Who will be attending World Fantasy Convention 2025.
Please find below a list of members who have agreed for us to share their details. Click on the links to find out more about them and their creative work.
A.Y. Chao:
Programme ParticipantAlice is a Taiwanese Canadian fantasy writer resident in the UK who enjoys exploring the intersections of identity and belonging in her writing. A rec…
Abie Longstaff, Author:
Programme ParticipantAbie Longstaff is a children’s author, and Chair of the Children’s Writers and illustrator Group at the Society of Authors. She has written over 50 …
Adrian Tchaikovsky:
Programme ParticipantAdrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture…
Ai Jiang:
Programme ParticipantAi Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, winner of the Bram Stoker®, Nebula and Ignyte Awards, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, and BSFA Award finalist, an…
AK Faulkner:
Programme ParticipantAK is the author of the award-winning Inheritance series, a queer urban fantasy saga which begins with Jack of Thorns. The best way to their heart is …
Alicia Wanstall-Burke:
Programme ParticipantAn Aussie author living in the UK, Alicia’s first fantasy trilogy, The Coraidic Sagas, began in 2018 with Blood of Heirs, followed by Legacy of Ghosts…
Allen Ashley:
Programme ParticipantAllen Ashley is the author or editor of 19 books and is a British Fantasy Award winner. His works included the Elgin-nominated poetry collection “Echo…
Allen Stroud:
Programme ParticipantAllen Stroud is a university lecturer, researcher and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer from Bedfordshire, England. He the is Chair of the British Sc…
Amy King:
Andrew King:
Ann Landmann:
Programme ParticipantGrowing up in East Germany on a steady diet of Grimms and Russian Fairy Tales until falling under the thrall of Tolkien and Pratchett in her teens, it…
Ann Marie Rudolph:
Anna Smith Spark:
Programme ParticipantAnna Smith Spark is the author of the Empires of Dust grimdark epic fantasy series The Court of Broken Knives, The Tower of Living and Dying and The H…
Annie Czajkowski:
Brenda Carre:
Programme Participantbio information can be found on my website….
Carl Allery:
Caroline Mersey:
Programme ParticipantCaroline Mersey cosplays as a grown-up. When not attending or running book events, or talking about books, she binges on the latest box set while maki…
Catherine Cavendish:
Programme ParticipantFollowing a varied career in sales, advertising and career guidance, Catherine Cavendish now writes haunted house, ghostly, witchy novels, novellas an…
Cathy Green:
Catriona Silvey:
Programme ParticipantCatriona Silvey was born in Glasgow and grew up in Scotland and England. After collecting an unreasonable number of degrees from various universities …
Cheryl Morgan:
Programme ParticipantCheryl Morgan is a writer, editor, and publisher. She is the winner of four Hugo Awards and is the owner of Wizard’s Tower Press. Her non-fiction ha…
CL Hellisen (they/them):
Dan Coxon:
Programme ParticipantDan Coxon is an award-winning editor and writer from London, UK. He has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards and the British Fantasy Awards …
Dan Satchwell:
I’m a passionate fantasy reader who loves everything from grimdark epics to cosy tales. Excited for engaging panels and eager to connect with fellow e…
David Cartwright:
David Green:
Programme ParticipantDavid Green is a neurodivergent writer of the epic and the urban, the fantastical and the mysterious, and cosy….
David Streek. Author.:
Derek Drake:
Diane:
Dirk Strasser:
Programme ParticipantDirk Strasser is an Australian writer and publisher of fantasy, horror and science fiction whose most recent novel is the historical fantasy Conquist….
domin-IKA:
Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran:
Programme ParticipantCeallaigh S. MacCath-Moran holds a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Work from her two fiction and poetry collections has been…
E. A. (Beth) Brenner:
Programme ParticipantE.A. (Beth) Brenner lives in Salem, MA in an sometimes-haunted house. She writes fantasy and quiet horror that trend contemporary. Recent obsessions i…
Eliza Chan:
Programme ParticipantEliza Chan is a Scottish-born speculative fiction author who writes about East Asian mythology, British folklore and reclaiming the dragon lady. Her S…
Ella Summers:
Programme ParticipantElla Summers is a bestselling author of 30+ books. She writes fantasy fiction that blends magic and romance. Ella has lived in various cities all o…
Ellen Datlow:
Programme ParticipantEllen Datlow is an award-winning editor & anthologist who’s been editing sf/f/h short fiction for over 4 decades, currently acquiring short stor…
Ellen Starsmore (she/her):
Ellen Starsmore (she/her) has been an avid fantasy reader since her teens, inspired by quests through wondrous worlds. These days, she writes fantasy …
Elsewhen Press – Peter:
Erin Hardee (MK Hardy):
Programme ParticipantErin Hardee, together with wife Morag Hannah, writes under the penname MK Hardy. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, an…
Erzebet Barthold:
Erzebet is a writer, publisher, and owner of a specialist bookshop dealing in science fiction, fantasy, and tabletop gaming. Publishing interests incl…
Francesca Barbini – Luna Press Publishing:
Programme ParticipantFrancesca (writer, editor and translator) is the founder of award-winning Luna Press Publishing….
