Member list

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:

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Alice is a Taiwanese Canadian fantasy writer resident in the UK who enjoys exploring the intersections of identity and belonging in her writing. A rec…

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Aaron Lee Dorsett:

I have written one book, "The Faces of Ixchel"….

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Abie Longstaff, Author:

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Abie 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 …

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Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture…

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Ai Jiang:

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Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, winner of the Bram Stoker®, Nebula and Ignyte Awards, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, and BSFA Award finalist, an…

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AK Faulkner:

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AK 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 …

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Alex Adsett:

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Alex Adsett is an Australian literary agent with near 30 years’ experience working in the publishing industry. She has managed Alex Adsett Literary …

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Alicia Wanstall-Burke:

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An 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…

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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…

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Allen Ashley:

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Allen 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…

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Allen Stroud:

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Allen Stroud is a university lecturer, researcher and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer from Bedfordshire, England. He the is Chair of the British Sc…

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Amanda Rutter:

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Commissioning Editor for Solaris Books, dog mum to three hell hounds, keen knitter and crocheting….

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Amy King:

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Andrea Martinez Corbin:

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Andrew Freudenberg:

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Andrew Hook:

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Andrew Hook has had over 200 short stories published, together with twelve collections, a handful of novellas, and a few novels. 2o25 should see publi…

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Andrew King:

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Andrew Watson:

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Angela “A.G.” Slatter:

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Angela “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…

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Ann Landmann:

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Growing 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…

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Ann Marie Rudolph:

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Anna Smith Spark:

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Anna 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…

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Anna Stephens:

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Anna 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 …

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Annie Czajkowski:

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Ariana Weldon:

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Beth Wagner:

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Beth Wagner is a micro-publisher, comic creator, artist and writer, living in Burnaby, British Columbia on the West coast of Canada. She began drawin…

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Brad Towers:

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Brad 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 …

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Brenda Carre:

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bio information can be found on my website….

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Brian M. Milton:

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Carl Allery:

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Caroline Mersey:

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Caroline 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…

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Catherine:

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Long-time fantasy fan, currently co-hosting Dining Table Discworld podcast. Former book reviewer and award judge for BFS. Been known to do some writin…

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Catherine Cavendish:

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Following a varied career in sales, advertising and career guidance, Catherine Cavendish now writes haunted house, ghostly, witchy novels, novellas an…

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Cathy Green:

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Catriona Silvey:

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Catriona Silvey was born in Glasgow and grew up in Scotland and England. After collecting an unreasonable number of degrees from various universities …

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Charlotte Bond:

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Cheryl Morgan:

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Cheryl 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…

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Chris Harlow:

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CJ Hooper:

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CL Hellisen (they/them):

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CraigBookwyrm:

Avid reader and reviewer from Wales. Contributor for Fanfiaddict blog….

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Dan Coxon:

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Dan 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 …

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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…

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Dave Brzeski:

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Dave Caunce:

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David Cartwright:

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David 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…

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David Cleden:

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David Green:

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David Green is a neurodivergent writer of the epic and the urban, the fantastical and the mysterious, and cosy….

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David Mann:

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David Streek. Author.:

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David Thomas Moore (he/him):

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David Thomas Moore is the Hugo Award-nominated editorial director at Rebellion Publishing Ltd. A lifelong roleplayer, fantasy fan and geek, he lives i…

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David Wragg:

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Debbie/Owlphabetical:

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Derek Drake:

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Di Smith:

Artist and Art teacher currently running an outdoor education centre in Norfolk UK….

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Diana Alsobrook:

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Diane:

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Dirk Strasser:

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Dirk Strasser is an Australian writer and publisher of fantasy, horror and science fiction whose most recent novel is the historical fantasy Conquist….

