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FEATURED GUESTS
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Currently there are 58 Guests & Bands confirmed for 2012.
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Note: Recent additions are marked with a » (within 7 days) or a » (within 14 days).
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Tony Amendola
Tony Amendola is best known for his recurring role as the Jaffa master Bra'tac in Stargate SG-1. He can also be seen in ABC's hit show Once Upon a Time playing Geppetto/Marco. Lou Anders
Lou Anders is the Hugo Award winning editorial director of Pyr Books (www.pyrsf.com), as well as a Chesley Award winning art director. He is the World Fantasy, Locus, Shirley Jackson and Philip K. Dick award nominated editor of nine critically-acclaimed anthologies.
Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson is the author of over 100 books with more than 23 million copies in print worldwide; best known for his Dune novels and Hellhole with Brian Herbert, his Star Wars and X-Files work, and his original Saga of Seven Suns series and the Terra Incognita trilogy.
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Jamie Bamber
Jamie Bamber is a British actor known most widely for his roles as Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin on the ITV series Law & Order: UK.
Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner is an American actor and science fiction writer. He is best known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King (with Kate Jackson), and Babylon 5. »Jennie Breeden
Jennie Breeden is the creator of the online journal comic The Devil's Panties.
Jason Bulmahn
Jason Bulmahn is the Lead Designer of Paizo Publishing, LLC and the designer of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, as well as a number of award winning RPG supplements.
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Gail Carriger
\New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger writes comedic steampunk mixed with urbane fantasy. Her debut novel, Soulless, won the ALA's Alex Award. The following books in her Parasol Protectorate series were all bestsellers. She is a professional archeologist and overly fond of tea. Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk has appeared in shows such as Cold Squad, Stargate SG1, The Outer Limits, and Transformers. Recently, he filmed Psych, and J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz. Garry just landed a role in the movie Big Time Rush Movie. He is currently appearing in AMC'S hit The Killing.
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Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn donned mounds of facial makeup for what was to be his signature role: the U.S.S. Enterprise's Klingon officer Lt. Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). Michael reprised his role of Worf on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995-1999). Elonka Dunin
Elonka Dunin is a professional game developer, writer, and cryptographer. A leading expert on the world's most famous unsolved codes, such as Kryptos at CIA Headquarters, she is also namesake for the "Nola Kaye" character in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Lost Symbol.
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Gigi Edgley
Gigi recently finished starring on the hit series Rescue Special Ops as Lara Knight. She is an Australian actress who stole the hearts of sci-fi enthusiasts with her role as Chiana on Farscape, a cult science fiction TV show by The Jim Henson Company.
Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes is known for his role as Westley in the cult classic The Princess Bride and for his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw.
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Bill Fawcett
Bill is a founder of Mayfair Games, a board and role play gaming company and designed award winning board games and role playing modules. He has designed computer games and co-authored several novels. His company Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged over 350 books. Bill has edited or co-edited over 50 anthologies.
John L. Flynn
Dr. John Flynn has written 13 books, 2 screenplays and many short stories. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has been nominated for three Hugo awards.
Eugie Foster
Eugie Foster received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and was named Bards and Sages Author of the Year. She has also been nominated for the Hugo, BSFA, and WSFA awards. Her publication credits number over 100, and her short story collection, Returning My Sister's Face, is now available from Norilana Books. Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>. »David Franklin
David Franklin is best known to Sci-Fi/Fantasy fans as the consummate Peacekeeper officer Captain Braca on Farscape. Another memorable role is that of Brutus in seasons 4 and 5 of Xena Warrior Princess. He played Heat Blast in Ben-10: Race Against Time.
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Dr. Pamela L. Gay
Dr. Pamela L. Gay is an astronomer, writer, and podcaster focused on using technology to engage people in science. Each week, she and Fraser Cain take Astronomy Cast listeners on a facts-based journey through the cosmos. She's also behind the CosmoQuest citizen science project and blogs at StarStryder.com. »Justin Gerard
Justin is an artist and illustrator. Justin contributes articles to visual design magazines such as ImagineFX and to blogs such as Muddycolors. His work has won several awards including an Ippy Award for his work in Beowulf, Book 1, Grendel the Ghastly, and a Chelsey Award. Erin Gray
Erin Gray is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Kate Summers in the situation comedy Silver Spoons and as Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. D. J. Grothe
D.J. Grothe is President of the James Randi Educational Foundation, an organization that exposes charlatans and helps people defend themselves from paranormal and pseudoscientific frauds. Formerly a professional magician, he has interests in the psychology of belief and processes of deception. He hosts the popular podcast For Good Reason.
