Guest List by Announcement Date

The Definitive Guide

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Dragon Con welcomes guests from around the globe – with new people announced all the time! Take a look at the inventive minds, luminaries, and celebrities you’ll be spending the weekend with.

Announced: 05/15/2025

Shawn Crystal
Shawn Crystal got his first job while in school, Resident Evil: Fire and Ice, a miniseries for Wildstorm. Around five years ago, Marvel hired Crystal on Deadpool, living his childhood dream. He is currently an artist for Marvel Comics and Valiant Entertainment.
Lucienne Diver
Lucienne Diver is a literary agent and the author of the Vamped and Latter-Day Olympians series. She has written young adult suspense for WordFire Press and Bella Rosa Books.
Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard has starred in made-for-television movies and feature films. He is best known to SF audiences as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers in the SF TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. His other roles include several movie and TV series appearances including Beyond, Bone Eater, and Ghost Town.
Robert Hill
Founder of the Flying Nuggets LLC, a non profit in Atlanta with the mission to inspire excellence in STEAM programming through competition and instruction for k-12.
Toki Odunade
Toki Odunade is a teacher of African and African-American spiritual traditions. Odunade founded the annual Atlanta Osun Festival in 2005 and opened her own company in 2024.
Cassandra Quave
Cassandra Quave is a disabled writer, speaker, podcast host, professor, explorer, and plant scientist leading drug discovery research on molecules from nature.
Nash Sheard
As the managing director for advocacy, Nash works to ensure the Electronic Frontier Foundation's work protecting your rights in the digital world is impactful, collaborative, and innovative.

Announced: 05/14/2025

Mindy Lee
Mindy Lee has an extensive and varied career in the entertainment industry. From video games to animation and beyond, she brings her experience and talent to the world of comics – recently as the co-creator and artist of Bounty, and the artist of Crimson Lotus, both published by Dark Horse Comics.

Announced: 05/12/2025

Ayla Almee
Ayla Almee is co-director of Antipode Geek Bellydance. Almee has entertained thousands with stage productions, and workshops on modern and traditional Silk Road culture: cuisine, fashion, and dance.
Scott Harris
Scott Harris is an Atlanta-based planetary geologist and astronomer who is a leading researcher in the fields of meteorites, petrology, and hypervelocity impacts.
Steve Horton
Steve Horton is the New York Times bestselling writer of Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams, which won two Eisners for art and coloring.
DN Lee
DN Lee is an outreach scientist and first-generation STEM graduate and college professor who enjoys demystifying the science and discussing science-society connections with general audiences.
Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis is a textile artist working in film and television whose genre credits include Stranger Things, Mockingjay, Doom Patrol, Teacup, Captain America: Brave New World, and the live-action Moana.
Tré Da Marc
Tré Da Marc is an international boylesque artist. In 2020, he was crowned The Noire Pageant King of Burlesque and was most recently crowned 2025 MR. Twin Cities Black Diamond.
Tamara Poles
Tamara Poles is the CEO of Universal SciCom. A globally recognized expert, she helps scientists create compelling ways to communicate their research through her interactive workshops, consulting, and curriculum design.
Tamara Robertson
The Maker. The Myth(Buster). The STEAM Advocate. Taller on TV. Emmy-nominated Mythbusters host Tamara Robertson is a real-life superhero - engineer, Marvel comic character, and STEM icon.
Cory T. Smith
Cory Smith is an American comic artist and illustrator who has worked on some of the industry's biggest titles, such as IDW'S TMNT, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Conan the Barbarian, Star Wars, Spider-man, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Currently, Smith is working Fantastic Four for Marvel.
Chris Uminga
Christopher Uminga is a Connecticut based painter and illustrator. He has spent the last 10 years developing a unique style that blends together creepy and cute. You can find the influences of classic movies, Saturday morning cartoons, graffiti, and low brow/outsider art in his work.
Dexter Vines
Native Atlantan Dexter Vines is one of comics' most prolific and well respected artists/inkers with over 25 years of experience. Vines has worked for almost every major comic publisher, including Superman/Batman, Civil War, and Wolverine: Old Man Logan. His recent projects include Ahsoka and Mace Windu.

Announced: 05/09/2025

Henry Herz
Henry Herz is the author of 14 traditionally published picture books (including sci-fi and urban fantasy), scores of short stories, and the editor of nine anthologies.

Announced: 05/08/2025

Dr. April Armes
April Armes is a microbial ecologist bridging the sectors of microbiology and systems ecology. She pits microbe against microbe in large battle royal experiments that inform predictive models.
Hawkings Austin
Hawk worked in radiation for 30 years. He has written in engineering, science, martial arts, history, and fantasy with seven novels published. He speaks on topics as diverse as pop culture science, Irish mythology, Catalan history, warfare in the middle ages, plasma physics, space environments, and nuclear survival.
Eranga-D
Eranga D works as a freelance illustrator out of Birmingham, Alabama. He does cover and pinup work in the mainstream and indie comic market. In his time in comics, he has worked with Dark Horse, Dynamite, Scout Comics, Black Caravan, and contributed covers to several indie Kickstarters.
ChristaCarol Sunshine Jones
ChristaCarol Jones, writing as C.C.S. Jones, is a fantasy author and professional editor for national curriculum companies. Her debut novel, Magicbound, launched The Last Mage series.
Cass Marks
Cass Marks is a sci-fi filmmaker/comic book artist who loves astronomy. He is passionate about science outreach and sharing the marvels of the universe alongside his collaborator Alexandra Yep.
Kurt Opsahl
Kurt Opsahl is associate general counsel for cybersecurity and civil liberties policy for the Filecoin Foundation. Opsahl has worked almost 30 years on technology law and policy, representing internet startups in the dot-com boom, protecting digital rights at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and now focusing on protecting the decentralized web.
Matthew Scott Penick
Matthew Penick is a cosplayer turned designer and founder of the costume design company Ribbons and Rivets. He began with humble origins, showing wares at local Renaissance Festivals and conventions.
Seven Rasmussen
Dr. Seven Rasmussen (she/they; SFWA) is an astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. Her writing has appeared in Scientific American, The Planetary Society, Science Magazine, and her forthcoming book.
Stephen Seitz
Stephen Seitz is a craftsman, DJ, and tournament organizer at gaming panels for Dragon Con. He built giant, wooden Nintendo Game Boy Advance consoles, ready for gaming!
Lee Terrill
Lee is a cohost of the actual play podcast Very Random Encounters. She is an avid table top gamer and mostly enjoys cooperative board games.
Alexandra Yep
Alex Yep is a poet turned astronomer working at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. She teaches physics and astronomy, researches young star clusters, and directs the Bradley Observatory.

Announced: 05/07/2025

aSwanNamedEmily
Emily Swan is an artist and youth voices manager for a PBS affiliate, showrunner of Doodle Crew, co-host of Sketching Shakespeare!, and a contributor to many podcasts and twitch streams.
Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
ARTC performs audio drama, both live and in the studio. We supply the story, the music, the sound effects, and the voices. The listener fills in all the other details with their imagination.
Robert Davis
Robert Davis is an editor at Tor Books, where he largely acquires fantasy and science fiction. Over the last 10 years he has worked with talented authors and major franchises.
Lali DeRosier
Science teacher, sci-fi consultant, and education researcher Lali DeRosier promotes youth involvement in science through student writing, art, and outreach.
Logan Jenkins
Logan Jenkins cohosts Very Random Encounters and Game Mechanics. Together, the VRE hosts wrote The Ultimate Random Encounters Book. Jenkins has written two TTRPGs: I'm Sure… and Imaginary Friend Fight.
Lindsey Kear
Lindsey Kear's costume designs / styling have been featured in a wide array of commercials, television, features, print, and red carpet. Kear is the founder of The Costume Consultant.
Philip D Keating
Philip D Keating is the co-creator of Botched: A D&D Podcast. He also streams horror and retro games on twitch at ImaginaryNomad.
Greg Leatherman
Greg Leatherman is an award winning game designer for the TTRPGs Glitter Hearts and The Mystery Business, and is a founding member of the actual play podcast Very Random Encounters.
Nancy Northcott
Nancy Northcott's 18 published books include science fiction, romance, and internationally acclaimed historical fantasy. She has worked with Hachette/Grand Central and Falstaff Books and independently.
Ashley Ruhl
Ashley Ruhl is the narrative director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. A 14 year veteran of the video game industry, she has credits in game design, cinematics, and writing.
Lee Tien
Lee Tien is legislative director and the Adams Chair for Internet Rights at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before joining EFF, Tien specialized in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation.

Announced: 05/06/2025

Donato Giancola
Giancola describes himself and his work as a 'classical-abstract-realist working with science fiction and fantasy' and lists Hans Memling, Jan Van Eyck, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Piet Mondrian, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Titian as his favorite artists.
Ed Larson
Ed Larson is founder of Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers, Inc. (TDSX) a manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles based in Tampa Florida, and is an alumnus of Georgia State University.
Mr. Damon's Shadow Puppet Theater
Damon Young's work includes shadow puppet segments for Marvel's Hawkeye on Disney+ and the Great Wolf Lodge. Mr. Damon's Shadow Puppet Theater brings captivating performances to schools, libraries, and theaters.

Announced: 05/05/2025

Bob Burden
Atlanta's Eisner award winning comic artist, graphic novelist, and screenwriter, Bob Burden, created the world's first surrealist superhero, Flaming Carrot, leading to Mystery Men, which became a feature film.
D.G. Chichester
Writer D.G. Chichester is famed for his Daredevil run, including The Fall of the Kingpin, Fall from Grace, and the recent Black Armor. He co-created the Midnight Sons and Nightstalkers, pioneered Marvel's CyberComics, and introduced Clive Barker's Hellraiser to comics. Chichester authored stories for Nick Fury, Punisher, and Judge Dredd.
Tom Cravens
Thomas Cravens is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas. His degrees are in physics from Stony Brook University and in astronomy from Harvard University.
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran is the New York Times bestselling artist for the Neil Gaiman graphic novel Troll Bridge and Stan Lee's autobiography Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible Stan Lee, which earned a Young Adult Library Services Great Graphic Novels for Teens nomination. Books she has illustrated have won Eisner and Harvey Awards.
John Gregory Keyes
Greg Keyes is the author of over 30 novels, from original works to licensed universes including Star Wars, Babylon 5, Pacific Rim, Godzilla, and The Elder Scrolls.
Lauren Thoman
Lauren Thoman is the author of the speculative mysteries I'll Stop the World and You Shouldn't Be Here. She lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two children.

Announced: 05/04/2025

Darin M. Bush
Darin M. Bush is an award winning science-fiction and fantasy short-story author. He is the founder and executive producer of Tables of Content, a virtual sci-fi convention.
Melissa Fahn
Melissa Fahn has voiced hundreds of characters, including Edward on Cowboy Bebop, Gaz on Invader Zim, Rika on Digimon Tamers, Ninamori on FLCL, Haruka on Noein, Kristy on Digimon Data Squad, Tia on Zatch Bell, Betty Boop, Hello Kitty, and many more.
Don Rosa
Don Rosa became internationally famous in 1987 when he began writing and drawing new stories based on his favorite classic comics - Carl Barks' $crooge McDuck. He has worked for licensed publishers around the world where Barks' Duck comics continue to be the bestselling comics as they once were in America.
Rikki Simons
Rikki Simons is most famous for being the voice of the robot in a dog suit, GIR from Invader ZIM.
Eric Trueheart
Eric Trueheart is best known for writing on Nickelodeon's heartwarming cult classic Invader ZIM.
Jhonen Vasquez
Jhonen Vasquez is a writer/artist who, in the before times, created comic books like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and SQUEE! And then went on to ruin the world by creating Invader Zim and its follow up movie Enter the Florpus, seen by upwards of seven people. He is currently sentient.

Announced: 05/03/2025

Shane Pierce
Shane Pierce is a filmmaker from West Virginia, where he established the indie media studio Butter Chicken Pictures. His second feature film, Ambrosia!, is touring the international film festival circuit.
Sunlight of Astora
11 time award winning, Johnny Goodwill "Sunlight of Astora" creates costumes based off of dark fantasy and horror video games, along with props and effects for tv and film.
Derek Yaniger
Derek Yaniger is a toothless hillbilly that has got a way long history of scratchin' out art for lots of king-sized bigwigs like Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network. But nowadays he strictly digs the gigs that let him beat his own bongos.

Announced: 05/02/2025

Addie Dove
Dr. Addie Dove is a planetary scientist and professor at UCF with a passion for space and science communication. She is a cohost on the Walkabout the Galaxy podcast.
Stoner Gump
Daniel Gossard, AKA StonerGump. Author of Herbally Infused and Chronically Bemused, as well as the sequal Herbally infused and Chronically Bemused the Masterpiece. Elevated funny man and head astronaut.
Terry Mancour
Terry Mancour is the New York Times bestselling author of the epic fantasy Spellmonger series, as well as the ST:NG #20 novel Spartacus, and other works of sci-fi and fantasy.
Amy J. Murphy
Author Amy J. Murphy is a two-time Dragon Award finalist. Having recently completed the Allies and Enemies series, she now volunteers as an Apex Magazine slush reader.
Shawn Sellers
Shawn Sellers has spent 20+ years investigating the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids, and unexplained phenomena across the U.S. Sellers holds multiple degrees and serves as education director for the Alabama Alliance.
Isaac Sheff
Dr. Isaac Sheff is a computer scientist working on distributed systems research, with a background in security, programming languages, and blockchains.

Announced: 05/01/2025

Dane Ault
Dane Ault is the artist behind Monkey Minion Press, an art company he runs with his wife and business partner, Ashlie Hammond. Monkey Minion Press has been publishing art books, kid's books, and all manner of POPaganda, science, and space-related art prints and posters for over a decade.
Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown is an Eisner and Ringo award winning comic book writer. He is the current writer for Aquaman. He has written Bitter Root (co-creator), The Punisher, Black Panther, and Wolverine. He is also the writer and creator of The Quiet Kind and On the Stump.
Tom DeFalco
Tom DeFalco is a comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics, with long runs on Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Girl, where he created Mayday Parker/Spider-Girl.
Joanna Estep
Joanna Estep is the critically acclaimed illustrator of such titles as The Fantastic Four, X-Men, New Mutants, Spiderverse (Marvel Comics), Bitch Planet (Image), Death Head (Dark Horse), and The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Boom!/Archaia). Her work has earned her the S.P.A.C.E. Prize, and nominations for Eisner and Harvey awards.
Dave "The Reverend" Johnson
Dave "The Reverend" Johnson is a comic book artist best known for his work on the covers for the title 100 Bullets.
Tony Moy
Tony Moy is an international artist known for forgotten history WWII comic The 4Forty2nd about the most decorated Japanese American regiment in US history. He creates artwork for Marvel Snaps, D&D, X-files, and more. He teaches watercolor and streams on Twitch and Paint Bros.
Scott William Rosema
Scott Rosema is a comic book artist known for his work with Marvel, Archie, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Dreamworks, Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, Space Ghost, Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men Adventures, Spider-Man, Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes, Dexter's Laboratory, Dungeons & Dragons, and more.
Gregg Schigiel
Gregg Schigiel is the creator, author, and illustrator of the Zooperhero Universe chapter book series and Pix graphic novels. He has done character design for SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Show, was a regular contributor to SpongeBob Comics, and worked as a penciller, writer, and assistant editor for Marvel Comics.
James W Tyndall
James W Tyndall is a Canadian - American comic book artist that has had the honor of working on covers for various titles including Deadpool, X-Men, Aliens, G.I. Joe, Transformers, The Boys, Witchblade, Vampirella, Lady Death, My Little Pony, TMNT, Archie, Grimm Fairy Tales, Red Sonja, Godzilla, and Danger Girl.

