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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.
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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…
Aaron Lee Dorsett:
I have written one novel, a mystery thriller called "The Faces of Ixchel"….
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 …
Adri Joy:
Programme ParticipantAdri Joy is an SFF critic and the once and future editor of Hugo and Ignyte winning online fanzine Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together. Her work has ap…
Adrian Fletcher:
Adrian M. Gibson:
Programme ParticipantAdrian M. Gibson is an award-winning Canadian SFF author, podcaster, illustrator, and tattoo artist. In 2021, he created the SFF Addicts podcast, whic…
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 …
ALAIN NEVANT:
Alex Adsett:
Programme ParticipantAlex Adsett is an Australian literary agent with near 30 years’ experience working in the publishing industry. She has managed Alex Adsett Literary …
Alex Hormann:
Programme ParticipantReader, reviewer, and scholar of science fiction…
Alex Makepeace:
Alex Makepeace was raised in London and began his career as a journalist before moving into international aid and public health, where he learned that…
Alex S. Bradshaw:
Alex S. Bradshaw is the author of gritty, character-driven stories – Windborn and Trollgrave, two standalone Norse-inspired fantasy novels. He&#…
Alexander Glass:
Programme ParticipantShort story writer (SF, fantasy and horror), reviewer and non-fiction writer. Appearances in Interzone, F&SF, Black Static, Weird Horror and other…
Alfie McKeough:
Aspiring author of urban fantasy, musician and graphic designer based in East Sussex. Driven by compelling narrative and strong atmosphere….
Ali Baker:
Programme ParticipantAlison Baker is a lecturer at University of East London in initial teacher education. She is a researcher in Children’s Fantasy Fiction. She has pub…
Ali Sparkes:
Programme ParticipantAli Sparkes is the multi-award winning author of more than 60 books for children and young adults. Her sci-fi classic Frozen In Time won The Blue Pete…
Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden:
Programme ParticipantAlice Dryden writes stories and poems about talking animals. Most of these are published in the furry fandom under the name Huskyteer, but occasionall…
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 G…
Aliette De Bodard:
Programme ParticipantAliette de Bodard writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Associat…
Alison Buck – Elsewhen Press:
Author, artist, and co-founder in 2011 of Elsewhen Press, a small indie press specialising in speculative fiction, based in SE England. Especially pro…
Alison Littlewood:
Programme ParticipantAlison’s latest novels, published as A. J. Elwood, are The Other Lives of Miss Emily White and The Cottingley Cuckoo. Her first book, A Cold Season,…
Aliya Whiteley:
Programme ParticipantAliya Whiteley writes novels and novellas, usually strange ones. They have been shortlisted for multiple awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke award,…
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…
Alyssa Cormier:
My passion is creating. I write short stories, micro, flash fiction, novels, and novellas. I’ve been a part of a long-term critique group run by a p…
Amal El-Mohtar:
Programme ParticipantAmal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award–winning author of science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and criticism, and the coauthor of the NYT bestseller This Is How…
Amanda Rutter:
Programme ParticipantCommissioning Editor for Solaris Books, dog mum to three hell hounds, keen knitter and crocheting….
Ametat Art:
Amy de la Force:
Programme ParticipantAmy de la Force is the debut author of A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME, book 1 in the Fated For Hael fantasy romance series published by Canelo (DK, Pengui…
Amy King:
Amy Topaloudi:
Anand Gandhi:
Programme ParticipantAnand Gandhi’s debut Ship of Theseus sparked a new wave in Indian cinema, named among 15 “life-changing†films by The Critics’ Circle. His fil…
Ananda Lima:
Programme ParticipantAnanda Lima is the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Tor) and Mother/land (BLP), winner of the Hudson Prize. She is a Contributing Edito…
Andi Ewington, Author:
Programme ParticipantAndi Ewington is a writer known for numerous comics, including Rogue Trooper, Forty-Five45, S6X, Sunflower, Red Dog, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, Free…
Andrea Morstabilini:
Programme ParticipantAndrea Morstabilini was born in Lodi, in the misty middle of the Po Valley, in Northern Italy, in 1983. He studied Modern Literature at the University…
Andrew Freudenberg:
Andrew Hook:
Programme ParticipantAndrew Hook has had over 200 short stories published, together with twelve collections, a handful of novellas, and a few novels. 2o25 should see publi…
Andrew King:
Andrew Knighton:
Programme ParticipantAndrew Knighton is the author of the Forged For Destiny trilogy and The Executioner’s Blade, as well as assorted short stories, comics, novellas, an…
Andrew Watson:
Andrzej Sapkowski:
Programme ParticipantAndrzej Sapkowski is the internationally bestselling author of The Witcher series and The Hussite Trilogy, known for his multi-layered plots, rich w…
Angela “A.G.” Slatter:
Programme ParticipantAngela “A.G.†Slatter is the author of seven novels, including All the Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns, The Briar Book of the Dead and The Cri…
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:
Ann Marie Wilson:
Programme ParticipantAfter taking a break from writing for TTRPGs to start a family, Ann Marie now writes fiction with her husband and writing partner, Leonard. Their two …
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…
Anna Stephens:
Programme ParticipantAnna Stephens is the author of the epic fantasy Godblind and Songs of the Drowned trilogies, and also writes for Black Library in their Age of Sigmar …
Anna Taborska:
Anna is a horror writer, screenwriter and co-head of programming of the Raindance Film Festival….
Anna Tizard:
Anna Tizard writes award-winning contemporary/ weird fantasy. She’s also obsessed with the surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse, which scrambles word…
Annie Czajkowski:
Annie Summerlee (she/her):
Programme ParticipantAnnie Summerlee lives in Spain with her partner, two cats, and a rescue dog. Her short stories have been featured in 404 Ink, Litro, So To Speak, as w…
Ant @ SFBook:
Programme ParticipantOwner of SFBook.com, freelance writer & reviewer of all things speculative. Employee of Future publishing….
April Steenburgh:
Programme ParticipantApril Steenburgh is the pen name of Burdock Broughton (they/them). April lives with a cunning little cat they found in a swamp. That cat might be a wi…
Ariana Weldon:
Arthur H. Manners:
Programme ParticipantArthur H. Manners is a British speculative fiction writer, with a background in space physics and data science. His work is published/forthcoming in p…
Ashley Stokes:
Programme ParticipantAshley Stokes is the author of Gigantic (Unsung Stories, 2021) and The Syllabus of Errors (Unthank Books, 2013). Short fiction has appeared in Interzo…
Barbara James:
Ben Carey (He/Him):
Berna Hudson:
Programme ParticipantFantasy writer about to publish first series, chaotic dnd player, and aspiring acrobat….
Beth Wagner:
Programme ParticipantBeth Wagner is a micro-publisher, comic creator, artist and writer, living in Burnaby, British Columbia on the West coast of Canada. She began drawin…
Betsy Wollheim, DAW Books, NYC:
Publisher of DAW Books, NYC….