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Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton's writing is characterized by vivid prose, erotic sensuality, complex character and world building. Laurell K Hamilton is a regular on the New York Times Bestseller List with both her series: Anita Blake -Vampire Hunter and Meredith Gentry - Fairy Princess/Private Eye series. A. J. Hartley
A.J. Hartley is the international bestselling author of 8 novels including Will Power, one of 2010's best sci-fi/fantasy books according to Kirkus Reviews, the Darwen Arkwright children's fantasy series and Macbeth, a Novel. He's a Shakespeare Professor and writes for www.magicalwords.net.
Richard Hatch
Internationally known Actor, writer and director Richard Hatch starred as the original Capt Apollo in 1978 and Tom Zarek in the re-imagined Battlestar Galectica series and has written 7 Battlestar Galectica novels for I-books, edited So Say We All, and written several Battlestar Galectica comics. Additionally, he starred in the movie Inalienable.
Virginia Hey
Virginia Hey is an Australian actress who moved into natural therapies, meditation & perfume/candle design. Her acting career began following a successful modeling career, where she was spotted by casting directors for Road Warrior. Virginia went on to achieve worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Zhaan in Farscape.
Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson is a Canadian actressbest known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, Bliss, and Stargate Atlantis.
Faith Hunter
Faith Hunter writes the urban fantasy Skinwalker series, featuring Jane Yellowrock. The series includes Skinwalker, Blood Cross, Mercy Blade, Raven Cursed, and Death's Rival in 2012. The Rogue Mage series features Thorn St. Croix. The series includes Bloodring, Seraphs, Host, and the Rogue Mage RPG and World Book; a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic, alternate reality.
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Bill Keel
Astronomer Bill Keel, author of The Sky at Einstein's Feet and The Road to Galaxy Formation, has appeared at Dragon*Con since 2004. He has hosted overnight live astronomy sessions, and spoken on cosmology, extrasolar planets, public-participation discovery in astronomy, science in the Firefly and Avatar universes, and space technology.
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»Kate Locke
Kate Locke (God Save the Queen) is a pseudonym for an award winning, bestselling author of more than 20 books. She writes Steampunk YA as Kady Cross (The Girl in the Steel Corset, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar). Her books are available in more than a dozen languages and formats.
George Lowe
Cartoon Networks wildly popular Adult Swim block was built on the cult hit Space Ghost Coast to Coast which ran for a decade with legions of fans responsible for its success. George Lowe is the ad-libbing madman behind Space Ghost and its his honor to visit Atlanta for Dragon*Con.
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»Mari Mancusi
Mari Mancusi is the author of 16 books for adults and teens including the Blood Coven Vampire series.
Todd McCaffrey
Todd Johnson McCaffrey has written eight books in the Pern universe both solo and in collaboration with his mother, Anne McCaffrey. He is currently working on several non-Pern projects, including the long-awaited City of Angels.
Visit his website at http://www.toddmccaffrey.us
Rebecca Moesta
Rebecca Moesta has written the Young Jedi Knights series and the Crystal Doors trilogy with her husband Kevin J. Anderson; she has also written comics and a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel.
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»Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy is an American actress, most notable as Olive Massery on the television series Veronica's Closet, Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act and the voice of Peggy Hill on the animated television series King of the Hill. »Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen is an American comic artist whose body of work, for the past 10 years, includes flagship titles for both DC Comics and Wildstorm. Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer and voice artist. Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series, as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of commander.
Jody Lynn Nye
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as "spoiling cats." When not engaged in this worthy purpose, she has published more than thirty-eight books and over a hundred short stories. Her latest books are A Forthcoming Wizard (TOR Books) and Myth-Fortunes, (Wildside Press) co-written with the late Robert Asprin.
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Van Allen Plexico
Van Allen Plexico is best known for his popular Sentinels series of novels, pushing New Pulp into the contemporary superhero and space opera genres; for editing and writing for various SF/pulp adventure anthologies; and for the Assembled! books, exploring the history of Marvel's Avengers. Kalayna Price
USA Today bestselling author Kalayna Price writes the Alex Craft Novels and the Novels of Haven. Her books, which are available around the world, contain the mystical elements of fantasy and folklore, a dash of romance, humor, gritty horror, and thrilling mystery.
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Benjamin Radford
Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and author of six books on the paranormal, investigation, and science literacy. A columnist for LiveScience.com and Discovery News, he has solved many paranormal mysteries and appeared on the Discovery, Learning, and History Channels, as well as CBS, CNN, etc. Rebecca Riggs
Rebecca Riggs is best known to fans as the irrepressible Commandant Mele-on Grayza in the Saturn Award winning Farscape. »Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek is a Canadian film and television actor. He has also directed and produced feature-length films. Rubinek currently plays "Arthur 'Artie' Nielsen" a covert agent employed by a secretive council to recover super-scientific and mystical artifacts, in the Syfy series Warehouse 13.