Announced: 04/30/2025

Georges Jeanty
Georges Jeanty is an Eisner winner and NY Times bestselling artist for the critically acclaimed Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His art can be seen at Marvel on Xtinction, Captain America, and Star Wars:The High Republic. He is currently working on Disney's Star Wars: The Mandalorian.
Michael Kingston
Kingston began his career by selling his comics out of his backpack at wrestling shows. Headlocked Comics is now the premier brand for wrestling comics featuring collaborations with the biggest names in wrestling. Credits include Tales from the Road, Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse, Friday Night Bigfoot, and the licensed WWE comic.

Announced: 04/28/2025

Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is the author of The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and his new steampunk series, The Cinder Spires. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs.
Jim Farmer
Jim Farmer has programmed Out On Film, Atlanta's LGBTQ film festival, for 17 years and the festival has become of one the most honored LGBQT film festivals in the world.
Anna Harrison
Anna Harrison is an Atlanta native working in the distribution arm of LA's entertainment industry at Moonbug Entertainment and is also a senior staff writer and interviewer at Drink in the Movies.
Teddy Long
Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1947) is an American former professional wrestling referee, manager, and authority figure best known for his tenures in NWA, WCW, and WWE.
Jason R Merrill
Jason R. Merrill is a senior software engineer by day who is a purveyor of vintage gentleman's accessories on the side, curating the collection at Blackbird Finery.
Zoe Thorogood
Zoe Thorogood is a comic creator and concept artist from the UK. She is best known for her award winning creator owned books The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott and It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, which she has both written and drawn.
Chrissie Zullo Uminga
Chrissie Zullo Uminga is a Connecticut-based illustrator and a full-time drawing machine. She has worked for Marvel, DC, and Lucasfilm to name a few, primarily in comic book illustration. Known for her variant covers, some titles Chrissie has worked on include X-Men, Marvel Mutts, Deadpool: Petpool, and Amazing Spider-Man.

Announced: 04/24/2025

Corey Applegate
Corey Applegate is actively involved in a wide variety of fandoms including Star Wars, Wheel of Time, sewing, D&D, fantasy literature, history, travel, and Disney.
Gary Otto
Gary Otto is involved as a producer in the development of several Uwe Boll films including the Rampage series and the In The Name of The King film series.

Announced: 04/23/2025

Alison Carrier
Alison Carrier is a design director at Scopely, building an AdventureCraft AAA MMO. As a seasoned developer, she has worked on Star Wars: Hunters, Halo Infinite, and other titles.
Hayley Tsukayama
Hayley Tsukayama is associate director of legislative activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on state legislation. Before joining EFF, she was a consumer technology reporter at The Washington Post.
George T Watson
George Watson is a co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the fantasy film Sorcerority as well as the comic book. He is also co-directing the recently announced feature film Fanged.

Announced: 04/22/2025

Kyla Gibney
Dr. Gibney is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies the underlying mechanisms related to cognition, emotion, behavior, and how cognitive control and emotional processing affect decision-making and health outcomes.
Sarah Philips
Sarah Philips (she/they) is a community organizer, abolitionist, and creator from Houston, Texas. They currently work as a campaigner at Fight for the Future.
Gary Poole
Gary Poole is the founder and host of Robot Battles, edited four bestselling anthologies set in John Ringo's Black Tide Rising universe, and runs the Southern Fandom Resource Guide website.
Norm Rapmund
Norm Rapmund is an inker who made a name for himself during the early years of Image Comics. Rapmund then moved to Marvel where he worked on titles Wolverine, Fantastic Four, and Rogue. He later became known for his work with penciller Ian Churchill on Coven, Superman/Batman, and Supergirl.
Michael A. Stackpole
Michael A. Stackpole is an award winning novelist, game designer, computer game designer, podcaster, editor, screenwriter, and graphic novelist.
William Stout
William Stout is an illustrator/film designer. He has murals at the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Zoo, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom. Fantastic Worlds – The Art of William Stout, will be followed by a box set of Stout's comics-related art.

Announced: 04/21/2025

Amanda Hamon
Amanda Hamon is a senior designer working on Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. An award winning tabletop game designer and developer with more than a decade of experience, Hamon leads the creation of Fifth Edition books from conception through publication and beyond.
Yaya Han
Yaya Han is a cosplayer, designer, and author with over 400 costumes, two US Network TV shows, countless magazines, books, newspapers, and appearances under her belt. Han is the first cosplayer to bring branded cosplay-focused sewing and crafting products and a Yaya Han sewing machine to the mass retail market.
Greg Hodgin
Greg Hodgin is the CEO of ZC Institute. He graduated from Emory University with a bachelor's in chemistry and from Georgia State University with a Ph.D. in political science.
Bethany DJ Kesler
Bethany Kesler is a historian, writer, podcaster, and fabulous reader. Most of her work is under the pen name, DJ Gray, which she maintains for plausible deniability reasons.
Liz Landau
Liz Landau is an award winning journalist, filmmaker, speaker, and science communicator. She serves as the multimedia lead for NASA's astrophysics division in Washington, DC.
Megan O'Russell
From the epic fantasy world of Ilbrea to the vampire-plagued dystopia of the domes, author Megan O'Russell offers readers 31 books across eight series.
T. Alexander Stangroom
T. Alexander Stangroom is chief operations officer at the ENNIE award winning TTRPG publisher Kobold Press. Stangroom is a TTRPG designer whose credits include titles by Modiphius and Wizards of the Coast, as well as a professional GM with over two decades of experience.
Trevor Valle
Trevor Valle is a commercial FAA licensed drone pilot, a former paleontologist and science writer who has appeared in documentaries on History Channel, National Geographic, and in IMAX, and a professional GM, TTRPG writer, creator, game tester, and a cast member and player on multiple Twitch and YouTube Actual Plays.

Announced: 04/18/2025

Katherine Monasterio
Whether editing fiction, RPG sourcebooks, or podcast anthologies, Katherine lives for strengthening the written word, and for creating it as the author of novels, novellas, and award winning short stories.
Matt Nitchie
Matt Nitchie is a local Atlanta actor, puppeteer, and co-host for Dragon Con's own Late Night Puppet Slam.
Muscle Nerd Jerry Peacock
As co-founder of Muscle Nerdz, Jerry has been blending the worlds of nerddom and fitness since 2017. He works to promote fitness motivation and healthy living to everyone.
Trina L. Ray
Currently the deputy science manager and investigation scientist for the radar instrument on NASA's Europa Clipper Mission. She worked 20 years on Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn (specializing in Titan), and started her career working on Voyager. She is an active public speaker, invited to give many talks around the nation.

Announced: 04/17/2025

AnEternalEnigma
AnEternalEnigma is a long-time, successful gaming personality on the Internet. Starting as an original JustinTV streamer since August 2011, Enigma has now been a Twitch Partner for eight years.
Noah Bailey
Noah Bailey is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist. Bailey is known for his self published and independent work in Station Grand, Infinite Horrors, and Diabolical!; the latter his personal comic anthology magazine. He is a frequent collaborator with Michael W. Conrad on Double Walker and Tremor Dose.
Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan is a comic book artist, writer, and three-time Eisner winner. Best known for her work writing on Wonder Woman, Batgirls, and Gotham Academy, she was also the first female creator to draw a full issue of Batman. Most recently, she co-created the smash hit series SOMNA at DSTLRY.
Michael W Conrad
Michael W. Conrad is a writer that has contributed to the legacies of many major characters including: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Godzilla, Nightwing, Doom Patrol, and countless others. Conrad's own personal work includes such published graphic novels as Tremor Dose, Double Walker, and Neptune.
Christine Evans
Christine Evans is a Broadway wig and makeup professional. Having worked on such award winning shows as Frozen, Some Like it Hot, Suffs, Aladdin, and Moulin Rouge.
May Hemmer
May Hemmer has been making her way around the country as well as internationally. This 2017 Miss Montreal Burlesque is not only a burlesque performer, but a cosplayer.
Jam Tailor
Jam Tailor is a costumer, pattern maker, and sewing instructor specializing in stretch fabrics. As lead designer at Mister Pierre Fashion, they design for performers, AVN nominees, and stage productions.
Alyssa Wong
Alyssa Wong is a Nebula, GLAAD, and World Fantasy Award winning writer best known for their comic work at Marvel and DC. Wong's comic credits include Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Deadpool, Spirit World, Psylocke, and Captain Marvel. They most recently released their first prose novel, Star Wars: Espace from Valo.

Announced: 04/16/2025

Curtis Eller's American Circus
Curtis Eller is a banjo player and songwriter. With his band, The American Circus, he has cultivated a devoted international following based on spellbinding stage performances that combine a dreamlike vision of American history with explosive rock & roll energy. Their acclaimed new album Another Nice Mess is available now!
Ant Lucia
Very few alternate visions of established characters have captured the imaginations of fandom like the DC Comics Bombshells. When Ant Lucia unveiled his designs for such characters as Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Harley Quinn, and the rest in the series the popularity exploded!
Clint McElroy
Clint McElroy is a podcaster, comic book writer, and former radio personality known for The Adventure Zone, a role-playing podcast. He is also a four-time New York Times bestselling author for The Adventure Zone graphic novels and recently released the book, Goldie's Guide to Grandchilding, all from First Second.
Griffin McElroy
Griffin McElroy is a podcaster, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and actor known for The Adventure Zone, Wonderful!, and My Brother, My Brother and Me.
Justin McElroy
Justin McElroy is a podcaster, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and actor known for The Adventure Zone and My Brother, My Brother and Me.
Travis McElroy
Travis McElroy is a podcaster, actor, producer, humorist, and four-time New York Times bestselling author known for The Adventure Zone; My Brother, My Brother and Me; and Shmanners.
Aron Siegel
Aron Siegel is a producer and sound mixer whose work includes The Unwanted, Implanted, Thor: Ragnarok, DC's Black Lightning, Walking Dead, and Vampire Diaries.
S. M. Stirling
S.M. Stirling was born in France in 1953 and has lived in Europe, Canada, Africa, and Santa Fe. Stirling published his first novel Snowbrother in 1984. His latest books are To Turn the Tide and The Winds of Fate from Baen, and The Lords of Creation from Arc Manor.

Announced: 04/14/2025

Jessica Cail
Featured on NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists for her dual life as psychopharmacologist and stuntwoman, Dr. Cail serves as science advisor for Hollywood; including projects for Marvel, Disney, and Netflix.
Annie Stegg Gerard
Annie Stegg Gerard is an oil painter based in Northern Georgia, deeply inspired by the 18th-century Rococo masters. Her award winning art has been exhibited in galleries and featured in projects for clients such as Disney, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Easton Press, Netflix, HarperCollins, and more.
Justin Gerard
Justin Gerard is an independent artist who has worked for clients such as Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Blizzard, and Random House. His work has explored the fantasy worlds of Beowulf, King Arthur, St. George, The Hobbit, Magic the Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons.
Henry Gilroy
Henry Gilroy is a television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation. Gilroy is also the author of several Star Wars comic books and the first Bionicle trilogy.

Announced: 04/11/2025

David Boop
David Boop is an author, editor, and screenwriter. His novels include sci-fi/noir, weird western, and dark fantasy. He has written for Predator, The Green Hornet, Kolchak, Shadowrun, and Veronica Mars.
D.J. Butler
D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and he is now a senior editor for Ark Press.
Allen Slonaker
Allen Slonaker joined CPRI in 2007 and currently serves on CPRI's Board of Directors. Slonaker has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University.
John J Spearman
John Spearman is the award winning author of Mercenary Navy, Jonah Halberd, Perseverance Andrews, and Sandy Pike series of science fiction novels, and the FitzDuncan fantasy books.

Announced: 04/09/2025

Robert Chapin
Robert Chapin is a visual effects artist, fight choreographer, actor, writer, and director. He wrote and starred in Ring of Steel and The Hunted.
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson has been designing games for 45 years and has no plans to stop. His creations include Munchkin, Illuminati, the GURPS and The Fantasy Trip roleplaying systems, Ogre, Car Wars, and Zombie Dice. By the time you read this, he expects to live in Atlanta.
Jon Padfield
Dr. Jon Padfield is an engineer turned state representative, turned business professor. He teaches graduate courses in data analytics and is a long-time privacy / free speech advocate.
B. A. Richards
B.A. Richards is a transmasc author writing fantasy and romance, often at the same time! Their debut novel, A Happy Beginning, was released in Jan 2025 by City Owl Press.

Announced: 04/08/2025

William Hunter Cressall
Hunter is a writer and director working in Birmingham, Alabama. He, with his partners Brian Pace, David Woods, and Phil Sutton, run Obvious Notion a multimedia production company.
India R Jackson
Dr. India Jackson is an astrophysicist, software engineer, NSF postdoctoral fellow, and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in physics from Georgia State University.
C.B. Lee
C.B. Lee is an author of bestselling young adult and middle grade fiction including the NYT bestseller Minecraft:The Shipwreck.
Brett A McGuire
MIT Prof. Brett McGuire has a PhD in chemistry and has worked with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. His specially is astrochemistry.

Announced: 04/07/2025

Channing Scott Sherman
Channing Sherman, co-host of the Dragon Con Report podcast, is a digital media creator, journalist, and podcaster. He co-founded the Black Geeks of Dragon Con.

Announced: 04/04/2025

Andrew E.C. Gaska
Andrew E.C. Gaska is the multiple award winning lore/adventure writer for Free League's Alien RPG. A franchise consultant to 20th Century Studios on Alien, Predator, and POTA, he is the lead writer for two Choose Your Own Adventure graphic novels and the Terminator and Planet of the Apes RPGs.
T Kingfisher
T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon, is the author of more than 40 books, comics, and the occasional podcast. Her work has won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and Dragon Awards. She lives in New Mexico with her husband, cats, and chickens.