Bex Clark / F. R. Darke:
Bob Ahern:
BRAD LOGAN:
Bradley Logan loves all things theater. He is a Director of Production at a nonprofit organization that serves adults with special needs. His hobbies …
Brad Towers:
Programme ParticipantBrad Towers is the author of the Ethasar Chronicles, a unique epic fantasy series where seven powerful kingdoms clash in a war for the fates of their …
Brenda Carre:
Programme Participantbio information can be found on my website….
C.C. ADAMS:
Programme ParticipantLondon native C.C. Adams is the horror/dark fiction author behind books such as But Worse Will Come, Forfeit Tissue and Downwind, Alice. A member of t…
C.L. McCartney:
Programme ParticipantC.L. is a London-based writer and editor. He is Managing Director and Editor at Bona Books – a radical small press dedicated to queer SFF – and co…
Caitlin Rozakis:
Programme ParticipantCaitlin Rozakis is the New York Times bestselling author of Dreadful (2025 Aldiss Award shortlist) and The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Asso…
Caitlin Turner:
Caitlin Turner is an illustrator and fine artist based in Cornwall, United Kingdom. She completed her BA in illustration at Falmouth University in 202…
Callum Rowland:
Speculative fiction writer and co-founder of TL;DR Press….
Cardinal Cox:
Programme ParticipantWriter and broadcaster, been having work (mostly poetry) published in zines/small-press for 40 years. Has been poet-in-residence of a Victorian Cemete…
Carl Allery:
Carol Gyzander:
Programme ParticipantCarol Gyzander is a Bram Stoker Award® winner, World Fantasy Award and Rhysling Award nominee who writes and edits horror, weird fiction, science fic…
CAROL M. SALTER:
Carol M. Salter is a prolific reader and writer of fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal and Sci-Fi novels. Author of eleven books so far, with three fant…
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…
Cassidy Ellis Salter (they/them):
Cassie Leung:
Catherine:
Programme ParticipantLong-time fantasy fan, currently co-hosting Dining Table Discworld podcast. Formerly a book reviewer and award judge for BFS. Been known to do some wr…
Catherine Cavendish:
Programme ParticipantFollowing a varied career in sales, advertising and career guidance, Catherine Cavendish now writes haunted house, ghostly, witchy novels, novellas an…
Catherine Finch:
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 …
Cécile Cristofari:
Programme ParticipantCécile Cristofari lives in South France, where she teaches English literature, writes stories when her children are asleep, and makes time for union …
Charlotte Goodwin:
Programme ParticipantUniverse fabricator, weekend warrior, mother of gremlins, author of the Gallantrian Legacy series. With over twenty years of military experience, a…
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…
Chris Harlow:
Chris Keating:
Chris Logan Edwards:
Chris Logan Edwards has been a bookseller for more than forty years and as the publisher of Tigereyes Press, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award i…
Chris Lowry:
Programme ParticipantAlso known as CM Lowry, I'm an author, RPG designer, illustrator, podcaster and publisher. I help run Beyond Cataclysm Books, and host the This B…
Chris Marble:
American convention fan. Somewhat new to WFC, 2011 was my 1st, but been volunteering at Cons for over 40 years. Poorly organized in real life but ha…
Christopher Caldwell:
Programme ParticipantChristopher Caldwell is a queer, Black American who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholar…
Cindy Squires:
Cintain:
CJ Hooper:
CJ Hooper is an author from Hertfordshire, with a background in archaeology, history, and mythology. His tales all have a sense of place and evoke the…
CL Hellisen (they/them):
Programme ParticipantCL Hellisen lives in Scotland and their work has appeared in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Apex, Shimmer, Strange Horizons, Shoreline o…
Claire Cartwright:
Claire Dovey:
Clare Reader Collins:
Programme ParticipantI'm a Fantasy author from Devon; my debut novel, Tales of Starcross, is being published by Penguin in 2026…
Colleen Anderson:
Programme ParticipantColleen Anderson has a BFA in writing and is a multiple award nominee and winner. Her work has been widely published in seven countries, such places a…
Corinne Leigh Clark:
Programme ParticipantCorinne Leigh Clark is a Canadian author who loves to read and write dark Gothic stories with strong, enigmatic female characters. She is a graduate o…
Corry L. Lee:
Programme ParticipantCorry L. Lee is an author, Ph.D. physicist, and data geek. The final instalment of their Russian-inspired epic fantasy trilogy, beginning with Weave t…
CraigBookwyrm:
Avid reader and reviewer from Wales. Contributor for Fanfiaddict blog….
Cyril Simsa:
Cyril Simsa is an Anglo-Czech writer (born in London to Czech parents, but now living in Prague), with stories and articles in a range of genre public…
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 Harris:
Dan Howarth:
Programme ParticipantDan Howarth is a British author of gritty Northern Weird horror fiction with a strong focus on societal issues and tinged with folklore and the supern…
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…
Dan Walsh:
Programme ParticipantDan is a former award-winning investigative reporter and published poet turned novelist. He writes science fiction and fantasy thrillers along with mo…
Dave Brzeski:
Dave Caunce:
Dave Jeffery:
Programme ParticipantJeffery is a British Fantasy Award nominated writer and screenwriter. He is primarily known for his dystopian ‘a Quiet APOCALYPSE’ series. As a me…
Dave Watkins:
Programme ParticipantDave has written several horror novels, many of which are fast paced creature features. He has a deep love of sci-fi horror films like The Thing and A…
David:
David Cartwright:
Programme ParticipantDavid Cartwright was born in 1981, and raised in a Golden Age of Saturday morning cartoons. From that time and forever more he has been an avid watche…
David Cleden:
David Green:
Programme ParticipantDavid Green is a neurodivergent writer of the epic and the urban, the fantastical and the mysterious, and cosy….
David Mann:
David Stokes:
David runs the small press, Guardbridge Books, located in Scotland. He publishes a variety of science fiction and fantasy, as well as history/non-fict…
David Streek. Author.:
David Thomas Moore (he/him):
Programme ParticipantDavid Thomas Moore is the Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-nominated editorial director at Rebellion Publishing Ltd. A lifelong roleplayer, fantasy fan a…
David Tucker:
Programme ParticipantDr. David Tucker, his life mirrors his novels, a combination of experiences as a homeless construction worker facing injury and death, a research scie…
David Wragg:
Programme ParticipantDavid Wragg is the author of the Articles of Faith series and the Tales of the Plains trilogy. He lives in Hertfordshire, UK, with his family and an i…
Debbie/Owlphabetical:
Delia Sherman:
Programme ParticipantDelia Sherman is the author of novels and short stories for children and adults. She can write almost anywhere, but prefers cafes and comfy sofas near…
Derek Drake:
Devin Martin:
Programme ParticipantDevin Martin is a mass of uncooperative cells who occasionally get their act together enough to do things. He's Co-Editor for PodCastle, where he…
Di Smith:
Artist and Art teacher currently running an outdoor education centre in Norfolk UK….
