As a youngster, Jared Garrett toiled in the Mines of Moria, cleansed a shire, ran across icy steppes with a battleaxe in hand, and raced down a train platform to catch his true love. Several times. Books of daring and adventure and romance saved Jared’s sanity and transported him from a bleak, lonely childhood to …
Julie Frost is an award-winning author of every shade of speculative fiction. She lives in Utah with a herd of guinea pigs, her husband, and a “kitten” who thinks she’s a warrior princess. Her short fiction has appeared in Weird World War IV, Talons and Talismans, Straight Outta Dodge City, Monster Hunter Files, Writers of …
Steve Diamond is a Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction author for Baen, Gallant Knight Games, and numerous other small publications. His two most recent works are a collection of short fiction, What Hellhounds Dream, and a Dark Fantasy/Horror novel co-written with Larry Correia, Servants of War. He is also the co-host of the writing advice …
D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and a Senior Editor for Ark Press. His novels published by Baen Books include the Witchy War series (Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter), the Tales of Indrajit and Fix series (In …
After retiring from a globe spanning career of swashbuckling adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps, Spearman Burke decided to try his hand at this GI Bill thing he had been hearing about. He earned an interdisciplinary degree in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in Theatre. Interestingly, he learned more about storytelling in …
UPDATE: Jason A. Anderson will not be able to join us this year. Jason was raised in Southern California before moving to Utah to attend high school. While a teenager, he created and began writing his teen adventure series, The Starriders Saga. Considering himself a bit obsessive as a Creator, he ended up with a …
Blake Casselman is a teacher, editor, short story and comic book writer, and award-winning screenwriter and film producer. His films have been screened at film festivals and pop culture conventions around North America and as far away as the Cannes Film Festival. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and when not writing or working …
Taylor Anderson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Destroyermen novels and the Artillerymen novels. A gunmaker and forensic ballistic archaeologist, Taylor has been a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries and is an award-winning member of the National Historical Honor Society and of the United States Field Artillery Association. Schedule: …
Angie Lofthouse went to college with every intention of becoming a particle physicist, but through a series of misadventures, found herself studying Shakespeare instead. After college she combined her love of science and her love of words into a science fiction writing career. She is the author of Defenders of the Covenant, The Ransomed Returning, The Glory of the …
Johnny Worthen is a widely published, award-winning, best-selling author of books and stories. Trained in stand-up comedy, modern literary criticism and cultural studies, he writes excellent multi-genre fiction, symbolized by his love of tie-dye and good words. “I wear tie-dye for my friends, but I write what I like to read,” he says. “This guarantees …