Announced: 04/03/2025

AshSaidHi
Ash is the queen of retro gaming. Think of her content's vibe as the Mr. Rogers of retro built for adults to reminisce in a familiar and comforting setting.
Rich Gatz
Rich Gatz is the vice president, head of cyber claims for Arch Insurance Group, Inc. and a cyber insurance and data privacy subject matter expert.
Luke Gygax
Luke Gygax is an Ennie Award winning designer, founder of Gary Con®(garycon.com), Gygax Ink, and the son of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) creator, Gary Gygax. He has authored numerous RPG products and two novels since retiring from the Army. He resides in Southern California with his family.
Tatiana Rice
Tatiana Rice is the director of AI Legislation at the Future of Privacy Forum. Her work focuses on the intersection of AI, data privacy, and civil rights/liberties.

Announced: 04/01/2025

A.C. Charania
As the former NASA chief technologist, A.C. Charania served as one of the senior advisors to NASA's administrator on technology strategy and innovation. He held prior roles at Reliable Robotics, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceWorks Enterprises.
Daniel Griffith
Daniel Griffith is an award winning documentary filmmaker whose previous work includes films by John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, Chris McKay, Seth MacFarlane, and David Lynch, to name a few.

Announced: 03/31/2025

James A. Hunter
James Hunter is a full-time ink slinger and the bestselling author of over 40 novels including Rogue Dungeon, Vigil Bound, Discount Dan, and the LitRPG epic Viridian Gate Online!
Allora Lee
Allora Lee is an independent author. She writes primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres, with a focus on tales that explore the psychological aspects of portal fantasies.
Ashley Poston
Ashley Poston is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip, and A Novel Love Story.
Ingrid Seymour
Ingrid Seymour is a USA Today bestselling author of 57 novels, specializing in fantasy romance, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. Her hit novel A Prince So Cruel gained viral success.
Kimberly Unger
Kimberly Unger created her first video game back when the 80-column card was the hot new thing. Unger is the Phillip K Dick award winning author of The Extractionist.

Announced: 03/28/2025

Bob Hall
For Marvel, Bob drew Spider-Man, Thor, What If, Squadron Supreme, The Avengers, and Emperor Doom. He co-created the West Coast Avengers. He was a Marvel editor in 1978. At Valiant, he wrote and drew Shadowman and created Armed and Dangerous. For DC, he wrote and drew Batman/Joker graphic novels.
Gabriel Perez
Gabriel Perez is the composer and audio engineer for the Quid Pro Roll podcast and lead narrative and sound designer for the Heartlands Arena VR-RPG.
Omisade Richardson
Dr. Chateé Omísadé Richardson is a healer, educator, educational/counseling psychologist, and a growth facilitator. She is also an author, keynote speaker, and panelist.
B. Dave D Walters
B. Dave Walters is best known as host and DM of Invitation to Party on G4 TV, and DM for the cast of Stranger Things on Netflix Geeked. He is a contributor to the Marvel Multiverse RPG: The Cataclysm of Kang, and X-men Expansion, Dungeons & Dragons, and Vampire: The Masquerade.

Announced: 03/27/2025

Dust Bowl Faeries
Dust Bowl Faeries, accordion-driven dark carnival music. Dust Bowl Faeries perform a faerie-tale fusion of dark cabaret and gothic polka music, infused with a dose of witchcraft and a dusting of woodland magic.
Kris Kersey
Kris Kersey is a passionate maker and cosplayer who shares his knowledge on 3D printing and maker projects through his YouTube channels, Kersey Fabrications and The OASIS Project.
Sean M Patton
Sean Michael Patton is a principal for SMP Designs. He has designed over 40 stage productions, eight short films, five features, and specializes in pieces for film, television, and media.
Anne Schlea
Anne Schlea writes two series: The Retribution Universe and The Fallen. She enjoys blending true history into urban fantasy to create a dynamic world for her readers to step into.
Jesse A Trotter
Solar Wolf Cosplay is an award winning cosplayer and has been published in several cosplay magazines such as Cosplay Realms. His work has been in several cosplay showcases.

Announced: 03/26/2025

Kinnfolk
Feel-good Celtic folk for all! We play Irish traditional tunes and Celtic folk songs, tied together with plenty of on-stage banter. Audiences are encouraged to sing along with sea shanties or stand up and tap their toes! We have performed at Renaissance Faires, Celtic festivals, and plenty of rowdy taprooms.
Chonkey Kong
Tristan Gibbon is a founding member of the evergreen comedy show Botched: A D&D Podcast. He also produces the D&D one-shot podcast Dragon Night Adventure Friends.
David McRaney
David McRaney is a journalist fascinated with brains, minds, and culture. He created the ongoing podcast You Are Not So Smart, and his most recent book, How Minds Change.

Announced: 03/25/2025

Matthew J. Brown
Matthew Brown, PhD, is a scholar of comics and pop culture. He is co-editor of More Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods and has organized panels at Dragon Con.
Brian Brushwood
Brian Brushwood has spent 20 years touring the U. S. with his award winning magic show. 1,000 live shows later in 2008, he started hosting Scam School for Discovery, Hacking the System for NatGeo, and The Modern Rogue on YouTube. Brushwood's newest adventure is his podcast World's Greatest Con.
Sean Copeland
Sean Copeland is the lore historian lead for Story & Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He supports all creative partners so they can create award winning games, goods, and cinematic content for Blizzard's blockbuster franchises.
Bill Fawcett
Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged and edited over 400 science fiction novels and two oral histories of the Navy SEALs. He co-authored the official Mycroft Holmes Mysteries and has written almost a dozen books, many on mistakes in history. Founded Mayfair Games and designs board and computer games.
Storm Humbert
Storm Humbert has published in Andromeda Spaceways, Galaxy's Edge, Writers of the Future, and more. He is the managing member of the Calendar of Fools and executive editor of Dragonbrae.
Chris A. Jackson
Professional sailor, SFF fan, career biologist, gamer, and author, Chris's game tie-in work includes Pathfinder, Iron Kingdoms, Shadowrun, Arkham Horror, and Traveller RPGs. He has over 30 novels in print.
Jeffrey Nix
A fantasy author, scientist, and national champion martial artist with a master's degree in applied psychology, Jeffrey Nix writes the web serial, Alias & Apocalypses.
Rose Reynolds
Rose Reynolds has published 34 novels under the pen names TJ Reynolds and Atlas Kane. A trans woman and combat veteran, she is home in the progression fantasy/LitRPG communities.
Ryan T Rimmel
Ryan Rimmel is the author of the Mayor of Noobtown LitRPG series, several series of LitRPG books in publication including Sir Crabby, Fifth Era, Sword of Justice, and more.
Jeri Red Shepherd
Red is a 15-time #1 international bestselling, award winning author. With over 125 titles across fiction, TTRPGs, and nonfiction, her work spans Gaxx Worx, Legends of Avantris, Gundak, DCC, and more.
Charles Zambrano
Charles Zambrano is a Emmy award winning multifaceted artist specializing in make up face paint, body paint special effects for live events, television, and film. Zambrano partakes in cosplaying through aspects of creating face and body paint looks for other performers and cosplayers as well.

Announced: 03/24/2025

Curt Anderson
Curt Anderson is a master of deception, both on and off stage! He has toured the world preforming magic for decades. Recently he returned to the academic world of communication where he studies communication and human deception. He has a master's degree and is presently working on his PhD.
Griffin Barber
Griffin has written stories across the SF&F field and has recently become an editor at Baen Books, producing the Baen Free Radio Hour.
Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett is an author, script supervisor, and film producer. He has seven novels in print and produced two motion pictures and two documentaries.
Jonathan Brazee
Jonathan Brazee is a retired Marine colonel, a full-time hybrid writer, and a USA Today bestseller. He is the current Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association's CFO.
Jennie Breeden
Jennie Breeden is the creator of the daily journal webcomic The Devil's Panties. It is not satanic porn... honest.
Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Nurse Downey
The Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Center and nurse character was created in 2002 by Margaret Downey to teach critical thinking skills in an effort to end unfounded and irrational superstitions. Downey is the Skeptics Dragon Con parade coordinator.
KD Edwards
K.D. lives in North Carolina and writes LGBT+-positive urban fantasy for Pyr books and Audible. He is the author of a planned nine book series called The Tarot Sequence.
Susan Griffith
Susan Griffith is the co-author of fantasy fiction with her husband, Clay, including the Vampire Empire series, the Crown & Key trilogy, and The Flash and Arrow team-up. She is a comic book writer for characters such as The Tick, The Simpsons, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
Jeff Hays
Jeff Hays is a voice actor with tremendous range, a producer and narrator of over 200 audiobooks, a musician and composer, and founding CEO of Soundbooth Theater.
Madaug Hishinuma
Intense gamer, former teacher, and current mastermind of all around mayhem, Madaug Hishinuma first started writing in grade school. His current series include: Shadow Wars, Space Sovereign, and Sherrilyn's Worlds.
Omega Jones
Omega Jones is an actor, tabletop GM, designer, streamer, and host. He has worked with companies including Wizards of the Coast and World of Darkness and created the theme song for Critter Hug, a Critical Role talk show. Recent credits include Heroes' Feast and Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
Alec Lachman
Alec Lachman, aka AlecTheBard, is a professional game master, TTRPG designer, and content creator with 400K followers across platforms. A celebrity DM for D3atSea and D&D in a Castle, Lachman crafts unforgettable adventures while engaging a vast online audience.
K. N. Lee
K.N. Lee is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of epic fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. She is also the host of Needed on Set.
Mari Mancusi
Mari Mancusi is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 30 sci-fi/fantasy books for kids, teens, and adults, including many Disney tie-in books.
Morgan A. McLaughlin McFarland
Morgan A. McLaughlin McFarland, MAPW, owns Salt Circle Games, publisher of the horror RPG Chill 3rd Edition. She is also a published fiction, nonfiction, and TTRPG author.
Mikal Mosley
Mikal Mosley is an avid convention goer and costume designer. He has presented at several major conventions over the past 10 years, such as Dragon Con, MomoCon, and San Diego Comic Con. His professional costume credits include building costumes for the WWE, NFL, and various tv shows.
Lezli Robyn
Lezli Robyn is an award winning author and executive editor/associate publisher of Arc Manor and its imprints. She is the current editor of the Galaxy's Edge anthology series.
Mera Rose
Mera Rose is a professional production designer and costumer, a disabilities advocate, podcaster/streamer, the president of CosInternational, and former vice president and president of the International Costumers' Guild.
Anne Sowards
Anne Sowards is an executive editor at Penguin Random House, where she primarily acquires and edits fantasy and speculative fiction for the Ace and Berkley imprints. The talented authors she works with include New York Times bestsellers Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, and Louis Sachar.
Toni Weisskopf
Toni Weisskopf has been the publisher of Baen Books since 2006. Weisskopf has been a guest speaker at many writers workshops and science fiction conventions across the country. She is also interested in space science and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Interstellar Research Group.
Mark Daniel Zoran
Mark Zoran is the award winning creative behind Razorfly Studios Inc, providing picture perfect custom service to private collectors and the industry alike.

Announced: 03/21/2025

Tracie Ching
Tracie Ching is an illustrator known for her bold colors and cross-hatching style. Ching has created packaging art for Hasbro, covers for Penguin Randomhouse and TIME magazine, and film posters for Disney, Netflix, Lucasfilm, and Marvel. She is founder and principal mentor of the biennial We Create Mentorship program.
Kathleen O'Shea David
Kathleen O'Shea David started working with puppets at a young age. Along the way she has learned few more skills. Her puppets are in various collections. She is an equity stage manager with an MFA from Yale. She is a published writer and editor of various works.
Dan dos Santos
Creating covers for Brandon Sanderson, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, and more, Dan dos Santos is one of the most recognized artists in his field. With hundreds of book covers to his credit, his vision has helped shape what the Fantasy market is today.
Jennifer J Greco
Jennifer Greco is an astronomer turned science educator. She works as a member of the science faculty and the STEM coordinator at St. Ursula Academy.
Marissa Pope
Marissa Pope is a traditional medium comic book cover artist that has worked in the industry for five years. She has worked with a variety of publishers such as Coffin Comics, Zenescope, Udon, and many other indie publishers.
Mandisa Lateefah Thomas
Mandisa Thomas is the founder and president of Black Nonbelievers. She has been featured in the documentaries gODTalk and Contradiction, and on CBS Sunday Morning and CNN.com.
Brian Urbanek
Brian Urbanek has worked in the games industry as an designer, engineer, and team leader for 30 years. His best known works include Call of Duty and XCom2.
Toma Vagner
Toma Vagner is an award winning NYC-based artist and illustrator. Vagner is known for creating tour visuals for Harry Styles worldwide tour in 2018, as well as her series of illustrations Disorders. Clients include Google, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, LUSH, Red Bull, and others.

Announced: 03/20/2025

Tana Ford
Tana Ford is the artist on Marvel's Silk. She has done work on Gwenpool, Star Trek, Jem and the Holograms, VenomVerse, and The Amazing Spider-Man. She is the creator of the award winning lesbian comic book series DUCK! She recently collaborated with writer Nnedi Okorafor in the Black Panther universe.
Barr Foxx
Barr Foxx (JaBarr) is an award winning cosplay artist and television/film producer whose passion for storytelling and inclusivity has left an indelible mark.
Ian Harris
Writer, director, and comedian Ian Harris is known for his spot on impressions and cutting-edge, socio-political commentary fueled by science and skepticism. He has two one-hour comedy specials, ExtraOrdinary and Critical & Thinking. Harris is currently finishing a feature film he wrote and directed, called StandBy.
Dennis Lee Robinson
Dennis is the one of the creators and the DM behind Botched: A D&D Podcast. He is also the writer/creator behind the award winning graphic novel series Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey.
Scott Sigler
#1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler is the creator of 15 novels, six novellas, and dozens of short stories. He gives away his stories as weekly, serialized audiobooks, with over 40 million episodes downloaded.

Announced: 03/17/2025

Mike Crugnola
Mike Crugnola can be seen on the D&D live play podcast Adventure Incorporated, on Ask the Pokedexpert, and on Twitch as a host on Swoontower Soccer and InAddition.
Dean's Lyst
Walter Dean is an Atlanta-based specialty costume designer who works under the business name of Dean's Lyst. Dean has been featured in several publications as a rising designer.
John Giang
John Giang is an acclaimed cover and concept artist, whose covers include: Spider-Man, Batman, and Last Ronin; and film credits include: Rogue One, Avengers, TMNT, and Transformers. Giang has jammed with Marvel, DC Comics, Paramount, Disney, Lucasfilm, and Hasbro.
Matthew Lane
Matt Lane supports Fight's campaigns directly on the hill and is an expert on tech policy and multilayered legal matters that directly touch people's lives.

