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James A. Moore is the bestselling and award-winning author of over forty-five novels, thrillers, dark fantasy and horror alike, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, the Seven Forges series, Blood Red, the Serenity Falls trilogy (featuring his recurring antihero, Jonathan Crowley) and his most recent novels, the Tides of War series (The Last Sacrifice, Fallen Gods and Gates of the Dead), Boomtown, and Avengers: Infinity. In addition to writing multiple short stories, he has also edited, with Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, the British Invasion anthology for Cemetery Dance Publications. Along with Christopher Golden and Jonathan Maberry he is cohost of the Three Guys With Beards podcast. More information about the author can be found at his website: jamesamoorebooks.com.
Irene Radford has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. Editing, as Phyllis Irene Radford, grew out of her love of the craft of writing. History has been a part of her life from earliest childhood and led to her BA from Lewis and Clark College.
Mostly she writes fantasy and historical fantasy including the bestselling Dragon Nimbus series and the masterwork Merlin’s Descendants series. Look for her in December of 2019 writing historical tales as Rachel Atwood. In other lifetimes she writes urban fantasy as P. R. Frost or Phyllis Ames, and space opera as C. F. Bentley. Lately she ventured into steampunk as Julia Verne St. John.
If you wish information on the latest releases from Ms. Radford, under any of her pen names, you can subscribe to her newsletter: www.ireneradford.net. Or you can follow her on Facebook as Phyllis Irene Radford, or on twitter @radford_irene25.
Arianne “Tex” Thompson was once described as “an explosion of fifty-two enthusiastic kittens latching onto everything at once.” After earning a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in literature, she channeled her passion for exciting, innovative, and inclusive fiction into Children of the Drought—an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris.
Since then, she’s become an international raconteur, most recently keynoting for GIFcon at the University of Glasgow and ruckus-raising from Boise to Bulgaria. A passionate instructor for LitReactor and Writing Workshops Dallas, Tex regularly presents for writers far and wide, once preaching the page-turning gospel over nine cities and two thousand miles in a single two-week “Tornado Alley Tour.”
At home, Tex is the founder and “chief instigator” for WORD (Writers Organizations ’Round Dallas)—a coalition of North Texas writers groups and an aspiring “literary cartel.” Now a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, WORD regularly brings over four hundred writers together for WORDfest and Writers in the Field (which still boasts a stunning 0% mortality rate in spite of the tornado).
On the page and on the stage, Tex is proud to bring her particular brand of “red-penthusiasm” to conferences, conventions, and workshops all over the country—as an egregiously enthusiastic, endlessly energetic one-woman stampede. Find her online at www.TheTexFiles.com!
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, five-time Bram Stoker Award–winner, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-Wars, is in production as a Netflix original series, starring Ian Somerhalder (Lost, Vampire Diaries) and will debut in 2019. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, Mars One, and many others. Several of his works are in development for film and TV. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, New Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, and others. His comics include Black Panther: DoomWar, The Punisher: Naked Kills and Bad Blood. His Rot & Ruin books are being produced as webcomics. He is a board member of the Horror Writers Association and the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. He lives in Del Mar, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com.