Diana Alsobrook:
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:
Donna Parlby:
Donna Scott:
Programme ParticipantEditor/owner of The Slab Press. Editor of Best of British Science Fiction for NewCon Press. Hails from Northampton where she is an active member of N…
Dr Richard Hussey | Vecna:
Dr X:
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…
Duncan:
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…
E.D.E. Bell:
Programme ParticipantE.D.E. Bell (she/her or e/em) is a fantasy writer and small press editor. A passionate vegan and earnest progressive, she feels strongly about issues …
E.M. Faulds (Beth):
Programme ParticipantE.M. Faulds writes fantasy and science fiction and won the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. Find out more at https://emfaulds.com…
Edward Cox:
Author of The Relic Guild trilogy, The Song of the Sycamore, The Wood Bee Queen, and The Boneshaker….
El McInerney:
Programme ParticipantEl McInerney is the author of the epic fantasy series, The Unraveling. The first book, Soulstealer was a semi-finalist in the SPFBOX self-published fa…
Elana Gomel:
Programme ParticipantElana Gomel is an academic and an award-winning writer of dark fantasy and science fiction. Born in Ukraine and currently residing in California, she …
Elian J Morgan:
Programme ParticipantElian J Morgan is a Netherlands-born, queer British author living by the sea with their partner and dog. They have studied bones, folklore, history, a…
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…
ELIZABETH WEIN:
Programme ParticipantElizabeth Wein writes YA featuring female pilots, and is best known for Code Name Verity. She also writes teen non-fiction, but her first love is fant…
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 …
ELLEN KUSHNER:
Programme ParticipantEllen Kushner’s cult novel Swordspoint introduced readers to the “fantasy of manners†genre, and to the city to which she has returned in two mo…
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 …
Elliot Craggs:
Ellis Saxey:
Programme ParticipantE Saxey writes weird fiction including their debut Gothic/folk horror novel, Unquiet, and a collection of queer shorts, Lost in the Archive. They dabb…
Em Hallewell (they/them):
Emily H. Wilson:
Programme ParticipantEmily H. Wilson is the author of the Sumerians trilogy, a series of fantasy novels set in Ancient Sumer, the world's first civilisation. All thre…
Emily Potter:
emma burnett:
Programme ParticipantEmma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Nature:Futures, Mythaxis, Northern Gravy, Radon, Flash Fiction Online, Apex, Utopia, M…
Emma L. Adams:
Emma spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she ended u…
Eóin Dooley (he/him):
Programme ParticipantEóin Dooley (he/him) is a writer from central Ireland, and a member of SFWA and BFS. Having completed a master's degree in cognitive science and…
Eric LaRocca:
Programme ParticipantEric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist, a Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and a Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named by Esquire…
Erica Marks:
Programme ParticipantErica Marks discovered her love for storytelling in the third grade with her comedic short story, Grounded in Manure. From that moment, she embraced t…
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…
Eris Young:
Programme ParticipantEris Young is a transgender writer of speculative fiction. Their work has appeared in Pseudopod, Fusion Fragment, GigaNotoSaurus and StarShipSofa, as …
Erzebet Barthold:
Erzebet is a writer, publisher, and owner of a specialist bookshop dealing in science fiction, fantasy, and tabletop gaming. Publishing interests incl…
Evan Leikam:
Programme ParticipantEvan Leikam is a fantasy author and content creator from Portland, OR. He is the host of the Book Reviews Kill Podcast and author of Anji Kills A King…
Farah Mendlesohn:
Programme ParticipantFarah Mendlesohn is a con-runner, a retired History Professor, a charity manager, co-editor of the Hugo Award Winning Cambridge Companion to Science F…
Fay Brown:
FERGUS BEADLE:
Fiona Moore:
Programme ParticipantFiona Moore is a BSFA Award winning, WFA shortlisted writer, academic and critic, author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones, Project Managemen…
Fjóla:
Frances White (She/Her):
Programme ParticipantFrances White is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned, a queer fantasy murder mystery at sea. she has a soft spot for writing u…
Franklin Coleman:
Frasier Armitage:
Programme ParticipantPart-time robot. Full-time nerd. Author of Yestermorrow, New Yesterday, Time’s Ellipse, and A Stitch Between Worlds. Reviewer for FanFiAddict Hos…
G. V. Anderson:
G. V. Anderson’s short fiction has won a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, and been nominated for a Nebula. Her work has been transla…
Gagan Kaur:
Gareth Wood:
Programme ParticipantA working-class writer of horror and SFF, I was born and raised in Birmingham, UK. I have written thirteen genre novels, the most recent of which – &…
Garth Nix:
Programme ParticipantNew York Times bestselling novelist Garth Nix has been a full-time writer since 2001, but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, b…
Gary K Wolfe:
Programme ParticipantGary K. Wolfe is an award-winning science fiction critic and Emeritus Professor at Roosevelt University. His books include Soundings, Bearings, Sight…
Gav Thorpe:
Programme ParticipantGav Thorpe has a long history with the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes, and has written many novels for the same. He is a New York Times best…
Gavin G. Smith:
Programme ParticipantGavin Smith is the author and co/author of 14 books, a couple of novellas and multiple short stories. His books include (but are not limited to) Veter…
Gavin Williams:
Programme ParticipantGavin Williams’ screenwriting début, AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, was a Critic’s Pick in the New York Times. He’s had work commissioned or optio…
Gay Haldeman:
Programme ParticipantGay Haldeman has managed SF Grandmaster Joe Haldeman’s career since it began in 1969. She’s taught Spanish and then writing for 30 years in the W…
Genevieve Cogman:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series. Lifelong fan of fantasy, science fiction, and Golden Age crime fiction. Works in health…
Geoff Holder:
Programme ParticipantGeoff Holder is a Welsh author & screenwriter based in France. He’s published more than 30 non-fiction books on the paranormal and weird stuff, …
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…
GINNY LOGAN:
Programme ParticipantBestselling author Virginia Smith has written over 55 books with sales exceeding 2 million copies worldwide. Her novel, Guilty Secrets, was produced a…
Giovanni De Feo:
I was a literature teacher at International Baccalaureate schools. I have been publishing novels in Italy since 2003. I trained as an oral storyteller…
Graeme Dixon:
Graham Austin-King:
Programme ParticipantGraham Austin-King was born in the south of England and grew up with his nose in book, a computer game in his face, or rolling  D20 across a table. …
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…
Gunnar Theodór:
Programme ParticipantGunnar Theodor is a horror and fantasy author from Iceland. Since 2008 he has written a number of novels for children, teens and young adults, and has…
Gwen Casey:
Gwen Frazer:
Programme ParticipantI’m Gwen, an avid sci-fi and fantasy enthusiast with a love for reading and exploring literary realms. I’m on a journey to enhance my communication an…
Hana El Niwairi (she/her):
Heide Goody:
Programme ParticipantHeide writes novels, very often in collaboration with Iain Grant. These include the Clovenhoof series (urban comedy fantasy) and several other series,…
Helen Lane:
Programme ParticipantHelen Lane is a Literary Agent at the Ki Agency. She is also an editor at Jericho Writers. She has amazing clients. And lives in London with her famil…
Helen Marshall:
Programme ParticipantDr Helen Marshall is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. She has won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fant…
Henke:
Henry Sanders-Wright:
I’m Henry, a speculative fiction writer based in London. I’ve had stories published in Translunar Traveler’s Lounge, All World’s Wayfarer, Pla…
Hildur Knútsdóttir:
Programme ParticipantHildur Knútsdóttir was born in ReykjavÃk, Iceland. She writes fiction for both adults and teenagers, as well as plays, screenplays and short fictio…
I R Fox:
Iain Grant:
Programme ParticipantIain Grant (alongside his co-writer Heide Goody) is the author of more than 50 novels, including the best-selling Clovenhoof comedy series….