Announced: 03/14/2025

Pamela Cole
Pamela Cole is a costumier who graduated from Goodman Theater in Chicago over 50 years ago and continues to work with dance, opera, movies, museums, reenactors, in the Atlanta area.
Ron Daniels
Ron Daniels is a respected attorney in middle Georgia. He served as the 76th president of the Young Lawyer's Division of the State Bar of Georgia.
Dwayne K. Goetzel
Dwayne Goetzel is an intellectual property lawyer located in Austin, handling copyright, trademark, domain names, contracts, personality rights, and licensing matters, as well as trial work for those subjects.
Fruity Snacks
Fruity Snacks is an instructional designer who owns the Eorzean Aquarium and Eorzean Museum Network, and has a YouTube channel for teaching how to catch fish in Final Fantasy XIV.

Announced: 03/13/2025

Dr. John Bradford
Dr. John Bradford is chief executive officer and principal engineer for SpaceWorks Enterprises in Atlanta. He is an expert in the human exploration of space, hypersonics, and the commercial space industry. He is an industry thought leader and strong advocate for commercial development of cis-lunar space.
Meredith Filak Rose
Meredith Rose, a senior policy counsel at Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy organization in Washington, DC, where she focuses on tech, copyright, fandom, and music, is also a SFFH author.
Spat
Spat Oktan of SpatCave Studios is an FX makeup artist, costume/prop maker, and author known for his MOBCon book series, his crazy costumes, and makeup effects.

Announced: 03/10/2025

Jerry E DeCaire
Jerry DeCaire has illustrated top shelf character titles for Marvel including Deadpool, Wolverine, Thor, etc. He is currently working on his own production, The Which-When Man. For 10 years he has performed drawing exhibitions in every major city in the US.
Jason Keith
Jason Keith is an Eisner Award nominated color artist, who for the past 15 years has colored exclusively for Marvel Comics. Credits include The Avengers, Hulk, Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man, Mighty Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghost Rider, Ultimate Avengers, Star Wars, and Darth Vader.
Sorah Suhng
Sorah Suhng has been a contributing artist to the comic book industry since 2007. She is owner and creator of Karnal Sin and the popular Karnal Confessions series as well as the Aurora comic book series .

Announced: 03/05/2025

Andrew Burn
Andrew Burn is an award winning film director known for the sci-fi indie blockbuster Venus Effect and has worked on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, MacGyver, and more.
Daniel Govar
Daniel Govar is a comic, children's book, and fantasy artist known for covers and interiors (Star Wars, Marvel, DC, etc). Currently Govar is the illustrator for Naomi Novik's three-book Temeraire omnibus, artist for various Star Wars card sets for Topps, and is doing illustrations for the World of Eragon.
Dot R Steverson
Dot is a podcaster, producer, digital storyteller, and game designer based in Atlanta. Currently, she serves as the marketing director for Kobold Press.
Uploads of Fun
Uploads of Fun is known for their off-beat family comedy videos. Their mission is to build a community for all people through laughter. With an audience of over 11 million across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook, Uploads of Fun shows the world that fun is a language we all speak!
Adam Withers
Comfort and Adam are a creative duo who both write, draw, and design. They are the creators of The Uniques and Rainbow in the Dark. They also wrote a massive how-to book for Random House called The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics.

Announced: 03/04/2025

Veronica Dashiell
Veronica Dashiell is half of the husband and wife puppetry team Felt Nerdy. They have been performing at conventions and local theatres across the Southeast for over 10 years together.
Charles Kelso
Charles Kelso is half of the husband and wife puppetry team of Felt Nerdy. They have been performing together for over 10 years at conventions across the Southeast.

Announced: 03/03/2025

Brian Doob
Brian Doob has been a co-host of the British Invaders podcast about British television since 2007.
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman is a scientist and artist exploring intersections between art and environmentalism, and also an actor, director, and writer in the theatre community, co-founding the Atlanta Green Theatre Alliance.
Matthew Douglas Green
With 39 years of film production experience to his credit, Matt Green has navigated his way through a multiplicity of disciplines vital to the art of filmmaking – special effects, visual effects, production design, propmaker, camera operator, actor, writer, producer, editor, and director.
Liana Kangas
Liana Kangas, comic artist and writer, has worked on titles such as Star Wars Adventures, RAZORBLADES, Tyranny Rex & Future Shocks, Joan Jett, Blondie & RZA, with many more announcements to come. They have drawn original titles for TRVE KVLT, She Said Destroy, and co-wrote Seeds of Eden.
Comfort Love
Comfort and Adam are a creative duo who both write, draw, and design. They are the creators of The Uniques and Rainbow in the Dark. They also wrote a massive how-to book for Random House called The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics.

Announced: 02/28/2025

Nicole Vanner
Black Girls Anime is a platform celebrating Black girls who love anime, offering news, reviews, and entertainment that highlights their unique experiences.

Announced: 02/27/2025

Francine (Fran) Delgado
Francine Delgado is a Costa Rican-Canadian artist with over a decade of experience. Art director, character designer, and cover artist, she has worked with MARVEL, Disney, and IDW. Inspired by manga and European comics, her bold storytelling and intricate designs bring characters to life in feature films, TV, and comics.
Christian Hubicki
Dr. Christian Hubicki is a robotics research scientist, lab director, tenured professor, and castaway on CBS' Survivor: David vs. Goliath. His lab's research focuses on robots that walk and run.
Audrey Martin
Dr. Audrey Martin is a planetary scientist who studies the composition of asteroids and is a collaborator on NASA's Lucy mission. She is also a Walkabout the Galaxy podcast co-host!
Jason Metcalf
Jason Metcalf is a comic book artist known for his dynamic linework and detailed illustrations. With credits at publishers like DC, IDW, Valiant, and Zenescope, he has brought iconic characters to life. His work blends classic and modern styles, making him a sought-after talent for covers, interiors, and concept art.
Tina Hesman Saey
Tina Hesman Saey is a senior writer covering molecular biology for Science News magazine. She has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and a masters degree in science journalism.
Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn is the author of 16 Star Wars novels, the Cobra, Quadrail, Sibyl's War, and Dragonback series, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, The Icarus Twin, The Icarus Job, and A Call to Insurrection (with David Weber and Thomas Pope). Upcoming books: The Icarus Changeling and The Icarus Needle.

Announced: 02/26/2025

Larry Flaxman
Larry Flaxman is a bestselling author, paranormal theorist, and pioneer blending fringe science with human consciousness. With groundbreaking research, including quantum physics and EEG studies, he explores reality's mysteries.

Announced: 02/25/2025

Fon H Davis
Fon Davis appears on BattleBots, The Movies that Made Us, Prop Culture, Cake Masters, and Superfan Builds. He has worked on over 45 feature films including The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Star Wars series. More recently, Davis has been directing shorts and worked on Godzilla, The Mandalorian, and Interstellar.
Jon Moore
Jon Moore is a producer and award winning prosthetic make up artist with 20+ years experience in film and television. Credits include Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Captain America: The First Avenger, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, and The Witcher.
Ernie Silverberg
Ernie Silverberg, a lifelong tinkerer, found his ultimate passion in pinball. Combining mechanical, electrical, and design skills, he has built five custom machines, including League of Legends and Vox Machina.

Announced: 02/24/2025

Bethany Brookshire
Bethany Brookshire is an award winning science writer and former neuroscientist. She is the author of the book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains.
Raychelle Burks
Dr. Raychelle Burks is a forensic chemist by day, a true crime writer at night, and a fandom scientist 24/7.
Wendy Carson
Wendy Carson, founder of the Chattanooga Vintage Dancers, teaches sewing, hair and makeup, dance, history, and etiquette workshops from the late 1700's to the 1960's.
Jamie Chambers
Jamie Chambers is a tabletop game designer, podcaster, and the creator of the Cortex System RPG. His work on tabletop games including Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, and Dragonlance.
Ryan Crissey
The MuscleNerdz host with the most. You have seen him on social media, with his Superman cosplays and nerd traps. Ryan Crissey is back to bring you an amazing showdown!
Ryan Kelly
Ryan Kelly is a stand up comedian, cyber crime fighting, history dork that uses the power of social media to make millions laugh everyday.
Naomi "Nao" Romero
Naomi Romero is a character designer for animation and illustrator for children's literature. They have worked for DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Sesame Workshop, Illumination Studios, Hasbro, Spin Master, and more. Romero is the current artist for the new baby dragon plush for Dragon Con.
Kim Steadman
Kim Steadman is a systems engineer working in the space industry with over 26 years of experience in spacecraft operations. Currently she is a surface mission planner for the Dragonfly Mission to Titan. She has also worked on Opportunity, Curiosity, Cassini, and Perseverance.

Announced: 02/21/2025

Faydra Black
Faydra Black is a content creator, community builder, and frequent convention moderator/panelist. She is involved with several organizations helping to enrich the livestream community, including Stream Atlanta & Momocon.

Announced: 02/20/2025

Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris has been published since 1981. Her works vary from conventional mystery to urban fantasy to alternate American history. She has been the recipient of the ThrillerMaster Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic, and the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America. She is still standing.
Sarah Madsen
Sarah Madsen is an author and TTRPG designer. She has contributed to projects from Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, Draco Studios, Ghostfire Gaming, Cubicle 7, and others.
Rachel McNeal
Rachel McNeal is a PhD candidate who specializes in insect-microbe interactions at decomposition with applications in forensic entomology. Her other passions have emphasis on education and public outreach.
Rilo W Ward
Rilo W. Ward is a podcaster who hosts Guild of Calamitous Podcasts, centered around The Venture Bros; as well as a writer for the [adult swim] news website adultswimcentral.com.

Announced: 02/17/2025

Ryan A Consell
Ryan Consell is an engineering professor, costumer, prop maker, and author with particular expertise in engineering science with research focused on composite materials and bicycle destruction.
VivSai Sayborivong
Award winning cosplayer with over a decade of experience, she specializes in intricate armor designs and fabric work. A passionate educator, she leads workshops on Worbla and LEDs.
Sean H Taylor
Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books. He has written for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network.
Marie Vibbert
Hugo and Nebula nominee Marie Vibbert's short fiction has appeared in Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld. Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long-listed by the British Science Fiction Award.
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson IV is a comic artist and illustrator living in Dallas, TX. He is the co-creator and artist of Heartthrob at Oni Press with writer Christopher Sebela and colorist Nick Filardi. He also co-created Knuckleheads at IDW / Monkeybrain with Brian Winkeler and Like A Virus with Ken Lowery.

Announced: 02/14/2025

H.C. Warner
H. C. Warner has worked extensively over 30 years in the mediums of painting, print design, screen printing, murals, commercial exterior, interior conceptualization and design, sculpture, and film. Aside from his painting/sculpture compositions, Warner curated and installed the first Dragon Con Comics and Pop Art Show 20 years ago.

Announced: 02/12/2025

Roy A Richardson
Roy Richardson has worked for all the major publishers. Currently, he is the inker of the new sci-fi series Captain Ginger from Ahoy Comics. He is also the inker/letter/colorist for the Mary Worth comic strip, over his wife June Brigman's pencils.

Announced: 02/11/2025

April Billingsley
Award winning actress seen in Resurrection, Last Vegas, The Dark Red, Will Trent, A Man in Full, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and upcoming films Elijah Peel and The Juggler.
Steffi Diem
Steffi Diem, PhD in plasma physics, is a nuclear engineering professor, fusion scientist, and technical consultant for The Science & Entertainment Exchange at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Andrew Karl Hirsch
Andrew Hirsch is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Hirsch's group studies high-assurance programming, security, logic, and programming-language design.
Alix Oliver
Alix Oliver is an award winning writer, producer, and director in the tv and film industry.
Merle S Robinson
Retired DoD analyst, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and lead designer for National Security Decision Making Game (geopolitical live-action role-play). Outreach director - Connections USA and co-founder of Connections Online.

Announced: 02/06/2025

Jonathan Chaffin
Jonathan Chaffin is a designer who loves horror-literature, pop culture, and Polynesian pop art. He has done merch and design for Hooters of America, Netherworld Haunted House, Rumba Seattle, and more. He, his wife Allison, and incredible volunteers produce Inuhele: Atlanta's Tiki Weekend and The Atlanta Tiki Homebar Tour.
Leanna Renee Hieber
Actress, playwright, ghost tour guide, and author for Tor and Kensington, her Strangely Beautiful saga won awards and her nonfiction, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist. She has been featured on Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown.

Announced: 02/05/2025

Mary Abreu
Mary Abreu is a film and television costume fabricator with IATSE Local 479, with credits on a variety of big-budget, indie, and streaming productions, and has authored several books.
Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous X-Men series for Marvel Comics, various DC Comics (Teen Titans, Superman), and comics for other publishers, including the Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series by Papercutz or Fathom by Aspen MLT.

Announced: 02/04/2025

Dave Baker
Dave Baker is an Eisner nominated writer/illustrator. His works include Star Trek Voyager: Seven's Reckoning (IDW), Forest Hills Bootleg Society (Simon and Shuster), Mary Tyler MooreHawk (Top Shelf), Night Hunters (Floating World), and Everyone Is Tulip (Dark Horse). He has also worked on Godzilla and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Announced: 02/03/2025

Becky Albertalli
Becky Albertalli is the award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of YA fiction, including Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Imogen, Obviously, and Amelia, If Only.
Nat Cassidy
Nat Cassidy is the author of acclaimed horror novels including Mary, Nestlings, and When the Wolf Comes Home, and numerous off-off-Broadway plays.
Cinda Williams Chima
New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima writes fantasy stories for teens of all ages, including The Heir Chronicles, The Seven Realms quartet, and The Shattered Realms series. Her newest duology, The Runestone Saga, marries Norse mythology and witchcraft with swordplay (axeplay?) romance and cut-throat politics.
Sophia Corde
Sophia Corde is a marine biologist and social scientist studying marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico. She has studied manatees, African elephants, marine iguanas, and green sea turtles.
Tyler Desjardins
Tyler Desjardins is an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working on NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. His research background includes galaxies and supermassive black holes.
Alicia Fox-Lenz
Alicia Fox-Lenz is co-host of Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast, a steward of the Mythopoeic Society, and scholar interested in studying Tolkien through a cultural studies lens.
Stephan Franck
Award nominated animator/writer/director/comic book creator, who supervised the animation of Marvel Studio's What If...? season 1, and is currently directing new episodes. He was a supervising animator on the The Iron Giant, and contributed story to Despicable Me. His graphic novel earned a Russ Manning Award.
Lucas Hernandez
Lucas Hernandez is the education coordinator at the South Carolina Aquarium. He is also a member of the Sprites of Life podcast, that discusses what games can teach us.
Christina Nicole Kieffer
Dr. Christina Kieffer holds a PhD (biology/ecology) and over 15 years experience in the paranormal. As a researcher, having backgrounds in climate change, ghosts, UFOs, and cryptids.
Scott Macmann
U.S. Army veteran Scott Macmann writes, edits, and publishes a range of speculative fiction as executive editor of Dragon Street Press. He is current president of the Cincinnati Fiction Writers.
Stephanie Mirro
Stephanie Mirro writes bold, adventurous fantasy for readers who love a little heat with their heartbreak—and maybe a splash of chaos.