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domin-IKA:

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran:

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Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran holds a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Work from her two fiction and poetry collections has been…

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E. A. (Beth) Brenner:

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E.A. (Beth) Brenner lives in Salem, MA in an sometimes-haunted house. She writes fantasy and quiet horror that trend contemporary. Recent obsessions i…

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E.M. Faulds (Beth):

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Elian J Morgan:

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Eliza Chan:

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Eliza Chan is a Scottish-born speculative fiction author who writes about East Asian mythology, British folklore and reclaiming the dragon lady. Her S…

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Ella Summers:

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Ella 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…

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Ellen Datlow:

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Ellen Datlow is an award-winning editor & anthologist who’s been editing sf/f/h short fiction for over 4 decades, currently acquiring short stor…

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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 …

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Erin Hardee (MK Hardy):

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Erin Hardee, together with wife Morag Hannah, writes under the penname MK Hardy. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, an…

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Erzebet Barthold:

Erzebet is a writer, publisher, and owner of a specialist bookshop dealing in science fiction, fantasy, and tabletop gaming. Publishing interests incl…

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FERGUS BEADLE:

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Fjóla:

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Frances White (She/Her):

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Frances 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…

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Francesca Barbini – Luna Press Publishing:

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Francesca (writer, editor and translator) is the founder of award-winning Luna Press Publishing….

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Franklin Coleman:

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Gagan Kaur:

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Garth Nix:

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New 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…

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Gary Couzens:

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Gavin G. Smith:

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Gavin 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…

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Geoff Holder:

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Gillian Chan:

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I’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…

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Graeme Dixon:

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Graham Millichap:

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Grant:

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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…

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Gwen Casey:

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Gwen Frazer:

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I’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…

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Heather Valentine:

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Henke:

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Hildur Knútsdóttir:

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Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. She writes fiction for both adults and teenagers, as well as plays, screenplays and short fictio…

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Holly Race:

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Ãñigo Montoya Reviews:

Fantasy sucker with a taste for grimdark and a lack of skill to shut the fuck up when books are mentioned….

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J C Duncan:

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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 (…

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Jacey Bedford:

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Jacey 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…

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Jackie Duckworth:

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I am a printmaker and illustrator based in Cambridge. I’ve attended and exhibited at many SF cons but this is my first Fantasy Con!…

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Jackson Ford:

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Jackson 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…

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Jacqui Greaves:

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Jacqui 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…

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James Barclay:

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Author, Gamer, Actor. Lover of sport and dogs, consumer of TV, books and film, including a peculiar fascination with zombies I have fourteen novels …

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James Brogden:

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Jason Whittle:

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Jason 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…

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Jenni Coutts:

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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…

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Jenny Campbell:

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Jess Hyslop (she/her):

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Jilly Paddock:

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Jo Lindsay Walton:

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Jo Lindsay Walton is an academic at the University of Susesx, editor-at-large of Vector (British Science Fiction Association), and SFF author….

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Joanna Corrance:

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Joanna Corrance is a lawyer and author from the Highlands of Scotland. She writes mostly dark speculative fiction, horror and science fiction; her pub…

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Joanne Hall (she/her):

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Joanne 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…

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Joe Smith:

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John Berlyne:

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Jonathan Strahan:

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Jukka Halme:

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JULIA KRUK:

Chair of The Dracula Society…

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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…

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Kalie Reid:

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Kalie Reid is a fantasy author living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her debut romantic fantasy novel THE SACRED SPACE BETWEEN about an exiled saint an…

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Karen Fishwick:

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Chair of the Convention WFC 2025…

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Katalina Watt (She/They):

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Kate Scott:

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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’…

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Katie Bruce she/her:

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Katie Bruce is a writer and Virtual Assistant, based in Yorkshire. She writes fantasy, which often features the wonderful moors and hills that decorat…

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Kit Mallory:

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Krista Wallace (she/her):

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Krista is a fantasy writer, jazz & rock musician, audiobook narrator, actor, podcaster, mother, Gran, lover of pie, dark chocolate, and fine singl…

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Laura Elise Jenkins:

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Laura Langrish:

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Laura is co-founder (along with creative director Ivan Carić) and lead writer for interactive experience company, Lemon Difficult. Laura has had a lo…

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Lauren McMenemy:

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Lauren McMenemy wears many hats: Editor-in-Chief at Trembling With Fear for horrortree.com; marketing for the British Fantasy Society; curator of the …

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Lindsay R. Taylor:

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Lindsey Duncan:

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Lisa Fransson:

