called Side Life "highly imaginative, highly recommended," and Sean Ferrell said, "Like Philip K. Dick or Kurt Vonnegut, Steve Toutonghi manages to break and repair your brain while telling an intensely human story."
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Steve Toutonghi

Steve is the author of the critically praised novels Join and Side Life. Katherine Dunn called Join, "A searing ballistic plunge into the mysteries of identity and mortality," and Scientific American recommended it as a "satisfying story of what is to come." In a starred review, Library... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 9:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

10:00pm CDT

Fran Wilde - Reading
Fran Wilde’s novels and short stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, three Hugo Awards, two Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton-Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny, and Jonathan Strahan’s 2020 Year’s Best SFF. Fran directs the Genre Fiction MFA concentration at Western Colorado University and writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Tor.com. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook, and at franwilde.net.
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Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde’s novels and short stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, two Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton-Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

10:00pm CDT

Judith Huang - Reading
Judith Huang’s first novel, Sofia and the Utopia Machine, was shortlisted for the Epigram Book Fiction Prize 2017 and the Singapore Book Awards 2019. A three-time winner of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award, she graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in English and American Literature and Language and works as a writer, editor and translator. She taught writing at Yale-NUS College and is working on her second novel, and is currently taking her International MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literary Translation. She has translated four books of Chinese poetry by Cultural Medallion winner Yeng Pway Ngon as well as other writers for the National Library Board and Asymptote. She has published in Prairie Schooner, Asia Literary Review, QLRS, Cha, Asymptote. She is currently based between Singapore and Australia and counts knitting, coding and bunny-minding as her hobbies.
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Judith Huang

Author, Translator
Judith Huang (錫影) is an Australian-based Singaporean multimedia creator, poet, author, sometime-journalist, failed-academic, literary & SFF translator, composer, musician, educator, serial-arts-collective-founder, Web 1.0 entrepreneur and aspiring-VR-creator @ www.judithhuan... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

11:00pm CDT

Jeremy TeGrotenhuis - Reading
Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis' fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Deep Magic, Writers of the Future 34, and The Overcast. In addition to writing SFF, he teaches English in Eastern Washington state, where he grew up playing make-believe in the same desert that houses the most polluted nuclear waste site in America. He is represented by Joshua Bilmes of the JABberwocky Literary Agency. You can follow him on Twitter @jeremyteg
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JT Greathouse

J.T. Greathouse’s short fiction has appeared, often as Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis, in BCS, Deep Magic, IGMS, and elsewhere. Upon graduating with a degree in history and philosophy from Whitworth University, he taught ESL in Taiwan before returning to Spokane, WA. After working as a... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 11:00pm - Sunday May 17, 2020 12:00am CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

11:00pm CDT

Laurence Raphael Brothers - Reading
Laurence Raphael Brothers is a writer and technologist with 5 patents and a background in AI and Internet R&D. He has published around 30 short stories in magazines such as Nature, PodCastle, the New Haven Review, and Galaxy's Edge. His WWI-era fantasy novel "Twilight Patrol" and his romantic noir urban fantasy novella "The Demons of Wall Street" were both just recently released. Follow him on twitter: @lbrothers or visit https://laurencebrothers.com/bibliography for more stories that can be read or listened to online.
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Laurence Brothers

Laurence Raphael Brothers is a writer and technologist with 5 patents and a background in AI and Internet R&D. He has published around 30 short stories in magazines such as Nature, PodCastle, the New Haven Review, and Galaxy\'s Edge. His WWI-era fantasy novel \"Twilight Patrol\" and... Read More →

Saturday May 16, 2020 11:00pm - Sunday May 17, 2020 12:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction
 
Sunday, May 17
 

12:00am CDT

Marie Brennan - Reading
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for material. She most recently misapplied her professors' hard work to Turning Darkness Into Light, a sequel to the Hugo Award-nominated Victorian adventure series The Memoirs of Lady Trent. The first book of that series, A Natural History of Dragons, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and won the Prix Imaginales for Best Translated Novel. Her other novels include the Doppelganger duology of Warrior and Witch, the urban fantasies Lies and Prophecy and Chains and Memory, the Onyx Court historical fantasy series, the Varekai novellas, and nearly sixty short stories, as well as the New Worlds series of worldbuilding guides. Together with Alyc Helms as M.A. Carrick, she is the author of the upcoming Rook and Rose epic fantasy trilogy.
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Marie Brennan

Writer
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for inspiration. She recently misapplied her professors' hard work to Turning Darkness Into Light, a sequel to the Hugo Award-nominated series The Memoirs of Lady Trent. As half of... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 12:00am - 1:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