Announced: 01/31/2025

Tracie Hearne
Tracie "Miss Magitek" is an award winning tabletop RPG content creator who runs an online community called MagiRPG. She is the storyteller for a Vampire the Masquerade series, Ancestral Blood.
Tini Howard
Tini Howard is a comic book writer and swamp witch from the Carolina Wilds. Currently, she writes Euthanauts, Assassinistas (with Gilbert Hernandez), and Hack/Slash: Resurrection, with occasional stories for two of her favorite things: Rick and Morty and WWE. Previous work includes Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink and The Skeptics.
Travis Scott Merrill
Travis Scott Merrill currently works as a specialty costumer and break down artist with IATSE local 479. He has worked on some of the biggest budget movies in the world. You can see his art in professional theater, television, and blockbuster movies.
James Silvani
James Silvani is a writer and Disney Comics artist best known for his work on Darkwing Duck. Silvani's latest work is Pirates: A Graphic History.

Announced: 01/30/2025

Todd Fahnestock
Todd Fahnestock is an award winning, #1 bestselling author of fantasy for all ages and winner of the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age Award.

Announced: 01/28/2025

June Brigman
June Brigman has enjoyed a long and varied career as a cartoonist, drawing such comic book titles as Alpha Flight, Supergirl, and Star Wars. She is the co-creator (with Louise Simonson) of the Power Pack series from Marvel Comics.
Charles E. Gannon
Dr. Charles E. Gannon‘s 25+ bestselling books have won the Dragon, ALA Choice, and Compton Crook Awards. He is best known for the hard sci-fi Caine Riordan series (4 Nebula and 2 Dragon finalists) and the Vortex of Worlds epic fantasy saga (the most recent was a 2023 Dragon finalist).
Cheralyn Lambeth
Cheralyn "Cher" Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder, whose work includes films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Hunger Games), television (Dinosaurs!, Homeland), live properties (Star Trek: The Experience, Avenue Q), video games (Fortnite: Battle Royale), and books (Haunted Theaters of the Carolinas, Introduction to Puppetry Arts).

Announced: 01/27/2025

Ryan Cahill
Ryan Cahill is the award winning author of the bestselling epic fantasy series The Bound and the Broken.
Lipwei Chang
Lipwei Chang is a comic artist and illustrator from Malaysia. He has been actively involved in several projects of illustrations and comic pages, with his comic art style.
Richard J Estep
Appearing on numerous TV shows and the author of 36 books, Richard Estep writes and presents on topics ranging from the paranormal, true crime, history, and writing/publishing.
Scott Fleming
Dr. Scott W. Fleming is an astrophysicist who studies exoplanets and stars of all kinds. His team supports the archive of data from missions including Hubble, JWST, TESS, and Roman.
Andrew Lee Griffith
Andrew Lee Griffith is a pop culture artist best known for his stints as the lead artist on books such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Micronauts. He is currently working on Godzilla and the creator-owned comic SIGNA, as well as Magic the Gathering.
Clay Shepard Griffith
Clay Griffith is the co-author of fantasy fiction with his wife, Susan, including the Vampire Empire series, the Crown & Key trilogy, and The Flash and Arrow. He is a comic book writer for characters such as The Tick, The Simpsons, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
Eunice Ibama
Eunice Ibama is CEO of Black Girls Anime, which is a platform celebrating Black girls who love anime, offering news, reviews, and entertainment that highlights their unique experiences.
M. A. Rothman
USA Today bestselling author, M.A. Rothman, has a strong background in science and math. His writing spans the genres of science fiction, techno-thriller, and his unique spin on epic fantasy.
Darcy Staniforth
Darcy Staniforth is a scholar, writer, performer, and paranormal investigator. Research areas include race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, ideals and institutions, and death, dying, and grief in American culture.

Announced: 01/25/2025

Barrett S Caldwell
Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD is professor of industrial engineering, aeronautics, and astronautics at Purdue. His PhD is in social psychology (UC Davis) with BS degrees in aero/astro and humanities (MIT).
Joe Corroney
Joe Corroney has been illustrating Star Wars artwork for Disney and Lucasfilm and Star Trek artwork for CBS Studios since 1997, as well as a host of other properties. New Star Wars artwork and various other licensees are in the works for publication later this year.
Ernest Dempsey
Ernest Dempsey is a USA Today bestselling author of archaeological thrillers and urban fantasy with over 55 books published since 2011.
Kenneth Hite
Kenneth Hite has written 100+ TTRPGs, including Trail of Cthulhu, The Dracula Dossier, Bubblegumshoe, and Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. Half of the multiple-award winning podcast Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, he lives in Chicago with two cats and his wife, Sheila.
Bill Holbrook
Bill Holbrook is the creator of three daily comic strips: On the Fastrack seen through the eyes of Dethany, the corporate Goth. Safe Havens is a science fiction fantasy set in a genetics lab. In 1995 he began a strip called Kevin & Kell, the internet's longest running daily webcomic.
Mike Kunkel
Mike Kunkel is a cartoonist known, among other things, for his work on Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and for his creator-owned Herobear and the Kid, for which he has won two Eisner awards.
Amy Mebberson
Comic artist and toy designer for Disney and Hasbro. Best known for Disney Princess and My LittlePony comics. Also the creator of viral Disney fancomic Pocket Princesses.

Announced: 01/23/2025

Richard J Chwedyk
Nebula winner, Hugo, Rhysling, and Sturgeon Award nominee, Richard Chwedyk currently teaches various writing and lit courses at Columbia College Chicago and is best known for his Saur series.
Vandiver Elizabeth Glenn
Vandy Beth Glenn is a comedian, screenwriter, director, public speaker, and civil rights pioneer. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Georgia.
Nicoli Gonnella
Nicoli Gonnella is the author of the internationally bestselling fantasy LitRPG epic, Unbound.
Dakota Krout
Dakota Krout is an internationally bestselling author of fantasy and LitRPG with over 50 titles in his Completionist Chronicles, Divine Dungeon, Full Murderhobo, and Cooking with Disaster series.
Creees Lee
Creees Lee is a variant cover artist and is the interior artist for Black Mask's Lab Raider. He has worked for Image, Dynamite, and Chapterhouse Comics.
Casey Moores
Casey Moores is an award winning author of military sci-fi, historical fiction, and fantasy, and is a USAF Academy graduate who spent 17 years as a rescue/special ops C-130 pilot.
Mark Robert NeCamp Jr
Mark NeCamp, Jr. is an author, teacher, public speaker, and modern student of the occult. He has been the “paranormal adviser” for the indie horror flick The Circle.
Melissa Olthoff
Melissa Olthoff is a sci-fi and fantasy author, a military veteran, is published by Baen Books and CKP, and is best known for sneaking romance into everything she writes.
Jen Lil' Bit Schleusner
Jen Schleusner, aka Lil Bit, has been a Dragon Con staple since 2010, a co-host and producer of the Dragon Con Report, ESO Network board member, and digital media creator.
Trisha J. Wooldridge
Trisha J. Wooldridge (child-friendly T.J. Wooldridge), is an award winning pan-genre, pan-media, chaos word witch specializing in diverse dark fantasy and horror.

Announced: 01/22/2025

Matthew Jarrett
Matthew Jarrett is an operations engineer specializing in new product introduction. He has experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, quality engineering, and continuous improvement in multiple industries.
Phillip Pournelle
Phillip Pournelle is a science fiction author, war game designer, operations analyst, and military strategist. He has published several short stories for Baen and contributed to the latest Janissaries novel.

Announced: 01/21/2025

Paul B Currie
Dr. Paul Currie is a health science administrator and recovering biology and chemistry professor. He has given numerous talks on the use of pop culture in teaching.
Matt Frank
Matt Frank is known in both Japan and America as the "Kaiju King," working on Godzilla comics for IDW since 2011. Frank has also worked on Ultraman, Gamera, Power Rangers, Transformers, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, as well as pinball machines, Blu-Ray releases, and more!
Kevin Grazier
Kevin Grazier Ph.D. is a planetary physicist and was a scientist on the Cassini Mission to Saturn team. He has served as the science advisor for several television series and feature films and is the co-author of the Hollyweird Science series of books.
James C Mulligan
James Mulligan has been a Disney artist for over two decades, with properties featuring everything from the classics to recent favorite Frozen. His design, fine art, and gallery work includes Playboy, Coca-Cola, Fox, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, the Chuck Jones family, Marvel, DC, Lexus, and the Elvis Presley Estate.
Erin Nichole Taylor
Erin Taylor is a licensed mental health therapist and paranormal investigator. She has written five nonfiction paranormal books, and her current work is expected to be published in Fall 2025.

Announced: 01/17/2025

Tony P Henderson
Tony P. Henderson is a moderator, podcaster, and voice over artist known for the Tony P. Oddcast, In Addition, and Geek Vs podcasts.

Announced: 01/16/2025

James Osiris Baldwin
Dragon Award nominated James Osiris Baldwin writes expansive LitRPG and science-fantasy. He is the author of the bestselling Archemi Online Chronicles, the Brute Force series, and the upcoming Voidhunter series.
Aaron D Colgrove
Aaron Colgrove has been a member of the Center for Paranormal Research and Investigation since 2020. Colgrove has 12 years of experience as a computational archaeologist.
Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan is a historian, researcher, and educator. He has been part of the Atlanta area paranormal community since 2008. He is also a podcaster and vlogger.
Valerie Willis
Valerie Willis is a book designer and award winning fantasy romance author. Works include Writer's Bane series, The Cedric Series, and more as V.C. Willis and Honey Cummings.

Announced: 01/15/2025

Jarrod C Alberich
Independent comic book creator. Creator/writer of Hamilton vs. Burr: A Werewolf Tale. Published comic writer for Z2 Comics. Trading card artist for Marvel Comics & Upper Deck Trading Cards. Cover artist & inker for White Rocket Books. US Air Force combat veteran.
Sean Anderson
Sean is a professional opera singer, storyteller with Storyteller's Forge, and runs the award winning podcast Echoes of Krynn and the Twitch stream Severed Threads - Notes from the Black Ballad.
Davis Ashura
Davis Ashura is the award winning author of four bestselling epic fantasy series, The Castes and the OutCastes, The Chronicles of William Wilde, Instrument of Omens, and The Eternal Ephemera.
Andy Belanger
Andy Belanger works as a freelance cartoonist/illustrator. He does work in the mainstream comic market, plus a wide variety of work for the Canadian Film and Television industry. In the mainstream comic market, Belanger has worked for such comic publishers as DC Comics, Wildstorm, Devil's Due, and Boom!
Kaitlin Bevis
Kaitlin Bevis is the author of the Daughters of Zeus series. She has also written a young adult horror novel called Blood and Other Matter and several short stories.
Mark Braught
Mark Braught is an award winning artist that notably created the full-color scenic art for the merchandising of Warner Brothers Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Crystal Cleveland
Crystal Cleveland is an award winning actress, model, YouTuber, podcaster, and horror film aficionado. She has been a co-host with Decades of Horror: 1980's for the past six years.
Joshua Colwell
Dr. Joshua Colwell is associate dean of the College of Sciences and Pegasus professor of physics at the University of Central Florida. He hosts Walkabout the Galaxy, the fun astronomy podcast.
Gogo Incognito
Gogo Incognito is a professional nerd in cosplay, modeling, and dance, an emcee for various cons and media companies, and an entrepreneur who co-owns Corsair Distillery and Wild Spore Mushrooms.
FT Lukens
F.T. Lukens is a NYT bestselling author of YA speculative fiction including the novels Otherworldly, Spell Bound, So This Is Ever After, In Deeper Waters, and Love at Second Sight.
Milissa Maxin
Milissa Maxin is a gaming industry expert who has led and created communities for Will Wright's Gallium Studios (The Sims, SimCity Creator), Linden Lab's Second Life, IMVU, and more.
Mark McDonagh
Mark McDonagh is a physicist and retired Navy submarine force Captain who has been running the National Security Decision Making Game since 1990. He lectures on emerging technology, modern weapons, geopolitical topics, and military history with expertise in the American Revolution, WWII, the Cold War, and history of submarine warfare.
Daniel A. Reed
Daniel A. Reed is the founder of the West Virginia Skeptics Society and a regular contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine and website.
TVsTravis
A podcaster and content creator, TVsTravis, AKA Travis Crawford, is the host of Wait, You Haven't Seen…? and co-host of Those Were the Days, GORE, and Let's Watch Highlander podcasts.

Announced: 01/14/2025

Jer Luke Alford
Jer Alford owns Mini-Komix, plus writes, edits, and publishes comics. He founded the Atlanime anime club and does reviews for Anime Anyway plus Obscure OVAs fanzine, also Stupid Comics.
Alex Damon
Alex Damon is the co-creator and co-host of Star Wars Explained, a YouTube channel covering all Star Wars that has gained over 800,000 subscribers.
Marc Alan Edelheit
USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Edelheit has captivated millions with his Stiger's Tigers fantasy series. His passion for history and military seeps into his works, earning him multiple awards.
Will Harris
Will is a paleontologist, educator, and host of The Common Descent Podcast, where he applies his professional experience to entertaining and educational discussions about past and present life on Earth.
Roy Kilgard
Dr. Kilgard is an astrophysicist who researches black holes in nearby galaxies and how they grow over cosmic time. He also lectures on astronomy in history, sci-fi, and pop culture.
Charles A Mcfall
Charles McFall, the "Rock God of Podcasting," is a digital media pioneer who began podcasting in 2004 and connects audiences through shows like Wise_N_Nerdy and Finding the Stories.
Violette L Meier
Violette Meier, the great-granddaughter of a dream interpreter, is a lover of all things supernatural and loves to write paranormal, fantasy, horror, among other genres.
David Moscato
David Moscato is a paleontologist, science writer, and host of the Common Descent podcast, applying experience as a fossil hunter, researcher, and educator to discussions about life on Earth.
Bruce Sentar
Bruce Sentar writes romantic fantasy for men in the LitRPG, fantasy, and urban fantasy spaces. He has numerous accolades, 40 published books, and over 100k reviews on Amazon.
Adam Bryce Thomas
Adam Bryce Thomas is a comic artist and illustrator, most notably for IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog, DC's recent Sonic/ Justice League crossover, and many other titles.
Alison Tracy
Alison Tracy Wynn, PhD is a senior research scholar with the Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab. As Alison Tracy, she writes YA and adult sci-fi/fantasy.
Keith Williams
Keith Williams, comic book inker. Assistant editor of Spider-Man group of books. As an inker, he has worked for Marvel, DC, King Features Syndicate, Valiant, Dark Horse, Avatar Press, Moonstone, and now Power Comics, inc., A Kid and a Comic, and Green Archer Comics.