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R.A. Salvatore
As one of the fantasy genre's most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 15,000,000 copies. Daniel Samonas
Other than Wizards of Waverly Place, Daniel has guest starred in iCarly, Zoey 101, Entourage, Hannah Montana, CSI: New York, Without a Trace and voiced Teo in Avatar: The Last Airbender. »Dan Dos Santos
Well known for his colorful oil paintings, most often depicting strong women, Dan's work spans a variety of genres including novels, comics and film. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books, Random House, Tor books, UpperDeck, Wizards of the Coast, and DC Comics. »Eugenie C. Scott
Dr. Eugenie C. Scott is internationally-recognized as an expert on the creationism/evolution controversy and on the nature of science and pseudoscience. She is known to the media for her clear explanations of science, and is a witty and engaging speaker.
»Jeanne C. Stein
Jeanne Stein is the national bestselling author of the Urban Fantasy series, The Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. Her series has been picked up in three foreign countries and her short stories published in collections here in the US and the UK. The eighth in the series, Haunted, was released August 28.
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart is an English film, television and stage actor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre for nearly fifty years, including performances as various characters in Shakespearean productions. However, he is perhaps most widely known for his television and film roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Professor Xavier in the X-Men films.
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Jonathan Tarbox
"Jake" Tarbox spent most of his adult life in Japan, working as a media manager and television personality. After working at Coamix Inc. as senior editor of Raijin Comics, he took the position of Group Editor at DC Comics. He now runs Arashi Productions.
»Connor Trinneer
Connor Trinneer is an American film, stage and television actor. His highest profile role has been the role of Charles "Trip" Tucker III on Star Trek: Enterprise and Michael on Stargate Atlantis. »Jamie Wade Tyndall
Jamie Tyndall is a cover artist for Zenescope Comics Grimm Fairytales. He is also well known for his magazine inspired comic book covers that are sought-after by collectors.
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»Jean Marie Ward
Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction and everything in between, including novels (2008 Indie Book double-finalist With Nine You Get Vanyr) and art books. Her short stories appear in numerous anthologies, such as Here Be Dragons and The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity. Billy West
Billy is mostly know for his many voices on Futurama that include Philip J. Fry, Professor, Hubert J. Farnsworth, Dr. John Zoidberg and others. He is also know for The Ren & Stimpy Show as Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat. »Michael Z. Williamson
Michael Z. Williamson is a Locus best-selling SF author, military and disaster preparedness consultant for TV, movies and private citizens, a gunsmith and bladesmith, a veteran of the Army and USAF who deployed for OIF, and a "library" of firearms and bladed weapons going back over 9000 years.
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Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn is the author of nine Star Wars books and the Cobra, Quadrail, and Dragonback series. Recent books include Cobra Gamble and the upcoming Judgment at Proteus. The 20th Anniversary edition of his first Star Wars book, Heir to the Empire, was released last September. »Mark Zug
Mark Zug is an artist and illustrator who is known for his work with the Septimus Heap series and Harlan Ellison's adaption of I, Robot. He has illustrated many collectible card games, including Magic: The Gathering and Dune, as well as books and magazines.
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ATTENDING PROFESSIONALS
| Tracy A. Akers |
Deidre Knight |
Dennis K. Lee |
| Rob Levy |
J. F. Lewis |
Misty Massey |
| James Maxey |
Josh Nite |
Steven Novella |
| James Palmer |
John Picacio |
Barry Reese |
| Tedd Roberts |
Linda Robertson |
Kevin Simmons |
| Jon Sprunk |
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Theatrical, Musical, & Radio Performances
Dragon*Con has had a long tradition of providing a wide variety of performances for the enjoyment of our attendees. Each year we host at least a dozen performances from bands, theatrical troops, Combat Demonstrations, and DJs.
Musical acts from the past have ranged from light pop (Apollo Smile) to Goth and world-music (The Cruxshadows, Voltaire, The Changelings) to the heavy (The Misfits, Godhead).
Theatrical troops like the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company and the Mighty Rassilon Art Players have taken to the stage with their own brands of SCIFI entertainment.
Swashbucklers like The Crossed Swords have provided sword play performances and combat demonstrations with Sci-Fi and Renaissance flare.
Some of the best local and national DJ's provided music to get your body moving in our late night DJ'd dances.
The items below show which of the names on this page are performers and what type of performance they fall under.
- Musical - Musical Acts & Performances
- Theatrical - Theatrical Performances
- Swashbucklers - Combat Performances and Demonstrations
- DJ - DJ Dances
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