2:00am CDT

J. R. H. Lawless - Reading
J.R.H. Lawless is an award-winning SF author from Atlantic Canada who blends comedy with political themes — drawing heavily, in both cases, on his experience as a lawyer and as Secretary General of a Parliamentary group at the French National Assembly. A member of SFWA and Codex Writers, his short fiction has been published in many professional venues, including foreign sales. He is also a craft article contributor to the SFWA blog, the SFWA Bulletin, and Tor.com. His debut novel, Always Greener, is out now from Uproar Books, and the sequel, The Rude Eye of Rebellion, comes out in Fall 2020. He is represented by Marisa Corvisiero at the Corvisiero Literary Agency, and would love to hear from you on Twitter, over at @SpaceLawyerSF!
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J.R.H. Lawless

SF Author and Space Lawyer, J.R.H. Lawless
J.R.H. Lawless is a bestselling SF author from Atlantic Canada who blends comedy with political themes — drawing heavily, in both cases, on their experience as a lawyer and as Secretary General of a Parliamentary group at the French National Assembly. A member of SFWA and Codex... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 2:00am - 3:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

7:00am CDT

Brandon Ketchum - Reading
Brandon Ketchum is a speculative fiction writer from Pittsburgh, PA who enjoys putting a weird spin or strange vibe into every story, dark or light.
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Brandon Ketchum

Brandon Ketchum is a speculative fiction writer from Pittsburgh, PA who enjoys putting a weird spin or strange vibe into every story, dark or light.

Sunday May 17, 2020 7:00am - 8:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00am CDT

Elle Ire - Reading
Elle Ire writes science fiction novels featuring kick-ass women who fall in love with each other. Her first novel, VICIOUS CIRCLE, released from Torquere Press in November, 2015, and was rereleased in January, 2020, by Dreamspinner Publications. Her second novel, THREADBARE, the first in the STORM FRONTS series, was released in August, 2019, by Dreamspinner Publications followed by PATCHWORK in April, 2020. Her work is represented by Naomi Davis at the Bookends Literary Agency. Learn more at her website: http://www.elleire.com.
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Elle Ire

Elle Ire writes science fiction novels featuring kick-ass women who fall in love with each other. Her first novel, VICIOUS CIRCLE, released from Torquere Press in November, 2015, and was rereleased in January, 2020, by DSP Publications. Her STORM FRONTS series (THREADBARE, PATCHWORK... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00am CDT

SL Huang - Reading
SL Huang is a Hugo-nominated and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies her MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. She is the author of the Cas Russell series from Tor Books, starting with Zero Sum Game, and the upcoming fantasy Burning Roses. Her short fiction has sold to Analog, Nature, and more, including numerous best-of anthologies. She is also a Hollywood stuntwoman and firearms expert, where she’s appeared on shows such as “Battlestar Galactica” and “Raising Hope” and worked with actors such as Sean Patrick Flanery, Jason Momoa, and Danny Glover. Follow her online at www.slhuang.com or @sl_huang.
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Sunday May 17, 2020 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

9:00am CDT

Lina Rather - Reading
Lina Rather's short fiction has appeared in venues including Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and Shimmer. Her debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black, is about nuns living in a giant slug in outer space and was published by Tor.Com Publishing in October 2019. Find out more about her and her writing at linarather.com or on Twitter @LinaRather.
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Lina Rather

Attendee
Lina Rather's short fiction has appeared in venues including Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and Shimmer. Her debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black, is about nuns living in a giant slug in outer space and was published by Tor.Com Publishing in October 2019. Find out more about... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

11:00am CDT

Dave Ring - Reading
Dave ring is the chair of the OutWrite LGBTQ Book Festival in Washington, DC. He has stories featured or forthcoming in a number of publications, including Fireside Fiction, GlitterShip, and A Punk Rock Future. He is the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, as well as the editor of Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was from Mason Jar Press. More info at www.dave-ring.com. Follow him at @slickhop.
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Dave Ring

Managing Editor/Publisher, Neon Hemlock Press
dave ring is a queer editor and writer of speculative fiction living in Washington, DC.  He is the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, as well as editor of the anthology Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die. His short fiction has been featured... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

5:00pm CDT

N. R. M. Roshak - Reading
I'm a former database nerd who grew up reading SFF and never got over it. After many years of wrangling data and databases, I'm now wrangling characters and plots. I live and write in Ottawa, Canada, with a spouse, a young child, and a revolving menagerie of Things In Jars.
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N. R. M. Roshak

N. R. M. Roshak writes all manner of things, including (but not limited to) short fiction, kidlit, and non-fiction. Her short fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, On Spec, Daily Science Fiction, Future Science Fiction Digest, and elsewhere. She studied philosophy and mathematics... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

6:00pm CDT

Alex Shvartsman - Reading
Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, game designer, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. His adventures so far have included traveling to over 30 countries, playing a card game for a living, and building a successful business. Alex resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and son.