Ian Green:
Programme ParticipantIan Green is a writer from Northern Scotland with a PhD in epigenetics. His short fiction has been widely published. He won the BBC Radio 4 Opening Li…
Ian Hunter:
Programme ParticipantIan Hunter is the author of four children's novels, and "Fantastic Glasgow". His short stories and poems have appeared in magazines and…
Ida Keogh:
Programme ParticipantIda Keogh is a science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2021 she won both the BSFA Award and British Fantasy Award for short fiction. Her debut novella …
Irina:
Ivan Caric:
Programme ParticipantIvan is the co-founder (along with Laura Langrish) and creative director of interactive experience creators, Lemon Difficult Studio. He has had lifelo…
Ivor K. Hill:
Programme ParticipantIvor writes epic fantasy and horror, and is at FantasyCon to pitch an epic fantasy novel inspired by growing up in working class Belfast during the Tr…
J C Duncan:
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 (…
J.L Worrad:
J.L Worrad is the author of the fantasy novels Pennyblade and The Keep Within (both from Titan Books), the space opera Feral Space and a fair few shor…
J.S. Breukelaar:
Programme ParticipantJ.S. Breukelaar is an American-Australian speculative writer known for her wide-ranging works including Collision:Stories, Aletheia,The Bridge,and Ame…
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…
Jack Unthank:
Jackie Duckworth:
Programme ParticipantI am a printmaker and illustrator based in Cambridge. I’ve attended and exhibited at many SF cons but this is my first Fantasy Con!…
Jackson Ford:
Programme ParticipantJackson Ford is the author of the bestselling Frost Files series, beginning with The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind. His newest book is also h…
Jacqui Greaves:
Programme ParticipantJacqui has 18 short stories and poems published in various places. As well as Rose Moon, a novella, and Letters From Elsewhere, a collection of specul…
James Barclay:
Programme ParticipantAuthor, Gamer, Actor. Lover of sport and dogs, consumer of TV, books and film, including a peculiar fascination with zombies I have fourteen novels …
James Bennett:
Programme ParticipantJames Bennett is a British Fantasy Award winning author. Raised in Sussex and South Africa, his short fiction has appeared internationally. His acclai…
James Logan:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of fantasy debut THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, published by Arcadia (UK) and Tor (US), and longlisted for the Glass Bell award….
Jamie-Lee Nardone:
Jane Morecroft:
Programme ParticipantJane Morecroft is currently finalising an urban fantasy novel. She's worked as a journalist covering EU policy and the financial markets for many…
Janet Forbes (she/her) | World Anvil:
Programme ParticipantJanet Forbes (she/her, bi) is the CEO & founder of World Anvil, the award-winning worldbuilding, novel writing & RPG gaming platform with over…
Jason Nahrung:
Australian writer and editor Jason Nahrung is the author of four novels – all involving vampires in an Australian setting — and more than 20 short…
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…
Jean Bürlesk:
Programme ParticipantJean Bürlesk is a storyteller. He writes, he reads, he acts, he makes jokes nobody understands. He would sing and dance, but he has no sense of rhyth…
Jeffrey Ford:
Programme ParticipantJeffrey Ford is the author of the novels The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology …
Jenna Scott:
Jenni Coutts:
Programme ParticipantJenni Coutts is a British Fantasy Award winning artist, speculative fiction writer and NHS doctor based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is the art editor fo…
Jennifer Dawson:
American author, editor, and book reviewer living in England….
Jenny Campbell:
Jess Hyslop (she/her):
Jessica Day George:
Programme ParticipantJessica Day George is a bestselling author middle grade and young adult fantasy books, such as the Dragon Slippers trilogy, Princess of the Midnight B…
Jilly Paddock:
Jim Burns:
Jim Burns is an internationally acclaimed science-fiction and fantasy artist. Using both traditional and digital techniques, his artwork has adorned t…
JL Kaufmann:
Jo Fletcher:
Programme ParticipantJo Fletcher has been a Fleet Street journalist, publisher and editor; she is a published poet, writer and ghost-writer of fiction and non-fiction. She…
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….
Jo Randall:
Joanna Corrance:
Programme ParticipantJoanna Corrance is a lawyer and author from the Highlands of Scotland. She writes mostly dark speculative fiction, horror and science fiction; her pub…
Joanne Anderton:
Programme ParticipantJoanne Anderton is an Australian author of speculative fiction, creative non-fiction, and children’s books. Her most recent work is Pixerina, a haun…
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…
Joanne Harris:
Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambri…
Joe Haldeman:
Programme ParticipantJoe Haldeman has won five Hugos and five Nebulas and is an SFWA Grandmaster. His best-known book is THE FOREVER WAR. His latest novel is WORK DONE FOR…
Joe Hill:
Programme ParticipantJoe Hill is a Sunday Times bestseller and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box, The Fireman, and Full Throttle. He won the Eis…
Joe Smith:
John Berlyne:
JOHN NASSARI:
By day, John Nassari is a London-based photographer; by night, he is a passionate fantasy writer. John’s love for fantasy literature began in his te…
John Tarrow:
Programme ParticipantJohn Tarrow is a storyteller, award-winning author and creator of Britain’s most extraordinary home; Talliston House & Gardens. Author of The…
Jon Oliver:
Programme ParticipantJonathan Oliver is an award-winning editor and writer. Having been the editor-in-chief at Solaris and Abaddon Books for a number of years, he is now a…
Jonathan Laidlow:
Programme ParticipantCumbrian in Brum, writes a bit. Stories in Strange Horizons, Liminal Stories, StarshipSofa, Interzone and IZ Digital, and more. Short fiction reviews …
Jonathan Prinz:
Jordan Acosta:
JOSH WINNING:
Programme ParticipantJosh Winning is the critically acclaimed author of Heads Will Roll, Burn the Negative, which was long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award, and The Shadow G…
Joyce Chng:
Programme ParticipantJoyce Chng's fiction has appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, We See A Different Frontier, Cranky Ladies of History, Accessing The Future, T…
Judith Land:
Jukka Halme:
Julia Kitvaria Sarene:
Reviewer for Fantasy-Faction, fantasy and audiobook addict….