Franklin Coleman:
Gagan Kaur:
Geoff Holder:
Gillian Chan:
Programme ParticipantI’m English by birth but have lived in Canada for the last 34 years. I have had nine books published for young people and these range from stories o…
Graham Millichap:
Grant:
Guido Eekhaut:
Writes crime books and thrillers, speculative fiction, literary fantasy and the weird, in Dutch and English. Winner of the Hercule Poirot Award for cr…
Gwen Casey:
Henke:
J J Ernest:
Aspiring fantasy author, writer of Crawl (found on Royal road and my site) The Devil’s tongue (short), published in The Book of Demons and Charlie (…
Jacey Bedford:
Programme ParticipantJacey Bedford is a British writer of SF and fantasy. Her 7 novels are published by DAW in the USA. Her short stories have appeared on both sides of th…
Jason Whittle:
Programme ParticipantJason is a multi-genre author and editor specialising in crime fiction and SFFH. He has been on the Con scene since attending the 2010 World Horror Co…
Jenni:
Jenni Coutts is a British Fantasy Award winning artist, speculative fiction writer and NHS doctor based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is the art editor fo…
Jo Lindsay Walton:
Programme ParticipantJo Lindsay Walton is an academic at the University of Susesx, editor-at-large of Vector (British Science Fiction Association), and SFF author….
Joanne Hall (she/her):
Programme ParticipantJoanne Hall is an author and editor who has previously been shortlisted for BFS awards for novels and short stories. With Roz Clarke, she has recently…
Joe Smith:
Jukka Halme:
K A Standlee (They/Them):
Kevin Standlee was co-Chair of the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California and Chair of the 2022 Westercon in Tonopah, Nevada. H…
Kate Scott:
Katie Bruce she/her:
Programme ParticipantKatie Bruce is a writer and Virtual Assistant, based in Yorkshire. She writes fantasy, which often features the wonderful moors and hills that decorat…
Krista Wallace (she/her):
Programme ParticipantKrista is a fantasy writer, jazz & rock musician, audiobook narrator, actor, podcaster, mother, Gran, lover of pie, dark chocolate, and fine singl…
Laura Elise Jenkins:
Laura Langrish:
Programme ParticipantLaura is co-founder (along with creative director Ivan Carić) and lead writer for interactive experience company, Lemon Difficult. Laura has had a lo…
Lindsay R. Taylor:
Lorraine Wilson:
Programme ParticipantA conservation scientist and third culture Scot, Lorraine lives by the sea writing stories influenced by folklore and the wilderness. She is a multi-a…
Lucy Holland:
Programme ParticipantLucy Holland is the bestselling author of Sistersong, which reimagines the folk ballad ‘The Twa Sisters.’ The book was a finalist for the Goldsbor…
Madeleine E. Robins:
Margaret Menzies:
Marie O’Regan:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the novel Celeste, collections Mirror Mere, The Last Ghost and Other Stories, In Times of Want and Other Stories and editor (anthologies inc…
Martin Owton:
Fantasy author, 4 novels published -secondary world and contemporary fantasy. Holds a PhD in Chemistry, recently retired. Cochlear implant user….
Marve:
Programme ParticipantMarvellous Michael Anson has been writing for over a decade and has self-published a thriller, His Dark Reflection, to critical acclaim. She was short…
Matt Cavanagh (Womble):
UK Book Blogger accused of Booktempting…
Mike Brooks (he/him):
Programme ParticipantMike Brooks is a queer, partially-deaf author of science fiction and fantasy, based in Nottingham, UK. He has written the Keiko Series of grimy space-…
Mike Chinn:
Mike Chinn lives in Birmingham with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. He’s written fiction that runs from Westerns to Sword & So…
Mjke Wood:
Mjke is a UK-based writer of Sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Short stories have appeared in Analog, Pseudopod, Intergalactic Medicine show and many others…
Morag Hannah (MK Hardy):
Programme ParticipantMorag Hannah, together with wife Erin Hardee, writes under the penname MK Hardy. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, an…
Neil Citrin:
Neil Williamson:
Programme ParticipantNeil is a writer and musician from Glasgow, Scotland. His multi-genre books and stories have been shortlisted for British Science Fiction Association,…
Oliver Arditi:
Programme ParticipantOliver is a writer, worldbuilder, conlanger, mapmaker, librarian, and recovering musician. He’s been building a fantasy world for 15 years or several …
Ollie:
Pat F:
PatM:
Pat is a con junkie. He has been involved in them for over 30 years, starting as an attendee, then a volunteer, then an organiser. He specialises in …
Paul Kane:
Programme ParticipantPaul Kane is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author/editor of over 100 books – such as Hooded Man, Wonderland (a Shirley Jackson Award finalist) a…
Penelope Hill:
Peter McLean:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the War For The Rose Throne series and the newly released Paved With Good Intentions….