Announced: 01/13/2025

Davey Beauchamp
Davey Beauchamp is a librarian and a freelance artist with a variety of different companies including the BBC, BBCA, Penguin UK, Falstaff Books, Tavern Publishing, and more.
Michael A. Gordon
Michael Gordon is a writer, editor, publisher, and podcaster. His creator-owned comic, Tiki Zombie, has been running for over a decade. He can also be regularly found saying “Howdy!” on the BatChums, Earth Station Who, and Dragon Con Report podcasts.
Dan Jolley
Dan Jolley has written comic books, media tie-in novels, original novels, video games, TV pilots, and dramatic podcasts for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Harper-Collins, Simon & Shuster, Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Sega. He wrote the main story for the world-wide bestselling game Dying Light.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Defying odds is what #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon does best. She has placed more than 80 novels on the NYT list in all formats and genres. With more than 70 million books in print, her series include: Dark-Hunters®, Chronicles of Nick®, Deadman's Cross™, and The League®.
Steph LaMassa
Astrophysicist Steph LaMassa works at the Space Telescope Science Institute on JWST and researches supermassive black holes.
Oriana Leckert
Oriana Leckert is a writer, editor, cultural hipstorian [sic], and the head of publishing at Kickstarter.
Jeffrey Falcon Logue
Jeffrey "Falcon" Logue has been a professional writer for over seven years. He has published 21 books, having started the dungeon core subgenre with his original, The Slime Dungeon.
Dan McClellan
Dan McClellan is a public scholar of the Bible and religion. He received his PhD from the University of Exeter and has over a million followers on social media.
John Jackson Miller
John Jackson Miller is a New York Times bestselling author of novels and comics for Star Wars, Star Trek, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, and Marvel. His new novel tying into the Tim Burton Batman movies, Batman: Revolution, releases in 2025 from Random House Worlds.
Christopher G Moore
Christopher G. Moore is an award winning filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed a segment in the horror anthology Worst Laid Plans which is now on streaming.
Justin Christopher Orr
Justin Orr aka “JUSSCOPE” is a concept artist and animator from Northern California. He has worked in numerous artistic fields including animation, gaming, and advertising. He has worked with companies such as Nickelodeon, MTV, Wild Brain, and TBS, and has spent time in Japan as a concept artist.
Diana Peterfreund
Diana Peterfreund is the author of over a dozen for adults, teens, and kids, including Secret Society Girl, the Killer Unicorn books, Omega City, and the Clue mysteries. Her latest YA mystery kicks off a series about a teenage detective descended from Edgar Allan Poe.
Livio J Ramondelli
Livio Ramondelli's art credits include a longtime run illustrating Transformers for IDW publishing. He also created the acclaimed original science fiction series The Kill Lock, published at the same studio. He is currently illustrating variant covers for the new era of Transformers in the Skybound/Image Comics era.
Gray Rinehart
Gray Rinehart is a USAF space operations veteran, a writer, and singer/songwriter. His music has been on The Dr. Demento Show and he is the "Slushmaster General" for Baen Books.
Rob Roberts
Rob Roberts is an internet broadcasting veteran in video games. He is also a seasoned live host of cult movie screenings and horror themed variety shows.
Sadie Witkowski
Sadie Witkowski is currently a research programs lead for Slack. In her free time, she hosts the podcasts In Defense of Fandom and Carry the Two.

Announced: 01/10/2025

Freddy F Clements
Freddy Clements is a distinguished professor emeritus of costume and make-up design and technology at Jacksonville State University. He holds a MFA in costume design from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has designed costumes for various regional theatres and has extensive experience in early twentieth century corsetry and kilt making.
Jess Eppstein
Jess Eppstein is a former immortal hydra wrangler who spent a year putting tiny contacts on mutant mice in the dark. She now tells scientists how to do their job.
Tara Lynne
Tara Lynne is an author, event planner, fandom culture expert, public speaker, host of the Geek Saga and Sagas & Sass podcasts, and founded Ice & Fire Con.
Ken Peek
Ken Peek supported NASA programs including Hubble Servicing, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station missions. Peek now supports the NASA Artemis program for a commercial lunar lander provider.
Aaron Reynolds
Aaron Reynolds is the four-time Webby award winning author of Effin' Birds, a comic strip pairing intricate artwork with mundane daily frustrations read by over a million people every day. His first book, Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification, hit bookstores in 2019 and is a bestseller.
Afua Richardson
Afua Richardson is an American illustrator, author, musician, singer, songwriter, and mentor. In 2007, she made history as one of the first Indigenous Afro-American female artists to work for Marvel Comics as a penciler, inker, and colorist, earning the Nina Simone Award for artistic excellence.
Cory Scott Rosenberger
Cory Rosenberger is a licensed attorney in Georgia. He specializes in criminal law, both prosecuting and defending criminal defendants at different stages of his career.
S.L. Rowland
S.L. Rowland is a bestselling author of cozy fantasy series Tales of Aedrea and the LitRPG series Sentenced to Troll, Pangea Online, and Path to Villainy.
Arley Sorg
Arley Sorg is an associate agent at kt literary, asco-editor-in-chief at Fantasy Magazine, senior editor at Locus, and associate editor at Lightspeed & Nightmare.
Teresa Spinelli
Teresa Spinelli is a mission director of the Cygnus spacecraft, resupplying the International Space Station. She is the youngest and first woman certified to lead the Cygnus Flight Operations team.
Ian Randal Strock
Ian Randal Strock is the award winning author and publisher responsible for Release the Virgins and Jewish Futures. He previously edited for Analog, Asimov's, Science Fiction Chronicle, and Baen Books.
Trekspertise
Kyle Mackenzie Sullivan is a director and camera operator in the world of film and television, working on projects that include A24, Magnolia Pictures, and Outdoor Channel.
Forrest Valkai
Forrest Valkai is a biologist and science communicator. On YouTube, TikTok, and shows like SkepTalk and The Atheist Experience, Valkai has raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity.
Alex White
Alex White wrote the game Alien: Rogue Incursion, two Alien novels, The Cold Forge and Into Charybdis, a Star Trek DS9 novel, Revenant, and the Starmetal Symphony and Salvagers trilogies.
Katharine E. Wibell
Epic fantasy author Katharine E. Wibell's acclaimed novels include The Incarn Saga series and The Djed Chronicles series. The Guardian's Speaker novella series is an adult dark Viking fantasy.
Arras Marie Wiedorn
Arras Wiedorn is a zoologist and animal behaviorist who has worked for years in public education. They currently work as the head of public programs at a nature center in Ohio.

Announced: 01/07/2025

Bobby Blackwolf
Bobby Blackwolf is the co-owner of the VOG (Voice of Geeks) podcast network and Twitch channel, and has hosted a live internet show and podcast about video games since 2005.
Kaycie D.
Kaycie D. is an illustrator and podcaster. Her main art disciplines include comics, animation, visual development, and game art. She is the author and artist of the webcomic B-SIDE You.
Darrin Lee Drader
Darrin Drader is a professional tabletop role-playing game designer with 25 years of experience in the field. He has written for Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing, Legendary Games, Bastion Press, and many other publishers.
Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings' writing has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Africa Risen, and New Suns, and he has been short-listed for numerous awards.
j m tuffley
JM Tuffley writes about pop culture for various outlets, and contributes to Need Coffee Dot Com's Weekend Justice podcast.
Vanessa Ionta Wright
Vanessa Wright is an Atlanta-based filmmaker and The Renegade Film Fest founder and director. She is currently in production on her next feature film.

Announced: 01/06/2025

amberthysts cosplay
Amber Satterfield works in her spare time as a professional character entertainer. For the past few years, she has portrayed Bluey and organized the Character Encounter for the Kids Track!
Cathalson
Cathalson is an American author and screenwriter of over 50 publications. He is a fiction developer for Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and AntiMatter Games.
Rachel Rener
Rachel Rener is a multi-award winning, internationally bestselling contemporary fantasy author best known for her Gilded Blood series and has sold over a quarter million books.
Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer has won the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial awards; all for best science fiction novel of the year. The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on his Aurora Award winning novel of the same name, and he was one of the writers for that program.
David Sherrer
David Sherrer is a lifelong gamer and story teller, and is the marketing director of Chenoweth Press and lead game designer of Chenoweth Games.
Lydia Sherrer
Award winning and USA Today bestselling author Lydia Sherrer is best known for her Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus universe novels full of snarky humor and a talking cat.
Kevin Stallard
Kevin Stallard has been in the IT security business for 30+ years, but has always been a video gamer. Recently working at Activision/Blizzard, Stallard is working on a new title.
Bryan Young
Bryan Young has written in the BattleTech, Robotech, Doctor Who, and Shadowrun universes. Most recently, he wrote the companion book for The Big Bang Theory.

Announced: 01/05/2025

Esther Friesner
Multiple Nebula Award winner Esther Friesner has published over 40 novels, more than 200 short stories, plus poetry and nonfiction. She has edited 11 anthologies including the Chicks in Chainmail series for Baen Books. Her YA credits include the Princesses of Myth series for Random House.
Kristin Jackson
Kristin Jackson is the director of communications and graphic designer for Frostbite Pictures, has worked on art for Paramount Pictures, Dutch Boy Pictures, and indie filmmakers.
Megan Mackie
Amazon bestseller, Megan Mackie is the author of The Adventures of Pavlov's Dog and Schrodinger's Cat and The Lucky Devil, Culinary Infernal, Dead World, and Working Mask series.

Announced: 01/02/2025

Don Aguillo
Don Aguillo is a comic artist and illustrator whose work includes projects with DC, Image, Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, Disney/Ravensburger, Upper Deck, and indie creators.
Judy Black
Judy Black is a writer who makes her home in Atlanta. She loves games, books, cats, things with caffeine, and is an Ennie-nominated writer of Dungeons and Dragons modules.
BREED
BREED is a professional artist whose work has been featured by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Zenescope Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, IDW, Source Point Press, Counterpoint Comics, Stranger Comics, Action Lab Entertainment, Mountaineer West Productions, UpperDeck Co./MCU, Kymera Press, Entity Eye Entertainment, Warrant Publishing, and various film/TV production companies.
Elizabeth Donald
Elizabeth Donald is an award winning writer of speculative fiction. She is founder of the Literary Underworld small-press cooperative, president of St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists, and teaches writing.
Jason Dorough
Jason Dorough is the author of the epic fantasy Teshovar series, has worked as a voiceover artist for more than a decade, and is also a content creator on BookTok.
Chandra Free
Chandra Free is the creator of The God Machine graphic novel series and co-founder of Machina Corpse imprint. She illustrated on books like John Carpenter's Tales For A Halloween Night, Fraggle Rock, and The Graphic Canon. She has also worked on TTRPG books like Carbon Grey and Planet of the Apes.
Brianna Garcia
Brianna is an illustrator and comic artist currently working on My Little Pony comics and the Disney Lorcana trading card game. She has worked on interiors for Disney Princess comics, covers for Captain Marvel, Feral, and illustrations for Butterbean's Café, Disney Imagineering, and done storyboard work for Warner Bros Animation.
Jenna Garrett
Jenna Garrett is a proud member of Dungeons and Dracon Beams: An Animorphs AU Actual Play Podcast, Horse Girls, and Surprise Attack Book Club.
Bill Golliher
Bill Golliher has been a writer and artist for Archie Comics for 30 plus years. Golliher has worked on scripting and illustrating quite a diverse set of titles for the company: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever, Veronica, Jughead's Diner, Archie 3000, Dilton's Strange Science, and many more.
Tom Heintjes
Tom Heintjes is the co-founder and publisher of Hogan's Alley magazine, one of the leading magazines on contemporary and classic cartooning. He is a former managing editor of The Comics Journal and for years wrote biographical essays for Will Eisner's Spirit magazine for Kitchen Sink Press.
G. S. Jennsen
G.S. Jennsen is a bestselling author of 20+ novels and short stories. Starshine was named one of the best sci-fi novels by a woman in the last 50 years.
Ai Jiang
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist.
Bernadette Johnson
Bernadette Johnson is a writer whose works include over 50 technology articles for HowStuffWorks.com, books, and horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery short stories.
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman has a background in marine biology, environmental studies, and natural hazard preparedness. Kaufman has worked in environmental consulting, academia where he studied coastal erosion, and natural disaster impacts.
Kavura
Kavura, with her husband Nayr, are the hosts of the StarPodTrek and StarPodLog podcasts. She produces Ladies Trek Library and is in several Star Trek fan clubs and fan films.
Bethanne Kim
Bethanne Kim is the publisher for the magazine Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond. She currently writes alternate history (Eric Flint's 1632 universe) but has also written extensively about emergency preparedness.
Rob Levy
Rob Levy is a writer, DJ, and podcaster who has been published in Doctor Who, Star Trek, and other sci-fi anthologies, and has written about pop culture for several outlets.
Philip Ligon
Philip Ligon is an international bestselling author, Dragon Award finalist, and Imadjinn Award winner. His works range from steampunk to alternate history to fantasy.
K.A. Linde
K.A. Linde is the New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wren in the Holly Library and more than 50 novels.
Nich Lyle
Nich Lyle (LCMHC, C-DBT, CSTIP) is a cosplayer and therapist who believes in the therapeutic power of pop culture. Professionally, he helps his fellow nerds embrace their individual superpowers.
Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling multi-genre novelist, comic book writer, anthology editor, executive producer, and editor of Weird Tales Magazine.
ToniAnn Marini
ToniAnn Marini is a professor and a project manager for BLAM! Ventures/Magnetic Press. She has credits in two Space: 1999 graphic novels and The Planet of the Apes RPG.
Todd J McCaffrey
New York Times bestselling author Todd J. McCaffrey has collaborated with Anne McCaffrey (his mother) on five Dragonriders of Pern novels and has written three Pern novels on his own.
Andrea Lorenzo Molinari
Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, Ph.D. is co-writer of The Shepherd graphic novel series. Molinari is editorial director for Scout Comics and was submissions editor/editor for Caliber Comics, an editor for Amigo Comics, and has edited books published by Action Lab Entertainment, Behemoth, Second Sight, Cosmic Times, and New Friday Comics.
Bobby Nash
Bobby Nash is an award winning author, artist, and actor. He writes novels, comic books, short stories, screenplays, audio dramas, and more. Nash is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, International Thriller Writers, and Southeastern Writers Association.
Nayr
Nayr, with his wife Kavura, are members of the Starfleet Command fan club and serve aboard the USS Athena. They are the hosts of both the StarPodLog and StarPodTrek podcasts.
Jon R. Osborne
Jon R. Osborne hails from Indianapolis. He writes modern fantasy and military science fiction, and his novel A Tempered Warrior was a 2018 Dragon Award Best Fantasy finalist.
JM Paquette
Author of the Klauden's Ring saga as well as the Conjuring Fascination, Rockstar Fairy Tales, and Shawarma Warrior King series, JM Paquette writes fantasy and paranormal romance novels.
Alex Platt
Alex Platt has been a podcaster since 2017. Her work includes Animorphs Anonymous, Horse Girls, Dungeons and Dracon Beams, Late Starters, Surprise Attack Book Club, and a few others.
Van Allen Plexico
Van Allen Plexico, designated a Grand Master of Pulp Literature, is best known for the Sentinels illustrated superhero novels and comics, 1960s crime novels, and The Shattering space opera universe. His White Rocket Entertainment network features video and podcast channels covering James Bond, Babylon 5, The Avengers and more.
Robert Pope
With over 35 years in comics, animation, and children's books, Robert Pope has drawn a who's who of cartoon favorites, including the Peanuts gang, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Batman, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Johnny Bravo, and many more for DC, BOOM, IDW, Simon and Schuster, Disney Publishing, and others.
Corinne Roberts
Corinne Roberts is an illustrator working in comics and children's books (Bug Bites, Drawing Dragons, and the Out and About series). Her other illustration projects include the Wanderlust Deck and Dragon Calendar series.
TJ Sterling
TJ Sterling is a former Marvel and DC creator that has worked in several spaces within the comic industry, as well as the indie space with his fan favorite comic company RAE Comics. Sterling is also a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon art.
Brandon H. Strauss
Brandon Strauss is a forensic entomologist and the resident grossologist of the Science Track. You will often find them grossing out their fellow panelists to the audience's amusement.
Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor is a writer, pop culture expert, and the co-chair of Atlanta's Monsterama Convention.
Jasmine Walt
New York Times bestseller Jasmine Walt has been writing and publishing for almost a decade and is best known for her Of Dragons and Fae trilogy and The Baine Chronicles.
Thomas Zahler
Thom Zahler is a comic creator who created the Cupid's Arrows and Warning Label webtoons and Love and Capes and Time and Vine. His latest is The Ghost Whiskerers for Storm King, about cats that see ghosts. He also works for My Little Pony and is drawing Rocketship's Angry Birds.

