April 19-21 in Raleigh-Durham, NC RESERVE ROOM
April 19-21 in Raleigh-Durham, NC RESERVE ROOM
According to her mother, Diann “DT” Read began writing as soon as she could pick up a pencil, though her first “stories” were mostly drawings of horses. By age 10 she’d appropriated her father’s old college typewriter and learned to type (with two fingers) because it was faster than pushing a pencil. At age 14…
David “Shady” Shadoin is a trouble-making, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. An avid reader from a young age, he has always found inspiration listening to rock music while reading Fantasy and Sci Fi novels, and drinking single malt scotch. This love…
Christopher Clouser lives in the Indianapolis, Indiana area and pursues writing speculative fiction in his free time. His family consists of his wife, two children, and multiple grandchildren. He has written sixteen books and one play that cover fantasy, science-fiction, mystery, and sports history while contributing to several compilations, along with multiple articles in national…
Born and raised in Tennessee, I’ve been reading science fiction and fantasy since grade school, when a nun introduced me to Robert Heinlein via “Tunnel in the Sky.” From there, I found Bradbury, van Vogt, Clark, Del Ray, Asimov, and so many others. My first job after dropping out of college was as a night…
David Alan Jones is a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served as an Arabic linguist. A 2016 Writers of the Future silver honorable mention recipient, David’s writing spans the science fiction, military sci-fi, fantasy, and urban fantasy genres. He writes for Chris Kennedy Publishing, and has contributed novels and short stories…
Alan Smale writes alternate history and hard SF. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient America, “A Clash of Eagles”, won the Sidewise Award, and related novels Clash of Eagles, Eagle in Exile, and Eagle and Empire (2015-2017) are available from Del Rey. His Roman-baseball collaboration with Rick Wilber, The Wandering Warriors, came out…
I’m a semi-retired electronics engineer, with 50 years of experience spanning everything from the vacuum tube era to microprocessors. I’m also a ham of 65 years standing, currently active in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. I first took to reading science fiction around 1949 or 1950. I have 22 short stories and co-author credit on…