Philip XP Talbot:
PS Livingstone:
Programme ParticipantPS Livingstone writes epic contemporary fantasy while also working as a ghostwriter and editor. She’s the Online Event Co-ordinator for the BFS and …
Randee Dawn:
Programme ParticipantRandee Dawn is the author of the Amazon bestselling funny, fantastical pop culture novel Tune in Tomorrow (Solaris). Her latest story, “The Fifth Hors…
Renee Babcock:
Rhian Streek:
Rhiannon A Grist:
Programme ParticipantRhiannon A Grist is a Welsh writer of Weird, Dark and Speculative fiction. Her dark fantasy, folk horror THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS (Luna Press, 202…
Rich McAllister:
Richard:
Rick Danforth:
Programme ParticipantRick Danforth is an author from Yorkshire, England, where he works as a Systems Architect to fund his writing habit. His short fiction can be foun…
Rob Potter:
Robin CM Duncan:
Programme ParticipantRobin is a Civil Engineer by profession, he has written since 1980, but seriously only for the last 12 years. His debut novel The Mandroid Murders pub…
Rosemarie Cawkwell:
Autistic book reviewer who can’t deal with humans most of the time, and prefers books. And dragons. I read, I write, sometimes I do research. Often se…
Ruth EJ Booth:
Programme ParticipantRuth EJ Booth is a multiple award-winning writer and academic of Fantasy based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her poetry and fiction can be found in Black Stat…
Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne:
Programme ParticipantRuth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne writes romance and fantasy from the heart which often strays into weird and wonderful liminal places. She works in …
S Naomi Scott (she/her):
Programme ParticipantAuthor, book blogger, veteran tabletop gamer, irregular PC gamer, and qualified cat herder. Will accept and/or give hugs if required. Still waiting fo…
Samantha Lee Howe:
Programme ParticipantSamantha Lee Howe is a multi-award-winning screenwriter and a USA Today! bestselling author. She is the author of over 30 novels, which includes Thril…
Sarah Cole:
Programme ParticipantA creator of TTRPGs and boardgames under the banner of Patchwork Fez, as well as a Creative Technologist and Information Consultant. I’ve recently pr…
Silas A. Bischoff:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of A Crow Named Torment. Reads and writes dark stuff. Self-publishes under the imprint Morbid Taste Publishing. Fascinated by the weird and the…
Simon Bestwick/Daniel Church:
Programme ParticipantSimon Bestwick is the author of nine novels, most recently The Ravening, as by ‘Daniel Church.’ His first Daniel Church novel, The Hollows, was sh…
Simon Clark:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the Blood Crazy Series, The Night of the Triffids, Vamyrrhic, Big Finish scripts and co-screenwriter of the feature film The Protos Experime…
Simon Yarwood:
SJ Groenewegen:
Programme ParticipantSJ Groenewegen BEM wrote the novels The Disinformation War (GoldSF, 2023), Lethbridge-Stewart: A Most Haunted Man (Candy Jar, 2022), and Lethbridge-St…
Stephen Cox:
Programme ParticipantAuthor Our Child of the Stars and Our Child of Two Worlds, Arcadia. Warm, heartfelt, smart SF. Querying a spooky Victorian murder mystery and two n…
Steve McHugh:
Programme ParticipantSteve is a bestselling author of Urban Fantasy. His book, Scorched Shadows, was shortlisted for a Gemmell Award for best novel. Steve was born in a…
Steven Poore – he/him:
Programme ParticipantSteven Poore is Sheffield’s own Epic Fantasist. He is presently the Lead Judge for the annual BFS Short Story Competition. His novels Heir to the Nort…
Tiffani Angus:
Tim Shannon:
Tristan Gray:
Programme ParticipantTristan Gray is an immigrant Scottish author and a latecomer to Scotland who moved to the north from Jersey in 2014. Outside writing he works as a …
Vincent Docherty:
Vincent Docherty is a fan & con-runner, who co-chaired the 1995 & 2005 Glasgow Worldcons. He had an early interest in SF&F, Space and Scie…