Announced: 12/25/2024

Andrew Greenberg
In addition to leading development on Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced, Andrew Greenberg runs the Georgia Game Developers Association and Southern Interactive Entertainment and Games Expo.
Sean Weiland
Sean Weiland is an award winning video game program manager, voice actor, bartender, and podcaster and currently hosts the Tipple Theory podcast.

Announced: 12/24/2024

Noret Flood
Noret Flood's first professional work is The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, one of the original webserial LitRPGs, which garnered over 50 million views on Royalroad.
Rick J Heinz
Rick Heinz is an award winning TTRPG game writer, designer, and novelist for transmedia properties and sarcastic fiction about the end of the world.
R Alan Siler
R. Alan Siler is an editor, publisher, musician, podcaster, filmmaker, owner of kOZMIC Creative, and the author of four books about Doctor Who and a children's book Lucy Can't Dance.

Announced: 12/22/2024

Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 published novels, including The Art of Prophecy, Time Salvager, The Rise of Io, and The Walking Dead: Typhoon. He won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
Annette Marie
Annette Marie is the author of 30+ fantasy books, including The Guild Codex, Steel & Stone, and Red Winter series. A Goodreads Choice Awards finalist and an Amazon Charts bestseller, Marie has sold two million books featuring her unique blend of fast-paced adventure, addictive slow-burn romance, and unforgettable characters.

Announced: 12/18/2024

Delilah S Dawson
Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, Bloom, Guillotine, The Violence, the Minecraft: Mob Squad series, the Blud series, the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen), and the Tales of Pell, written with Kevin Hearne.
Venessa Giunta
Venessa Giunta is a published author, with non-fiction essays, short stories, and the Soul Cavern series, and has been a professional editor, both freelance and contract, since 2008.
Erin Macdonald
Erin Macdonald, PhD is known for her work as the Star Trek franchise science advisor. In addition, she is a writer, speaker, producer, voice actor, and has written on Star Trek: Adventures, a baby board book Star Trek: My First Book of Space, and has voiced her own character.

Announced: 12/16/2024

Brent Abell
Brent Abell has written or co-written over 13 books and has been featured in over 30 publications. Brent has a screenplay currently in development and recently launched his travel website.
Liz Delton
Liz Delton writes fantasy from epic to cozy, including her cozy fantasy steampunk series, Seasons of Soldark, and her YA fantasy series, Realm of Camellia.
Michael Falkner
Michael Falkner is a writer and podcaster at Creative Criticality. He is the author of the Timestamps Project and is also one of the leaders for Dragon Con Newbies.
Birma Gainor
Dr. Birma Gainor is the director of counseling and psychological services at Clemson University. She has been engaged in college mental health for just over two decades.
Craig Greathouse
Dr. Craig Greathouse is a professor of political science at University of North Georgia and has lectured and written extensively on the international system, including security and strategic studies.
Jen L. Grey
Jen L. Grey is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy, romantic fantasy, and paranormal romance. Known for angsty fated mate stories packed with action, she has published over 60 novels, with several series translated into foreign languages.
Stuart Grosse
Stuart Grosse is an independent sci-fi/fantasy author writing in the GameLit/LitRPG space. He is best known for writing serial novellas with a signature of overpowered villains as protagonists.
Dr. Nicole Gugliucci
Known as the “NoisyAstronomer,” Dr. Nicole Gugliucci earned a doctorate studying radio astronomy, did a postdoc in science education, and is an associate professor of physics in New Hampshire.
Jamie Waggoner
Jamie Waggoner is an author, podcaster, Pagan priestess, and occult expert. Author of Hades: Myth, Magic and Modern Devotion, and co-host of The Way of the Weaver podcast.

Announced: 12/14/2024

Laura Grabowski
Laura Grabowski, an independent Tolkien scholar, has presented with the Mythopoeic Society and the Popular Culture Association. She holds a PhD in computer science and is a professor at SUNY.
Cece Grayson
Cece Grayson aka Triforce of Procrastionation is a Los Angeles veteran of cosplay that has led her in the world of modeling, streaming, film production design, and video game marketing.

Announced: 12/13/2024

Sam Baltrusis
Sam Baltrusis, author of Ghosts of Salem and featured in The Curse of Lizzie Borden shock doc, has penned 18 paranormal-themed books.
Chris Cummins
Chris Cummins is a writer for Archie Comics and the producer/host of Sci-Fi Explosion and Music Video Book Club, and also co-DJs American Sci-Fi Classics' 120 Minutes Dance Party.
Kevin A Davis
Kevin A Davis is a fantasy author with 16 published novels in three series and one middle-grade book. The first book in his DRC Files series has won two awards.
Beth Dolgner
Beth Dolgner writes paranormal fiction and nonfiction, including the Nightmare, Arizona Paranormal Cozy Mysteries, and gives talks about Victorian death customs and Spiritualism.
J. B. Garner
Talented author and top flight editor, Jamie Beth "J.B." Garner has written over a dozen novels from sci-fi to fantasy to super fiction and edited hundreds more.
Laura Hayden
Author Laura Hayden is a lover of books, television, and film, and is also a founder and 12 time director of the Pikes Peak Writers Conference.
Erika Lance
Erika Lance is a writer of horror, suspense, sci-fi, and a little fantasy. She is also the host of the Eerie Travels and Drinking With Authors podcasts.
Mark Muncy
Mark Muncy is the bestselling author of the Eerie Florida and Eerie Appalachia book series from History Press. He is also the host of the Eerie Travels podcast.
Cherie M. Priest
Cherie Priest is the author of about 30 books and novellas, most recently It Was Her House First, The Drowning House, and Cinderwich - but also including the Booking Agents mysteries, an assortment of southern gothics, acclaimed alt-history Maplecroft, and the award winning Clockwork Century series, beginning with Boneshaker.
Steve Saffel
Steve Saffel edited SF, fantasy, and horror for Random House, Marvel, and Titan, with creators like Eric Flint, N.K. Jemisin, Stan Lee, Robert McGinnis, Scott Sigler, and Alex White. He has worked on Alien, Halo, Conan, Mass Effect, Spider-Man, Star Wars, and more.

Announced: 12/11/2024

Jack Trammell
Jack Trammell is a professor, author, researcher, and student of the paranormal. His books and talks range from vampires to Artificial Intelligence. He is vice president of CPRI in Virginia.
Michael Watkins
CEO and EIC of Highburn Studios, Michael Watkins is a creator and illustrator with over 20 years experience in the comics industry. He is known as creator of Guardians and for his work on Transformers and Sonic the Hedgehog. Additionally, he is also a voice actor and avid martial artist.

Announced: 12/10/2024

Patricia L. Briggs
Patricia Briggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega urban fantasy series.
Rachel A. Brune
Rachel A. Brune is an Army veteran, former military journalist, novelist, and editor of the creepy and macabre. She is the senior editor of Falstaff Books's new horror imprint, Falstaff Dread.
Luke Chmilenko
Luke Chmilenko is best known for a variety of blockbuster series such as Ascend Online, Starbreaker, Savage Dominion, and Hat Trick!
Joe Compton
Joe Compton is an author, an indie filmmaker/producer on over 40 TV and film productions in five different countries, and a script doctor/consultant in Hollywood.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Keith R.A. DeCandido has written tons of novels, short fiction, and comics in licensed universes from Alien to Zorro, and also in worlds of his own creation. His new series, Supernatural Crimes Unit, will debut in 2025 from Weird Tales Presents. He also writes about pop culture for Reactor magazine.
Les Johnson
Les Johnson is a physicist, author, and chief technologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. His recent books include Crisis at Proxima (Baen), A Traveler's Guide to the Stars (Princeton University Press), and the forthcoming Pluto: The Dark World (completing Ben Bova's Grand Tour series, Tor).
Robert W Ross
Robert W. Ross is the author of the award winning Sentinels of Creation contemporary fantasy and Paradigm 2045 sci-fi series, and is a guest lecturer at Ga Tech and KSU.

Announced: 12/09/2024

Jon Armstrong
Jon Armstrong stars in Magicians: Life in the Impossible. You have seen him amaze on The Today Show, cause Penn on CW's Penn and Teller's Fool Us to exclaim his act as “the most original I've ever seen!”, and wow Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.
Paris K Arrowsmith
Paris Arrowsmith's career has spanned stage, voice acting, and screen. After moving to LA, he started working as a podcaster on No Latency and freelance TTRPG writer for R. Talsorian Games.
Brandy Blanton
Brandy Blanton is an academic known for combining popular culture with current events. As a terrorism expert, she loves to help people learn about preparing for emergencies.
D.J. Bodden
D.J. Bodden is a sci-fi and fantasy author of 15 books and counting. He has written in the LitRPG Viridian Gate Online universe and created the science fiction FiveFold universe.
Brad Bradley
Robert "Brad" Bradley is a former industrial chemist, utilizing these skills in the pursuit of the "paranormal", and is the research director for Center for Paranormal Research and Investigation (CPRI).
Michael Chatfield
Michael Chatfield is an international bestselling author of sci-fi, fantasy, and LitRPG. With over three million books sold, Chatfield is story director for an upcoming FPS video game.
Paige L. Christie
Paige L. Christie is best known for the Legacies of Arnanepic fantasy series. Her work can also be found in Galactic Stew, Witches, Warriors, and Wise Women, and more.
Gerald L. Coleman
Gerald L. Coleman is a philosopher, theologian, poet, science fiction and fantasy author, has a master's degree in Theology, and is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets.
SK Prince
SK Prince writes about every hero shifter she can, tripping them up when their fated mate steps into their life. Her books are full of misdirected magic and supernatural sass.
Wayland Smith
Wayland Smith has been published in most genres. His novels include In My Brother's Name, a terrorist thriller, and the Wildside series about superhuman mercenaries.

Announced: 12/06/2024

Stephen Adams
Stephen Adams is the host of the podcasts Horseshoes and Hand Grenades and Those Were The Days, and is a founder of the 2Dorks network of podcasts and live streams.
Jess L. M. Anderson
Jess L. M. Anderson is a content creator with over two million followers and the author behind the fantasy series The Source Keepers.
Sue Kisenwether
Sue Kisenwether has been writing and podcasting about sci-fi TV and movies since 2010. Most notably, she co-hosted Women at Warp, exploring Star Trek through a feminist lens.

Announced: 12/03/2024

John L Flynn
Dr. John L. Flynn is an author, screenwriter, three-time Hugo nominee, and a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America.
Isabelle Hardesty
Isabelle Hardesty is the author of several YA book series including Sea Witch High, The Destroyer Witch Chronicles, The Delacourt Shapeshifter Trilogy, and Viola the Vampire Witch.
Richard Kadrey
Richard Kadrey is the NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, which was included in Amazon's 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime. He has been nominated for the Locus and BSFA awards, appeared in Year's Best Horror, and written for comics, film, and games.
Bill Keel
Astronomer Bill Keel is the author of The Sky at Einstein's Feet and The Road to Galaxy Formation. He hosts overnight live astronomy sessions and has spoken on cosmology, extrasolar planets, citizen discovery in astronomy, science in the Firefly and Avatar universes, spy satellites, and astronomical tourism.
Darin Kennedy
Dr. Darin Kennedy writes fantasy. His works include the Fugue & Fable trilogy, The Pawn Stratagem trilogy, the Songs of the Ascendant series, Carol, and The April Sullivan Chronicles.
Marx Pyle
Marx Pyle is the author of Obsidian Monsters, co-editor/co-author of Dragons of a Different Tail and Tales of Monstrosity, and co-hosts GenreTainment and GenrePlay.

