Eric James Stone is a past Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, Writers of the Future Contest winner, and two-time finalist for the Association for Mormon Letters Awards. Over sixty of his stories have been published in venues such as Year’s Best SF, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and Nature. His science fiction thriller Unforgettable, …
Jonna Hayden, Production Manager of Raconteur Press, is a retired Costume Designer and Clothing Historian who spent the better part of 40 years in SF fandom collecting authors. She began her love of SF as a Navy brat, reading Heinlein Juveniles and spending her formative years hanging out on the West Coast Convention Circuit. She …
For those who didn’t catch it the first time: For those coming in from out of town, we have a special treat! The Crystal Inn in West Valley City is holding a bunch of rooms with a special price — these are rooms with either a king-sized bed or two queen-sized beds (i.e., up to …
E.L. Dawn has a passion for writing and a love of fantasy worlds. She is officially publishing her debut novel Ethereal Intervention: Fall From Heaven in January of 2026. She has successfully made 6 completed manuscripts in the span of a year. She prides herself on making detailed outlines for each manuscript and creating believable …
Bing Bruce is the creator of Rise Above the Noise Podcast Academy and the author of Rise Above the Noise: A Beginner’s Guild to Podcasting. Through a program of hands-on instruction, helps individuals and groups master the art of professional podcasting. His extensive background in radio, television, and live production includes hosting morning radio shows, …
Holli Anderson has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing—which has nothing to do with writing, except maybe by adding some pretty descriptive injury and vomit scenes to her books. She discovered her joy of writing during a very trying period in her life when escaping into make-believe saved her. She has multiple published books of differing …
USA Today bestselling author Andrea Pearson has been a leader in the indie author arena since early 2011, with 85+ titles under her belt and over a hundred articles published on professional blogs and websites. She co-hosts the popular Six-Figure Authors podcast, and she offers multiple online courses that surround her favorite topic: marketing. Andrea …
C. H. Lindsay (Charlie) is an award-winning poet & writer, housewife, and book-lover—not necessarily in that order. She currently has short stories and poems in over forty anthologies and magazines including Amazing Stories, Fantasy Magazine, Moonletters, Space and Time Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Utah’s Best Poetry and Prose. She is currently working on five novels, six short stories, and at …
Bryce is a family man living just north of Salt Lake City. He loves writing, jazz and blues music, firearms, martial arts, pulp magazines, computer programming, escape rooms, brisket, high fives, kettlebells, two-wheeled transportation, his wife, and his kids. Not all exactly in that order. More about him at BryceBeattie.com. Schedule: Fri, 10am: “Keeping it …
Jana S. Brown entered the world of publishing in the mid-90s and has never looked back. She’s worked as a fiction writer, technical writer, editor, presenter, author coach, and a host of other positions. In the last several years, she’s assisted in the creation of bestselling and award-winning novels in the self-publishing space as well …