Over 120 of his short stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, Fireside, Weird Tales, Galaxy’s Edge, and many other venues. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction in 2014 and was a two-time finalist (2015 & 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction. His political fantasy novel Eridani’s Crown was published in 2019.

Alex’s translations from Russian have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Apex, Samovar, Amazing Stories, and other venues.

He’s the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects series of humorous SF/F, as well as a variety of other anthologies, including The Cackle of Cthulhu (Baen), Humanity 2.0 (Arc Manor), and Funny Science Fiction (UFO). He’s the editor and publisher of Future Science Fiction Digest, a magazine that focuses on international fiction.

His website is www.alexshvartsman.com and his Twitter handle is @AShvartsman.
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Alex Shvartsman

Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. His political fantasy novel Eridani’s Crown was published in 2019. Over 120 of his short stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and many other venues. His website is www.alexshvartsm... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction, Translation, Guest of Honor

6:00pm CDT

Lauren Roy - Reading
Lauren Roy is the author of the NIGHT OWLS urban fantasy series and the YA fantasy THE FIRE CHILDREN. She's a freelance writer and developer for tabletop roleplaying games, including titles for Exalted, Chronicles of Darkness, Scion, and World of Darkness. Lauren is a graduate of, and staff at Viable Paradise. She lives south of Boston with her husband, her cat, and the ghosts of the houseplants she forgot to water.
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Lauren Roy

Lauren M. Roy is a writer and tabletop RPG developer. Her urban fantasy series NIGHT OWLS is published by Ace Books, and her short fiction has appeared in Fireside Magazine and on Podcastle. She's written for RPGs such as Changeling: The Lost, The Trinity Continuum, Trail of Cthulhu... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00pm CDT

Catherine Lundoff - Reading
Catherine Lundoff is a Minneapolis-based award-winning writer, editor and publisher. Her recent stories and articles are available or forthcoming at the LMHP Podcast, Fireside Fiction, American Monsters Part 2, Queer Voices, The Cainite Conspiracies: A Vampire the Masquerade V20 Anthology and the SFWA Blog. Her books include Silver Moon, Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories, Unfinished Business:Tales of the Dark Fantastic and as editor, Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space). She is the publisher at Queen of Swords Press.
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Catherine Lundoff

Publisher, Queen of Swords Press
Catherine Lundoff is a Minneapolis-based award-winning writer, editor and publisher. Her books include the novels Silver Moon and Blood Moon and the single author collections Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories and Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

8:00pm CDT

Emily Skrutskie - Reading
Emily Skrutskie is six feet tall. She was born in Massachusetts, raised in Virginia, and forged in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado. She holds a B.A. in Performing and Media Arts from Cornell University, where she studied an outrageous and demanding combination of film, computer science, and game design.

She is the author of THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US and its sequel, THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS, as well as the standalone HULLMETAL GIRLS. Her latest novel, BONDS OF BRASS, the first in a sweeping space opera trilogy, is now available. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.
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Emily Skrutskie

Emily Skrutskie is six feet tall. She is the author of THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US and its sequel, THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS, as well as the standalone HULLMETAL GIRLS. Her latest novel, BONDS OF BRASS, the first in a sweeping space opera trilogy, is now available. She lives and writes in... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction

9:00pm CDT

Henry Lien - Reading
Henry Lien is a 2012 graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop, Seattle. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Peasprout Chen middle grade fantasy series, which he began writing under the guidance of George R.R. Martin, Kelly Link, and Chuck Palahniuk at Clarion West. His short fiction has appeared in publications like Asimov’s, Analog, and F&SF, and he is a four-time Nebula Award finalist. Born in Taiwan, Henry currently lives in Hollywood. Henry has worked as an attorney, fine art dealer, and college instructor. Hobbies include writing and performing campy science fiction/fantasy anthems, and losing Nebula Awards.
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Henry Lien

Author, Holt/Macmillan
Henry Lien is a 2012 graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop, Seattle. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Peasprout Chen middle grade fantasy series. His short fiction has appeared in publications like Asimov’s, Analog, and F&SF, and he is a four-time... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 9:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Milady Stream
  Reading, Fiction

11:00pm CDT

Andy Dudak - Reading
Andy Dudak's original stories have been in Analog, Apex, Clarkesworld, DSF, Diabolical Plots, F&SF, Interzone, and SF World (科幻世界). His translations of Chinese SF have been in Clarkesworld, Asimov's, Analog, Apex, and Pathlight. He's a digital nomad and longtime D&D player.
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Andy Dudak

My fiction is featured in Jonathan Strahan’s Year’s Best Science Fiction and two volumes of Rich Horton’s Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. My stories have appeared in Analog, Apex, Clarkesworld, Interzone, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and in Science... Read More →

Sunday May 17, 2020 11:00pm - Monday May 18, 2020 12:00am CDT
Richeliu Stream
  Reading, Fiction
 
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