Julia Rez (she/her/root):
Programme ParticipantQueer SF writer / music botherer / Girl techno DJ / thing builder / femme unix top. she/her/root. BFS award winner, weirdly enough. (stories in …
Juliana Holzhauer-Barrie / JM Cyrus:
JM Cyrus writes speculative fiction. With a bachelor's in Classical Studies, a master's in Reception Theory, and currently studying for an M…
Julie C. Day:
Programme ParticipantJulie C. Day is a writer, editor & publisher. Her longer works include The Rampant, a Lambda Award finalist, and her genre-bending collection …
Julie Humphrey:
Juliet E McKenna:
Programme ParticipantJuliet E McKenna is a British author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Her epic fantasy debut The Thief’s Gamble in 1999 was followed by The Aldabreshin …
Juliet Marillier:
Programme ParticipantJuliet Marillier is a New Zealand-born author of 25 historical fantasy novels as well as short fiction. Her work is published internationally and has …
Juliet Mushens:
Programme ParticipantLiterary agent at Mushens Entertainment and President of the British Fantasy Society…
Justin Lee Anderson:
Programme ParticipantJustin was a professional writer and editor for 15 years before his debut novel, Carpet Diem, was published, going on to win the 2018 Audie award for …
Justin Waine:
I have been writing fantasy and science fiction novels for almost as long as I have been reading them. Having spent two decades in the investment indu…
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…
K.A.Teryna:
Programme ParticipantK.A.Teryna is an award-winning author and illustrator. Her fiction has been translated from Russian into six languages. English translations of her st…
Kabriya Coghlan:
Kalie Reid:
Programme ParticipantKalie Reid is a fantasy author living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her debut romantic fantasy novel THE SACRED SPACE BETWEEN about an exiled saint an…
Karen:
Karen Joy Fowler:
Programme ParticipantKaren Joy Fowler is an author of science fiction, historical fiction, and literary fiction. She has written seven novels and has seven grandchildren….
Karin J. Robinson:
Programme ParticipantKarin is an agented Science Fiction and Fantasy author who was born in Massachusetts but now lives in London. She’s been published in Horror Tree, 1…
Kat Kourbeti:
Programme ParticipantKat Kourbeti is a queer, Greek/Serbian speculative fiction writer, culture critic, narrator and podcaster based in London, UK. She is a Hugo and Briti…
KATE FORSYTH:
Programme ParticipantDr Kate Forsyth is an award-winning author and performance storyteller best known for Bitter Greens, a reimagining of ‘Rapunzel’ which won the Ame…
Kate Scott:
Kate Towner:
Programme ParticipantKate is a general purpose nerd with interests in literature, fanfic and crafting. She co-leads a daisy book club. In her spare time she is Director of…
Katherine Clarke:
Katherine Haynes:
Founder member of A Ghostly Company. Has published over 60 short stories to date. Debut collection ‘Daydreams and Nightmares’ won The Dracula Society’…
Kathleen Jennings:
Programme ParticipantKathleen Jennings is a British Fantasy Award-winning writer and World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator, based in Brisbane, Australia. Her latest publ…
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…
Kayleigh (Happy Goat Horror):
Programme ParticipantKayleigh Dobbs is an author and the owner of Happy Goat Horror, a review website that mainly focuses on indie horror fiction and publishing….
KB Willson:
I am a British author currently living beside the sea in Dorset. I have had work published by NewCon Press, Little Red Writers, Timber Ghost Press, Qu…
Kiera Nixon:
Programme ParticipantKiera Nixon has always been fascinated by the ways words can be used to twist insanity into perfect sense, and thought she better take some responsibi…
Kim Smuga-Otto:
Programme ParticipantTrained as a scientist and journalist, Kim Smuga-Otto somehow ended up writing a story about a boy band who saves fantasyland. In addition to being th…
Kirstyn McDermott:
Kit Whitfield:
Programme ParticipantKit Whitfield is the author of Bareback (published in the US as Benighted), In Great Waters (which was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award) and the …
Klara Lammers:
Krista Wallace (she/her):
Programme ParticipantKrista is a fantasy writer, musician, actor, audiobook narrator, podcaster, mum, Gran; a lover of pie, dark chocolate, and fine single malt scotch. Sh…
Kristen Britain:
Programme ParticipantKristen Britain is the New York Times bestselling author of the Green Rider epic fantasy series of which the latest installment, FALLING IN A SEA OF S…
Laura Bennett:
Programme ParticipantLiterary agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency….
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…
Lauren McMenemy:
Programme ParticipantLauren McMenemy wears many hats: Editor-in-Chief at Trembling With Fear for horrortree.com; marketing for the British Fantasy Society; curator of the …
Laurence J. R. Nix:
Laurence Nix writes stories that mix the absurd with the heartfelt. He is currently querying what he hopes will be a debut novel. If not, another one …
Lavie Tidhar:
Lavie Tidhar’s work encompasses literary fiction (Maror, Adama, Six Lives, and Golgotha), cross-genre classics such as Jerwood Prize winner A Man Li…
Lee Murray:
Programme ParticipantLee Murray ONZM is a writer, editor, poet and screenwriter, a Shirley Jackson and five-time Bram Stoker Award® winner. A USA Today bestseller with ov…
Leonard Wilson:
Programme ParticipantLeonard co-authors fantasy horror and fantasy romance novels with his wife and emotional support human, Ann Marie. While he may technically meet the d…
Linda van der Pal:
Lindsay R. Taylor:
Lindsey Duncan:
Lisa Fransson:
Programme ParticipantLisa is a bilingual writer and literary translator living in Shoreham-By-Sea, England, with her husband and three teenagers. In her native Swedish, Li…
Lisa Tuttle:
Programme ParticipantTexan by birth, Scottish by choice and residence, I began with fanzines and journalism and have been a published author since the early 1970s – the we…
Liv Rainey-Smith:
Programme ParticipantLiv Rainey-Smith creates art through xylography, the practice of carving and printing wood. She finds inspiration in early European prints, esoteric t…
Liza Groen Trombi:
Programme ParticipantLIZA GROEN TROMBIÂ is the four-time Hugo Award winning Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Locus Magazine. A life-long reader of science fiction, fantasy…
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…
Lydia- Genki Gear:
Lyndsey Croal (she/her):
Programme ParticipantLyndsey Croal is a Scottish author of strange and speculative fiction, with work published in over eighty magazines and anthologies, including Apex, A…
M H Ayinde (she/her):
Programme ParticipantM. H. Ayinde was born in London’s East End. She is a runner, a lapsed martial artist, and a screen time enthusiast. Her debut novel A SONG OF LEGEND…
M.J. Sahanaja:
Mary-Jane Sahanaja is a Dutch writer with Asian and Oceanian roots. She worked as an office manager in the banking and legal sectors and studied psych…
Madeleine E. Robins:
Marc Bitterli:
Marco Michelutto:
Margaret Eve:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of short stories "What You Hear Whispered", "Something in the Water", and "Too Be Needed."…
Margaret Menzies:
I’m an avid fiction reader living in the Netherlands….