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Lisa is a bilingual writer and literary translator living in Shoreham-By-Sea, England, with her husband and three teenagers. In her native Swedish, Li…

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Liza Groen Trombi:

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Lorraine Wilson:

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A conservation scientist and third culture Scot, Lorraine lives by the sea writing stories influenced by folklore and the wilderness. She is a multi-a…

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Lucy Holland:

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Lucy Holland is the bestselling author of Sistersong, which reimagines the folk ballad ‘The Twa Sisters.’ The book was a finalist for the Goldsbor…

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Lydia- Genki Gear:

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M H Ayinde (she/her):

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M. 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…

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Madeleine E. Robins:

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Mair:

You’ll find me screaming about fantasy books on the internet…

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Margaret Menzies:

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Marie O’Regan:

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Author of the novel Celeste, collections Mirror Mere, The Last Ghost and Other Stories, In Times of Want and Other Stories and editor (anthologies inc…

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Marieke van Mil:

Marieke is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. After living in the Netherlands and Germany and finishing my MA in Writing I have settled in Leeds…

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Mark L. Van Name:

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Mark 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…

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Martin Owton:

Fantasy author, 4 novels published -secondary world and contemporary fantasy. Holds a PhD in Chemistry, recently retired. Cochlear implant user….

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Marve:

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Marvellous Michael Anson has been writing for over a decade and has self-published a thriller, His Dark Reflection, to critical acclaim. She was short…

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Mary G. Thompson:

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Mary 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…

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Matt Cavanagh (Womble):

UK Book Blogger accused of Booktempting…

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Micci Trolio:

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Mike Brooks (he/him):

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Mike 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-…

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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 and Sorc…

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Mina Ikemoto Ghosh:

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Mina Ikemoto Ghosh is a British-Japanese author-illustrator based in Surrey, UK. She wrote and illustrated the YA Japanese fantasy mystery 'Hyo t…

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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…

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Morag:

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Morag Hannah (MK Hardy):

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Morag Hannah, together with wife Erin Hardee, writes under the penname MK Hardy. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, an…

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Neil Citrin:

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Neil Williamson:

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Neil is a writer and musician from Glasgow, Scotland. His multi-genre books and stories have been shortlisted for British Science Fiction Association,…

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Nick Gloaming:

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Nina:

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Oliver Arditi:

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Oliver is a writer, worldbuilder, conlanger, mapmaker, librarian, and recovering musician. He’s been building a fantasy world for 15 years or several …

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Ollie:

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Pat F:

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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 …

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Paul Kane:

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Paul Kane is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author/editor of over 100 books – such as Hooded Man, Wonderland (a Shirley Jackson Award finalist) a…

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Penelope Hill:

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Writer, crafter, gamer, and guardian of cats and dragons. Keeper of the Known Kingdoms, Maven of the Esoteric Sciences, and dabbler in textile arts  

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Pete:

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Pete 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…

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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 …

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Peter McLean:

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Author of the War For The Rose Throne series and the newly released Paved With Good Intentions….

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Philip Palmer:

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I 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…

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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….

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Phillip Irving:

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Phillip Irving is a writer and editor in Leicester, UK. He's had short fiction published by Flame Tree Press and Space Cat Press, as well as feat…

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PS Livingstone:

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PS Livingstone writes epic contemporary fantasy while also working as a ghostwriter and editor. She’s the Online Event Co-ordinator for the BFS and …

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Q. C. Terence:

Q. C. Terence is a fantasy and science-fiction author of little renown. His works have appeared in Broadswords and Blasters, and on his Substack, wher…

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Ramsey Campbell:

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Randee Dawn:

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Randee Dawn is the author of the Amazon bestselling funny, fantastical pop culture novel Tune in Tomorrow (Solaris). Her latest story, “The Fifth Hors…

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Raven Dane:

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Raven Dane is an Irish writer, currently living in the UK. Her published work includes novels in horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, comedic fantas…

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Rebecca E Treasure (she/her):

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Rebecca is the managing editor at Apex Magazine. Fueled by cheese-covered starch and corgi fur, she writes stories exploring the relationship between …

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Renee Babcock:

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Rhian Streek:

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Rhiannon A Grist:

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Rhiannon 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…

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Ric Cooper:

Co-founder of South Hants SF Group. Hemulenish 1970s time traveller marooned in 2020s. Tom Bombadil wannabe but insufficient chill….

