Bring your own beverage and converse with a small group of like minded fans, peers, and a guest of the Writers Symposium!
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Carlos Hernandez is the award-winning author of The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, and scores of speculative short stories and poems. He's a Professor of English in CUNY, a game designer (most recently of the TTRPG Negocios Infernales with C. S. E. Cooney), and a writer for Marvel Comics. He loves fostering creativity!
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Cat Rambo’s 300+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 2020 they won the Nebula Award for fantasy novelette Carpe Glitter. Their most recent book is All the Pretty Little Mermaids (collection) from Hydra House.
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Sailor, SFF fan, biologist, gamer, and author, Chris A. Jackson writes science thrillers, nautical fantasy, epic fantasy, science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic fantasy, and RPG tie-in stories. He has over 40 novels in print. Recent releases: a new Asian-themed high fantasy Seeds of Darkness Trilogy. A new Pathfinder Tales novel, “Operation Hellmouth” slated to release in March, 2026.
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Diana M. Pho is a two-time Hugo Award-winning editor, with almost 20 years in book publishing. Past lives include working at Tor, Realm Media, and the Science Fiction Book Club. Presently, she is Editorial Director at Erewhon Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing, acquiring and editing genre-bending and game-changing fiction.
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Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. Her most recent books are The Folded Sky (2025), a space opera set in her White Space universe, and Angel Maker (2025), a sequel to 2015's gaslamp/steampunk cult classic Karen Memory. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, bestselling author Scott Lynch, four cats, and two Icelandic horses.
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James Lowder (Knight of the Black Rose, Prince of Lies) has worked in publishing for more than three decades as a writer, editor, anthologist, game designer, and publishing consultant. His work has received five Origins Awards and two ENnie Awards, and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild Award, the Dragon Award, and the Stoker Award.
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Jennifer Udden joined the Laura Dail Literary Agency in 2024. She has worked with a wide variety of notable authors of genre fiction, among them New York Times bestsellers, BookTok hits and award winners. She is a member of the AALA. She’s also worn many other hats, including freelance editor and romance novelist. She runs a newsletter about publishing & writing called A Faster No.
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Jim C. Hines is the author of 20 published SF/F novels, including the Goblin Quest trilogy, the Magic ex Libris series, the Princess series of fairy tale retellings, the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse trilogy, and the Fable Legends tie-in Blood of Heroes. He also won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. His latest novel is Slayers of Old. He lives in mid-Michigan with his family.
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Justina Ireland is the award winning and New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Dread Nation, Deathless Divide, Rust in the Root and Ophie’s Ghosts. Justina is also the author of a number of Star Wars books and has written comics for Boom!, IDW, Dark Horse, and Marvel. In her spare time she writes for television.
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LP Kindred is a Chicagoan-Angeleno who writes SpecFic from the intersections of Black and Gay. When not avoiding novel drafting or short story revision or reading fiction or planning a series, he’s trying to sleep or asking “at what temperature would you like your steak?” His fiction is featured or forthcoming in Fiyah Literary Magzine and Speculative City; is/will be an alum of Hurston-Wright, VONA, and Clarion.