Mari Vilppula:
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…
Marie van Mil:
Programme ParticipantMarie is a writer of fantasy and science fiction and a freelance book marketer/designer. After living in the Netherlands and Germany and finishing her…
Mariëlle:
Marilyn Gallagher:
Marisa Linton:
Programme ParticipantMarisa is a history professor turned prize-winning novelist. Her YA fantasy/folk horror, The Binding Spell, won the Times/Chicken House writing compet…
Mark Chadbourn:
Mark Chadbourn is a Sunday Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter with the BBC and journalist for The Guardian, Times and others. He’s also a two-…
Mark L. Van Name:
Programme ParticipantMark L. Van Name is a writer, technologist, and spoken word performer. As a science fiction author, he has published five novels (One Jump Ahead, Slan…
Mark Wingenfeld:
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…
Mary G. Thompson:
Programme ParticipantMary G. Thompson is the author of the sci-fi novella One Level Down and several novels for children and young adults. Her short fiction has appeared i…
Matt Cavanagh (Womble):
UK Book Blogger accused of Booktempting…
Matt Dovey (he/him):
Matt Hill:
Programme ParticipantI'm a writer from Manchester, now living on the edge of the Peak District. I'm the author of five novels including Lamb (Dead Ink, 2023) and…
Maura McHugh:
Programme ParticipantMaura McHugh lives in Ireland and writes prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, and comic books. Her short story collection, The Boughs Withered (Whe…
Maya MacGregor:
Programme ParticipantMaya MacGregor is a Nebula- and Walden-nominated author of YA fantasy and also writes adult fantasy and romantasy as Emmie Mears and Eamhair MacGrioga…
Meg Davis:
Programme ParticipantManaging Director of the Ki Agency, Meg has been a judge of the World Fantasy Award, as well as serving in various capacities with agents' trade …
Meg Turville-Heitz:
Programme ParticipantFormer journalist, editor, planner, and farmer, M Turville Heitz published short fiction before taking a break to collect a PhD and teach science comm…
Megan Chee:
Programme ParticipantMegan Chee is a Singaporean author who has lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, and is currently based in Singapore. Her short fiction h…
Melissa Kocias:
Programme ParticipantPlaything of the winds. Professional cat herder, part-time writer, dancer, time traveler extraordinaire. Moss gardener, fencer, needleworker, crochete…
Melissa M Miller:
Micci Trolio:
Michael R. Miller:
Programme ParticipantHailing from Scotland's wet and wild west coast, Michael enjoys writing stories as sweeping in scope as the ancient landscapes he grew up in. His…
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:
Programme ParticipantMike Chinn lives in Birmingham with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. He’s written fiction that runs from Westerns to Sword and Sorc…
Mike Hollows he/him:
Programme ParticipantM.J. Hollows, the author of four historical fiction novels. With a keen interest in history, music, and science, he has told stories since he was litt…
Mike Horsfield:
Illustrator living in Brighton. Favourite writers- Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Vance and Tim Powers Favourite film – The Princess Bride Future p…
Miles/Christian Cameron:
Programme ParticipantChristian (also Miles) Cameron is a Canadian fantasy, Sci Fi and Historical fiction author with over 50 novels published (mostly by Orion and Gollancz…
Mina Ikemoto Ghosh:
Programme ParticipantMina Ikemoto Ghosh is a British-Japanese author-illustrator based in Surrey, UK. She wrote and illustrated the YA Japanese fantasy mystery 'Hyo t…
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…
Molly Tanzer:
Programme ParticipantMolly Tanzer is the award-winning author of five novels and many works of shorter fiction. Her official Jirel of Joiry revival, “Jirel and the Mirro…
Morag:
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…
Nadia El-Fassi:
Programme ParticipantNadia El-Fassi is the author of Best Hex Ever and Love at First Fright. She is a half-Moroccan, half-Australian writer of fantasy romance and horror a…
Natalie Nielson:
Nate Pedersen:
Programme ParticipantEditor of THE DAGON COLLECTION: An Auction Catalogue of Items Recovered in the Federal Raid on Innsmouth, Mass., and THE STARRY WISDOM LIBRARY: A Cata…
Nathan Philpott:
Programme ParticipantNathan Philpott is an author, artist and hobbyist game developer living in Warrington. He has published a couple of novels online (Assessment Day and…
Nazia:
Neil Citrin:
Neil Williamson:
Programme ParticipantNeil is a writer and musician from Glasgow, Scotland. His books and stories have been shortlisted for numerous British Science Fiction Association, Br…
Nick Binge:
Programme ParticipantNicholas Binge is a bestselling author of speculative thrillers that blend big sci-fi concepts with psychological horror. These include Ascension, Dis…
Nick Gloaming:
Nigel Ramsey:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the novellas The Witching Hour and The Nightwalker. His short stories have appeared in Weird Tales, The Magazine of Fantasy and Horror, Midn…
Nina:
Ninja Hobbit:
Northern Magpie Art (Lizzie):
Programme ParticipantNorthern Magpie Art is a queer, Scottish artist focusing on wood-burning (pyrography) and wood carving to create fantastical and nature-inspired work….
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:
Omar Kooheji:
Programme ParticipantI'm just really confused, and I hate writing bio's come say hi if you see me, I'm pretty friendly. Also buy my wife's book! (Th…
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 Finch:
Programme ParticipantPaul Finch is a former cop and journalist turned full-time writer. He cut his literary teeth penning episodes of the British crime drama, The Bill, an…
Paul Frankl:
I'm a writer from a film background who has written and directed 6 short films and developed multiple feature films. I'm currently writing m…
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:
Programme ParticipantWriter, crafter, gamer, and guardian of cats and dragons. Keeper of the Known Kingdoms, Maven of the Esoteric Sciences, and dabbler in textile arts  
Pete:
Programme ParticipantPete W Sutton is a writer and editor. His two short story collections – A Tiding of Magpies and The Museum for Forgetting – were shortlisted for B…
Peter Buck – Elsewhen Press:
Co-founder in 2011 of Elsewhen Press, a small indie press specialising in speculative fiction, based in SE England. Especially proud to be delivering …
Peter McLean:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the War For The Rose Throne series and the newly released Paved With Good Intentions….
Phil Williams:
Programme ParticipantPhil Williams is an author of fantasy, horror and dystopian fiction, including the Blood Scouts epic military fantasies, the Ordshaw urban fantasy thr…
Philip A. Suggars:
Programme ParticipantI’m a neurodiverse writer from a working-class background. My work has appeared in Strange Horizons, The Guardian and Interzone and on many podcasts…
Philip Palmer:
Programme ParticipantI am the author of five novels published by Orbit Books, including RED CLAW and VERSION 43, and one self published novel HELL ON EARTH. I have written…
Philip XP Talbot:
Unassuming computer programmer by day. Exciting and dynamic reader of speculative fiction by night. I was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006….
Phillip Irving:
Programme ParticipantPhillip Irving is a writer, editor and stand up comic in Leicester, UK. He has had short fiction published by Flame Tree Press and The Slab Press, as …
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 …
Q. C. Terence:
Programme ParticipantQ. C. Terence is a fantasy and science-fiction author of little renown. His works have been nominated for no awards whatsoever, and have impressed all…
Queen Timy:
Timy, also known as Queen Terrible Timy hails from a magical land called Hungary, born and raised in its capital city, Budapest. Books have been her r…
R.E. McAuliffe:
R.E. McAuliffe is an emerging writer of speculative fiction and horror….