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Rich McAllister:

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Richard:

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Richard Swan:

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Richard Swan is a critically acclaimed British genre writer. His debut fantasy novel, The Justice of Kings, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and…

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Rick Danforth:

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Rick 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…

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Rissa Andrews (They/Them):

I am but a reader and reviewer from a small town called Sheffield…

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Rob Potter:

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Robin CM Duncan:

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Robin 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…

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Rosemarie Cawkwell:

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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…

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Roy Gray:

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Russell Smith:

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Ruth EJ Booth:

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Ruth 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…

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne:

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne writes romance and fantasy from the heart which often strays into weird and wonderful liminal places. She works in …

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Ryan Cahill:

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Ryan 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…

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S Naomi Scott (she/her):

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Author, book blogger, veteran tabletop gamer, irregular PC gamer, and qualified cat herder. Will accept and/or give hugs if required. Still waiting fo…

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Sam Z.:

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Samantha Lee Howe:

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Samantha 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…

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Sandra Unerman:

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Sandra 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…

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Sarah Cole:

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A creator of TTRPGs and boardgames under the banner of Patchwork Fez, as well as a Creative Technologist and Information Consultant. I’ve recently pr…

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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…

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Shona Kinsella (she/her):

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Shona Kinsella is a multiple-award-nominated Scottish fantasy author. Her works include The Heart of Winter, The Vessel of KalaDene series, The Flame …

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Silas A. Bischoff:

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Author of A Crow Named Torment. Reads and writes dark stuff. Self-publishes under the imprint Morbid Taste Publishing. Fascinated by the weird and the…

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Simon Bestwick/Daniel Church:

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Simon Bestwick is the author of nine novels, most recently The Ravening, as by ‘Daniel Church.’ His first Daniel Church novel, The Hollows, was sh…

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Simon Clark:

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Author of the Blood Crazy Series, The Night of the Triffids, Vamyrrhic, Big Finish scripts and co-screenwriter of the feature film The Protos Experime…

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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 …

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SJ Groenewegen:

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SJ Groenewegen BEM wrote the novels The Disinformation War (GoldSF, 2023), Lethbridge-Stewart: A Most Haunted Man (Candy Jar, 2022), and Lethbridge-St…

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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…

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Soumya Shyam:

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Stephen Alsobrook:

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Stephen Aryan:

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Stephen 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 …

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Stephen Cox:

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Author 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…

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Steve McHugh:

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Steve 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…

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Steven Poore – he/him:

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Steven 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…

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Stine Z.:

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Susan J. Morris:

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Susan J. Morris is an American fantasy novelist and the author of Strange Beasts (Oct 2024 Hodderscape UK; Bindery US)….

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Susie Williamson:

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Susie Williamson is the double award-winning author of the fantasy series ‘Blood Gift Chronicles’. The series begins with ‘Return of the Mantra’…

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Terri Windling:

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Terri Windling is a fantasy writer, editor, artist, and folklorist. She has published over forty books for adult and young readers, receiving ten Worl…

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TezzaRudge:

Just a fantasy book nerd. Can be found on Instagram – Tez_hobbknobbooks…

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TH Dray:

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Thomas D. Lee:

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Thomas 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…

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Tiffani Angus:

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Tim Major:

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Tim Major’s books include Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives, Snakeskins and three Sherlock Holmes novels. His stories have appeared in Best o…

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Tim Shannon:

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Trent Jamieson:

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Tristan Gray:

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Tristan 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 …

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Venetia Constantine:

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Victoria Hayward:

Victoria Hayward is a historian by training, publicly funded artist and author. ​ Her first novel, Deathworlder, was published by Black Library (S…

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Vincent Docherty:

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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…

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Wendy Metcalfe:

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Wendy Metcalfe is a hopepunk science fiction and cosy fantasy writer. She is the author of The Thunderstrike Diaries series of science fiction novell…

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Willow Woods:

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Willow 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…

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Zhui Ning Chang (they/them):

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Zoë Badowska:

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