Announced: 12/02/2024

Kevin Bachelder
Kevin Bachelder's podcasts have won four Parsec Awards in the Best Fan Podcast category. He also leads the Dragon Con Newbies group, which puts on events to help new attendees.
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey has been a podcaster since 2007, when he launched his first show Views From The Longbox. He has hosted or co-hosted a number of podcasts over the years.
James J. Butcher
James J. Butcher is a new urban fantasy writer and author of Dead Man's Hand, the first book in The Unorthodox Chronicles series. He is the son of Jim Butcher.
R. E. Carr
R.E. Carr is the award winning author of the Rules Undying series, as well as exploring horror comedy and science fiction over her 20+ year book career.
Nancy Knight
Nancy Knight authored novels, short stories, produced plays, film scripts, and edited anthologies. She served as director of Writers' Track for 26 years. She was awarded the Hank Reinhardt Award. Georgia Romance Writers named an award after her for mentoring writers. She received the Polaris lifetime achievement from Falstaff Books.
Gail Z Martin
Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk, and more. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and Night Vigil. Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, Chronicles of the Necromancer, The Fallen Kings Cycle, The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and Assassins of Landria.
Jody Lynn Nye
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as "spoiling cats". When not engaged in this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction. She has published over 50 books and more than 200 stories. Nye teaches writing seminars and is coordinating judge for the Writers of the Future Contest.
Noel E Plaugher
Noel Plaugher writes fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of Standing Qigong for Health and Martial Arts and the urban fantasy series The Lady Dragon of Chinatown.
Jynxie Rose
Jynxie Rose is a LGBTQIA+, Neurodivergent/AuDHD, family friendly content creator. Her community, The CephaloSquad, fosters a safe/cozy environment that fights bullying and raises awareness of mental health and self care.
Stacey Rourke
Stacey Rourke is the award winning author of works that span genres, but possess the same flair for action and snarky humor.
R.R. Virdi
R.R. Virdi is a two-time Dragon Award finalist, Nebula Award finalist, and USA Today bestselling author. He is the author of The Grave Report and The Books of Winter.
Dave West
Dave West is an actor and interviewer who also hosts game shows, wrestling events, and rock 'n' roll concerts. He can be found on the Needless Things YouTube channel.

Announced: 11/30/2024

Mark Meer
Mark Meer is known for his work on Bioware's Mass Effect trilogy, voicing Commander Shepard, Blasto, the Vorcha, and Niftu Cal. Other voice credits include the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series, Hinterland Studio's The Long Dark, ChaosForge's Jupiter Hell, Beamdog's MythForce, and Starro the Conquerer in WB Games' Gotham Knights.

Announced: 11/28/2024

Eric R. Asher
Eric R. Asher is the author of over 30 titles, including Steamborn, the Vesik series, and The Theme Park at the End of the World. He is currently living in St. Louis, Missouri, where the local folklore often finds its way into his Mason Dixon: Monster Hunter rural fantasy series.
Jennifer Blackstream
Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and fantasy romance. She is amazed to have made a writing career out of a master's degree in psychology.
Jay Boyce
Winner of the 2019 Warriors and Wizards award for best new LitRPG author, Jay Boyce is the bestselling author of A Touch of Power and Rise of the Mystic Mage series.
Patrick Dugan
Dugan is author of the Darkest Storm series by Falstaff Books, Stone Cold Witch, Never Steal From Dragons, The ShadowBlade Chronicles, and Watchers of Astaria series from Distracted Dragon Press.
Kevin Eldridge
Kevin Eldridge produces and hosts The Flopcast, a weekly pop culture comedy podcast. He is a published science fiction author, an organizer and host of skeptic events, and a comedy musician.
Robert E Hampson
Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a neuroscientist by day, science fiction author by night, and a brain wrangler 24/7. When he is not decoding how memories work or building brain-computer tech, he is busy imagining futures where science fiction becomes reality.
Berta Platas
Cuban born fantasy author and artist Berta Platas writes YA fantasy and witchy cozy mysteries, many co-authored with longtime friend Nancy Knight.
Aaron Michael Ritchey
Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of 58 novels under various pen names. He has been an Amazon All-Star and his book, Armageddon Girls, was a Dragon Award finalist.
Tony Sarrecchia
Tony Sarrecchia is a writer and narrator who creates audio dramas, including the award winning Harry Strange Radio Drama and Everything Evolves.
DL Wainright
DL Wainright uses their degree in world religions and lifelong love of horror to write creepy books that incorporate folklore and mythology, which means someone gets eaten in every one!

Announced: 11/26/2024

Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson has written in the Dune, Star Wars, and X-Files universes, Clockwork Angels with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart, and the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series. He has edited anthologies, written comics and games, and served as co-producer on Dune: Part Part Two and the Dune: Prophecy TV series.
Aretta Baumgartner
Aretta Baumgartner has been a professional puppeteer since 1992 and has served multiple terms as President of Puppeteers of America and as Education Director at Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts.
Jamie Bernstein
Jamie Bernstein is a data scientist who specializes in building statistical models and the co-host of EnterpriseSplaining, a comedy podcast about Star Trek: Enterprise.
J.D. Blackrose
J.D. Blackrose writes The Summoner's Mark series for Bell Bridge Books. She has published The Soul Wars, The Devil's Been Busy, and the Zombie Cosmetologist novellas through Falstaff Books.
Bill Bridges
Bill Bridges is a writer and game designer most known for developing White Wolf's World of Darkness horror RPG setting and the Fading Suns science-fiction universe.
Doug Burbey
Doug Burbey is the author of the Blood War military urban fantasy series. In addition to writing, he is a DoD program manager for advanced military technology development efforts.
Tyra Burton
Tyra Burton is the host and producer of the Geek Meets Social podcast. She writes sci-fi romance, cozy fantasy, and digital marketing books. Burton also co-hosts the Be Awesome Together livestream.
Kevin Cafferty
Kevin Cafferty is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, head of brand and creative at a Fortune 500 company, DJ, and podcaster.
Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell (John G. Hemry), retired U.S. Navy officer, writes the series Doomed Earth, New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet, Genesis Fleet, Lost Stars, and Pillars of Reality. His latest books are Destiny's Way, In Our Stars, The Empress of the Endless Sea trilogy, and Rendezvous with Corsair.
Jason Cordova
Bestselling author Jason Cordova was a finalist for both the John W. Campbell Award and Dragon Award, and the author of Mountain of Fire (Baen Books) and 20+ other novels.
Katie Cross
Katie Cross really loves to write books, hike mountains, and eat cookies. You can find out more about her YA fantasy books at www.katiecrossbooks.com
Stephanie Crugnola
Stephanie Crugnola is a chaotic-wholesome content creator specializing in Shakespeare, collaborative storytelling, soccer, marketing, and all things niche nerd.
Matt Dinniman
Matt Dinniman is the author of the bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl book and manga series.
Hope Dugan
Hope is a leadership consultant and success coach with 18+ years of experience helping people overcome limiting beliefs like perfectionism and imposter syndrome.
Kacey Lyn Ezell
Kacey Ezell is a retired helicopter pilot who writes multigenre speculative fiction. She is a two-time Dragon Award finalist for Best Alternate History and has written multiple bestselling novels.
Richard Fierce
Richard Fierce is an award winning fantasy author of over 40 books and is best known for his fantasy series Dragon Riders of Osnen.
Emily A Finke
A forensic anthropologist by training, but a science communicator by passion, Emily Finke has spent the past 20 years teaching in museums, nature centers, pubs, conventions, and more.
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher is the Amazon bestselling, award winning author of a number of YA fantasy series. He can be found speaking, teaching writing, and working as a professional editor.
Clay Gilbert
Clay Gilbert has published 14 novels since 2013, in genres ranging from science-fiction and horror to YA dystopia and urban fantasy.
Emily Goodwin
Emily Goodwin has been involved with book publishing since 2007. She is the producer for the Writers of the Future Annual Achievement Awards.
John Goodwin
John Goodwin, president of Galaxy Press, is the publisher of the fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard and the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future anthology.
Darrell Z. Grizzle
Darrell Z. Grizzle is a queer horror, urban fantasy, and thriller writer. He is the author of A Very Lovely Murder and I Never Meant to Start a Murder Cult.
Valerie Dawn Hampton
Dr. Valerie Hampton, historical archaeologist, author, game maker, paranormal researcher, and Indie film producer, speaks on the intersection between popular fantasy and history, and has numerous publications.
K.T. Hanna
K.T. Hanna is an author known for her series Library System Reset, Somnia Online, and The System Apocalypse Australia (with Tao Wong). She is powered by caffeine, Chipotle, and sarcasm.
AJ Hartley
A.J. Hartley is the international bestselling author of 26 novels in various genres. Recent work includes Hideki Smith, Burning Shakespeare, Cold Bath Street, Impervious, Cathedrals of Glass, and Sekret Machines with Tom DeLonge. He is Professor Emeritus of Shakespeare at UNC Charlotte and hosts a J-rock focused YouTube channel.
John G. Hartness
John G. Hartness is an author, publisher, and editor from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of multiple series, including the award winning Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series. He is also the publisher of Falstaff Books and founder of the SAGA Genre Fiction Writers' Conference.
Drew Hayes
Drew Hayes is an author from Dallas who has published several books, including Super Powereds, NPCs, Villains' Code, Fred the Vampire Accountant, 5-Minute Sherlock, and Roverpowered.
Walter H. Hunt
Walter H. Hunt is a science fiction and historical fiction writer with 12 published novels, including three in the 1632/Ring of Fire universe. The most recent is 1637: The French Correction.
Topher Hunter
Topher Hunter is a professional biomedical science communicator and amateur droid builder, with a passion for trying new things and helping others to not make the same mistakes he/they made.
Gini Koch
Gini Koch writes the fast, fresh, and funny Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series for DAW Books, as well as many other novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories in all the genres and under a variety of pen names, including G.J. Koch, Anita Ensal, Jemma Chase, A.E. Stanton, and J.C. Koch.
Courtney Lytle
Courtney Lytle is a practicing attorney who is a partner at CM Law's Atlanta office and an adjunct professor of law at Emory Law School.
Alex Matsuo
Alex Matsuo is an author and paranormal investigator who has been seen on shows: Paranormal Revenge, Tubi's Scariest Places in the World, Haunted Hospitals, and Most Terrifying Places in America.
Bob McGough
Bob McGough is an author, podcaster, and indie tabletop game designer, best known for the Jubal County Saga urban fantasy series and the Books, Beards, Booze Podcast.
Joseph Meany
Dr. Joseph Meany is a science consultant and director of the Interstellar Research Group. He is a co-producer of the podcast series From Here to the Stars.
Ben Meeks
Ben Meeks is an award winning sci-fi/fantasy author, a woodworker/turner, as well as a personality on the Books, Beards, and Booze Podcast. He excels at creative, outside the box thinking.
Bill Mulligan
Bill Mulligan works as a special effects technician, writer, director, actor, and producer. He is a contributing writer to Gruesome magazine and the Decades of Horror podcast.
James P. Nettles
James Nettles is a business and technology consultant, speculative fiction and nonfiction author, founder of Author Essentials workshop company, and a founder of the ConTinual convention.
James Palmer
James Palmer is a writer of sci-fi and pulp adventure, author of the Shadow Council Archives, and editor of the Monster Earth series, League of Monsters, and Southern Fried Cthulhu.
Ellie Raine
Ellie Raine is the award winning fantasy author of the NecroSeam Chronicles, a high fantasy epic series which has won several awards including first place in fantasy for Writer's Digest.
Daniel Schinhofen
Daniel Schinhofen has published over 60 books since 2016, receiving name recognition in the LitRPG and GameLit community. He has published in multiple other genres as well.
Tamsin L. Silver
Tamsin Silver is a New Mexico based author who writes historical fantasy and urban fantasy. She is also the creator/writer/director of the web series, Skye of the Damned.
Sarah J. Sover
Sarah J. Sover is the author of the urban fantasy Fractured Fae series (Fairy Godmurder, Faed to Black) and the comedic fantasy Double-Crossing the Bridge, from Falstaff Books.
Mel Todd
Bad Ash Publishing owner and author, Mel Todd, has written and published over 40 stories. Specializing in stories of wonder without romantic plot lines, her books are devoured by fans.
Constance G.J. Wagner
Constance G.J. Wagner, writer, editor, poet, playwright, and Tolkien scholar, speaks regularly and passionately on all things Middle-earth at both academic and fan-friendly events nationally and internationally.
Jean Marie Ward
Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between. Her credits include a multi-award nominated novel, numerous short stories, and two popular art books. The former editor of CrescentBlues.com, she is the author interviewer for BookBale.com and a frequent contributor to the online convention ConTinual. Learn more at JeanMarieWard.com.
Jennifer Whitworth
Jennifer Whitworth is a NASA engineer working at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. She supports Artemis and Gateway Payload Integration for experiments destined for the Gateway Station or Lunar surface.
Marisa Wolf
Marisa Wolf writes SFF that ends with hope, no matter how hard the circumstances. She has co-authored novels in shared universes and authored solo novels in her own worlds.
Ben Yalow
Ben Yalow has attended about 900 cons and worked on a third of them, including having chaired the 2023 Worldcon in China. He has edited four books for NESFA Press.
Jessi Ann York
Jessi Ann York's first two stories, Phases of the Shadow and Women of the Mere, were mentioned as standouts in The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 13.

Guest List by Announcement Date

The Definitive Guide

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Announced: 05/15/2025

Shawn Crystal

Lucienne Diver

Gil Gerard

Robert Hill

Toki Odunade

Cassandra Quave

Nash Sheard

Announced: 05/14/2025

Mindy Lee

Announced: 05/12/2025

Ayla Almee

Scott Harris

Steve Horton

DN Lee

Paul Lewis

Tré Da Marc

Tamara Poles

Tamara Robertson

Cory T. Smith

Chris Uminga

Dexter Vines

Announced: 05/09/2025

Henry Herz

Announced: 05/08/2025

Dr. April Armes

Hawkings Austin

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ChristaCarol Sunshine Jones

Cass Marks

Kurt Opsahl

Matthew Scott Penick

Seven Rasmussen

Stephen Seitz

Lee Terrill

Alexandra Yep

Announced: 05/07/2025

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Atlanta Radio Theatre Company

Robert Davis

Lali DeRosier

Logan Jenkins

Lindsey Kear

Philip D Keating

Greg Leatherman

Nancy Northcott

Ashley Ruhl

Lee Tien

Announced: 05/06/2025

Donato Giancola

Ed Larson

Mr. Damon's Shadow Puppet Theater

Announced: 05/05/2025

Bob Burden

D.G. Chichester

Tom Cravens

Colleen Doran

John Gregory Keyes

Lauren Thoman

Announced: 05/04/2025

Darin M. Bush

Melissa Fahn

Don Rosa

Rikki Simons

Eric Trueheart

Jhonen Vasquez

Announced: 05/03/2025

Shane Pierce

Sunlight of Astora

Derek Yaniger

Announced: 05/02/2025

Addie Dove

Stoner Gump

Terry Mancour

Amy J. Murphy

Shawn Sellers

Isaac Sheff