Rachel La Fein:
Currently editing my first novel in my adult fantasy series, Song of the Mage, and beginning to construct an author platform. Lover of fairy tales, my…
Ramsey Campbell:
Programme ParticipantHorror Laureate The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writerâ€,…
Randee Dawn:
Programme ParticipantRandee Dawn is the author of the Amazon bestselling funny, fantastical pop culture novel Tune in Tomorrow (Solaris). In 2025 she published (via ArcMan…
Raven Dane:
Programme ParticipantRaven Dane is an Irish writer, currently living in the UK. Her published work includes novels in horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, comedic fantas…
Rebecca E Treasure (she/her):
Programme ParticipantRebecca is an author of short fiction and novels, the managing editor at Apex Magazine, and the creator of micromagazine Crepuscular. She is represent…
Reggie Oliver:
Programme ParticipantBiographer, illustrator, actor, playwright and award winning author of short stories and novels mostly with a supernatural bent. Will be launching his…
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…
Ric Cooper:
Co-founder of South Hants SF Group. Hemulenish 1970s time traveller marooned in 2020s. Tom Bombadil wannabe but insufficient chill….
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…
Rissa Andrews (They/Them):
I am but a reader and reviewer from a small town called Sheffield…
Rob Adams:
Rob J Hayes:
Programme ParticipantRob J. Hayes has been a student, a banker, a marine research assistant, a chef, and a keyboard monkey more times than he cares to count. But eventuall…
Rob Potter:
Programme ParticipantCo-owner of So You Want To Write? Inc.; Data Scientist and Development Lead. Martial artist, swordsman, Data Scientist, occasional writer. Formerl…
Robert 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…
Rochita:
Programme ParticipantBorn and raised in the Philippines, Rochita currently resides in The Netherlands where she works as a creative artist making use of writing, storytell…
Rosanne Rabinowitz:
Programme ParticipantRosanne Rabinowitz is the author of Resonance & Revolt and Helen's Story, which were shortlisted respectively for the British Fantasy Society…
Rosemarie Cawkwell:
Programme ParticipantAutistic 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. Oft…
Roy Gray:
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 …
Ruthanna Emrys:
Programme ParticipantRuthanna Emrys's new novella, The Sheltering Flame, is launching at World Fantasy as part of Wizard's Tower Duo 3. She is the author of A Ha…
Ryan Cahill:
Programme ParticipantRyan Cahill is the award-winning author of the bestselling epic fantasy series, The Bound and The Broken. Born and raised in Ireland, Ryan now resi…
Rym Kechacha:
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…
S Slottje:
Programme ParticipantThe author of Wayward Wings grew up in The Netherlands and moved to Gloucestershire (England) at the turn of the millennium. Her writing explores the …
Sam K Horton:
Sam K Horton is a Cornwall-based author. Trained as a costume designer working in film, theatre and opera, he moved into visual art, always working wi…
Sam Z.:
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…
Sandra Unerman:
Programme ParticipantSandra is the author of two fantasy novels, Spellhaven and Ghosts and Exiles. Her most recent short story is Castle Rules in the anthology Whimsy from…
Sandy:
Sanya Dimova:
Sanya Dimova is a Bulgarian writer and part-time witch roaming the city of Paris with her muggle husband and two canine familiars. Her short fiction h…
Sara Jayne Townsend:
Programme ParticipantI am a writer of horror and crime fiction. Published horror novels include SUFFER THE CHILDREN, THE WHISPERING DEATH, OUTPOST H311. I am fond of ca…
Sarah Avery:
Programme ParticipantSarah Avery's first book, Tales from Rugosa Coven, won the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Ski…
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…
Sarah Graven Weir:
Sarah Jackson (she/they):
Programme ParticipantSarah Jackson (she/they) writes gently unsettling stories and poems. Their work has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Strange Horizons, and Translunar…
Sarah Pinborough:
Programme ParticipantSarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling and Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author and screenwriter who is published …
Sarah Rees Brennan:
Programme ParticipantSarah’s meta portal fantasy book LONG LIVE EVIL is the tale of a dying young woman who enters her favourite fantasy novel, gathers a rogue’s galle…
Scott Cox:
Sean Elliott (he/him):
Sharon Joss:
Award-winning author Sharon Joss writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. The author of eight novels (including the Hand of Fate series) and dozens…
Shayne Easson:
Shona Kinsella (she/her):
Programme ParticipantShona Kinsella is a multiple-award-nominated Scottish fantasy author. Her works include The Heart of Winter, The Vessel of KalaDene series, The Flame …
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 Clark:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the Blood Crazy Series, Night of the Triffids, Vampyrrhic, Big Finish scripts, co-screenwriter of the feature film The Protos Experiment. Si…
Simon Taylor:
Simon Yarwood:
I look forward to being in the traders hall as Brown Jenkin Books, where my spare shelf fillers can find new life and new homes and fund my next book …
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…
Sophia Vahdati:
Programme ParticipantSophia Vahdati writes stories for those still searching for the magic hidden inside them. After travelling the world to escape the sleepy Somerset …
Sophie Essex:
Sophie Essex is a twice BFS-award shortlisted editor for the anthologies “Dreamland” (Black Shuck Books) and “At The Lighthouse” (Eibonvale Press). Sh…
Sophie Jarrell:
Programme ParticipantAn emerging writer and art teacher from East Sussex, Sophie has published drabbles in Trembling with Fear and other short stories. Her favourite book …
Soumya Shyam:
Stephen Alsobrook:
Stephen Aryan:
Programme ParticipantStephen Aryan is an award winning fantasy author. He has written two trilogies, the Age of Darkness, and the Age of Dread, plus a prequel novella, Of …
Stephen Cox:
Programme ParticipantAuthor Our Child of the Stars and Our Child of Two Worlds, Arcadia. Warm, heartfelt, smart SF. The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder out 1 Sept…
Stephen Gallagher:
Programme ParticipantDoctor Who, Eleventh Hour, that creepy gene-splicing monster thing you may remember… GoH World Fantasy 2020, Stoker and World Fantasy Award nominee,…
Stephen Kozeniewski:
Programme ParticipantStephen Kozeniewski is the chief editor of French Press Publishing. He is actively seeking to acquire UK authors of horror, science fiction, and fant…
Stephen Laws:
Programme ParticipantStephen Laws is a UK horror novelist whose prize winning work (including the BFS AWard) has been published all over the world. Also a columnist, inter…
Stephen McGowan:
Emerging Author and Developmental Editor. Writes Reviews for Shoreline of Infinity….
Steve J Shaw:
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…
Steve Saffel:
Programme ParticipantSTEVE SAFFEL has been an editor at Marvel, Del Rey, Perseus, and Titan working on SF, fantasy, horror, and licensed fiction, focusing on the author’…
Steve Toase:
Programme ParticipantSteve Toase is a British born horror writer living in the Franconian Forest, Germany. His fiction has appeared in Analog, Nightmare Magazine, and Thre…
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…
Stine Z.:
Sue Oke:
Programme ParticipantSusan is a science fiction novelist and short story writer. When she’s not writing, she works as a freelance English and Creative Writing tutor. Sus…
Sue Paterson:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of 'The Department of Certainty'. Sue is intrigued by the fact that we have no access to most of what is going on in our brains. Ho…
Suniti Namjoshi:
Programme ParticipantAuthor Guest of Honour Internationally acclaimed author Suniti Namjoshi is an important figure in contemporary literature in English. A writer…
Susan J. Morris:
Programme ParticipantSusan J. Morris is an American fantasy novelist and the author of Strange Beasts (Oct 2024 Hodderscape UK; Bindery US) and the forthcoming Wayward Sou…
Susan Mac Nicol:
Susan writes steamy, sexy, often dark and often witty contemporary M/M romance books. She’s dabbled in varied genres, both M/F and M/M, and has writ…
Susie Williamson:
Programme ParticipantSusie Williamson is the double award-winning author of the fantasy series ‘Blood Gift Chronicles’. The series begins with ‘Return of the Mantra’…
Tanya Karen Gough:
Tanya has been published in Amazing Stories Magazine and is the author of two MG fantasy novels, Root Bound and Water Works. She has been editing anot…
Tao Wong:
Programme ParticipantTao Wong writes in the exciting scifi and fantasy sub-genres of LitRPG and xianxia predominantly, whilst dabbling in other sub-genres like cozy fantas…
TBB Jack:
Teika Marija Smits:
Programme ParticipantTeika Marija Smits is a UK-based freelance editor and the author of the speculative short story collections, Umbilical (NewCon Press) and Waterlore (B…
Tej Turner:
Programme ParticipantTej Turner is travel-blogger and SFF author published by Elsewhen Press. His debut duology (The Janus Cycle & Dinnusos Rises) were contemporary an…
Terri Windling:
Programme ParticipantWriter, editor, and artist Terri Windling has published over 40 books, receiving ten World Fantasy Awards (including the Life Achievement Award in 202…
TezzaRudge:
Just a fantasy book nerd. Can be found on Instagram – Tez_hobbknobbooks…
TH Dray:
Theodora Goss:
Programme ParticipantTheodora Goss is the World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award-winning author of the Athena Club trilogy of novels, including The Strange Case of the…
Thomas D. Lee:
Programme ParticipantThomas D. Lee is a Sunday Times bestselling fantasy author, and a visiting lecturer at City St. George's University of London. His debut novel PE…
Thomas Wren:
Tiffani Angus:
Programme ParticipantTiffani Angus (PhD) is a multi BSFA- and BFS-award finalist for her debut novel Threading the Labyrinth, and (as co-author with Val Nolan) Spec Fic fo…
Tim Duckworth:
I’ve attended many SF cons but this is my first Fantasy Con. I expect to be mainly assisting in the Artshow…
Tim Major:
Programme ParticipantTim Major’s books include Jekyll and Hyde: Consulting Detectives, Snakeskins, Great Robots of History and three Sherlock Holmes novels. His stories …
Tim Shannon:
TJ Klune:
Programme ParticipantTJ KLUNE is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of In The Lives of Puppets, and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award…
Todd S. Jordan:
Todd S. Jordan (he/him) is the author of The Flesh I Want, an adult literary horror novel coming soon. He writes about monsters hiding in plain, weird…
Tom Johnstone:
Programme ParticipantTom Johnstone mows lawns and writes horror. These sometimes connect because he knows certain lawnmowers are possessed by demons….
Tom Lloyd:
Programme ParticipantAuthor of the TWILIGHT REIGN and GOD FRAGMENTS epic fantasy series, plus the SF novel FALLING DARK and the first in a new contemporary fantasy series …
Tom O’Connell:
Programme ParticipantTom O'Connell is a writer from Galway, in the west of Ireland. His debut dystopian novel, 'Lichtenberg,' will be released in November b…
Trent Jamieson:
Programme ParticipantTrent Jamieson is the Australian and somewhat award-winning author of the novels The Stone Road, Day Boy, the Death Works Series, and the Nightbound L…
Trip Galey:
Programme ParticipantTrip is a writer, a doctor of the academic persuasion, and a researcher of all things pursuant to bargains, exchanges, and compacts of a faery nature….
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 …
Una McCormack:
Programme ParticipantUna McCormack is an award-winning and NYT bestselling author of more than twenty science fiction novels. An associate fellow of Homerton College, Camb…
V. Castro:
Programme ParticipantBio V.Castro is a two time Bram Stoker Award nominated Mexican American writer from San Antonio, Texas now residing in the UK. She writes horror, fil…
Vanessa Jae:
Programme ParticipantVanessa Jae writes horrifically beautiful anarchies and edits poetry at Strange Horizons. She also collects black hoodies and bruises in mosh pits on …
Victoria Hayward:
Victoria Hayward is a historian by training, publicly funded artist and author. ​ Her first novel, Deathworlder, was published by Black Library (S…
Vidar Edland:
I am a Norwegian fantasy writer looking for agent representation and a publication contract for my debut novel, "3 1/2 Murders to War". I…
Vincent Chong:
Artist Guest of Honour Vincent Chong is a freelance illustrator and designer from the UK, specializing in the horror, fantasy and sci-fi genre…
Vincent Docherty:
Programme ParticipantVincent Docherty is an SF fan & convention organiser, who co-chaired the 1995 & 2005 Glasgow Worldcons and other conventions. He had an early …
Vivienne Spence (arlena_reads):
Wendy Metcalfe:
Programme ParticipantWendy Metcalfe is a hopepunk science fiction and cosy fantasy writer. She is the author of The Thunderstrike Diaries series of science fiction novell…
Willem Trevaskis:
Project Lead at Studio Whalefall, an independent game studio based in Cornwall….
Willow Woods:
Programme ParticipantWillow is a fantasy and historical fiction author with an MA in Historical Research (and thanks to a previous job with free studying as a benefit!) an…
WOLE TALABI:
Programme ParticipantWOLE TALABI is an engineer, writer, and editor from Nigeria. He is the author of the World Fantasy award nominated novel SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF…
Ysabeau Wilce, she/her:
Programme ParticipantYsabeau Wilce is a graduate of Clarion West and has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the James Tiptree Award, the Locus Award, and won a Ne…
Zain Memon:
Programme ParticipantZain Memon is a visionary game designer and creator of the political strategy board games SHASN & AZADI – Indiaʼs most successful tabletop …
Zed Badowska:
Programme ParticipantZoë Badowska is a self-confessed nerd who enjoys sneaking elements of real-world science into her stories. She writes speculative fiction as Zed Bado…
Zen Cho:
Programme ParticipantZen Cho writes fantasy and romance. Her works have won the Hugo, Crawford and British Fantasy Awards and the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize, and been sho…
Zena Wilde:
Zhui Ning Chang (they/them):
Programme ParticipantZhui Ning Chang is a Malaysian editor, writer, translator, and theatre maker based in London. They are editor-in-chief at khÅréÅ, a Hugo-nominated …
Zuzi Pope: