Sam Wiebe is the author of the Wakeland novels, one of the most authentic and acclaimed detective series in Canada. His latest, Sunset and Jericho, was a B.C. bestseller for over ten weeks, and Hell and Gone won a silver medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. His work has also won the Cri
In-Person Conference Stephanie Candiago is a publishing consultant with degrees in English Literature and Business. Combining her passion for books and weird enthusiasm for organizing things, she works with authors at all stages of their publishing journey. Stephanie is a partner in The Creative Aca
In-Person Conference Michelle Barker is an award-winning author and editor who lives in Vancouver, BC. Her two historical YA novels were published by Annick Press. My Long List of Impossible Things (2020) was a Vine Award finalist and a Junior Library Guild gold standard selection. The House of One
In-Person Conference David G Brown is an award-winning short fiction writer and co-author of The Two Pillars of Storytelling. He holds a BA in anthropology from UVic and an MFA in creative writing from UBC, and his writing has been published in literary magazines such as the Malahat Review and Grain
In-Person Conference Matthew (Matt) Hughes writes fantasy, space opera, and crime fiction. He has sold 23 novels to publishers large and small in the UK, US, and Canada, as well as almost 100 works of short fiction to professional markets. His latest novels are: A God in Chains (Dying Earth fantasy)
Virtual Conference Alisson Wood’s award-winning writing has been published in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Rumpus, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Alisson holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University, and teaches creative writing at her alma mater. She is the founder and Editor in Chief o
Virtual Conference John Wiswell is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps all its trees. He has won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story for “Open House on Haunted Hill,” and the Locus Award for Best Novelette for “That Story Isn’t The Story.” His works have
Virtual Conference Bianca Sloane is the author of the suspense novels What You Don’t Know, Sweet Little Lies, Every Breath You Take, And When I Die, and Killing Me Softly (previously published as Live and Let Die), chosen as “Thriller of the Month” (May 2013) by e-thriller.com and a “2013 To
Virtual Conference Christina Skelton is a historical linguist based in Austin, TX who studies languages of ancient Greece and the Ancient Near East, and has a reading knowledge of Latin, ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Hittite, and many others. She is the author of numerous academic papers on Linear B and
Virtual Conference Alecia MCKENZIE is a Jamaican-born writer currently based in Paris. Her first collection of short stories, SATELLITE CITY, and her novel SWEETHEART have both won Commonwealth literary prizes. SWEETHEART has been translated into German (Schätzchen, translator H. Kolleger) and Fren
Virtual Conference Janae Marks is the New York Times bestselling author of middle grade novels From the Desk of Zoe Washington, A Soft Place to Land, and On Air with Zoe Washington. She is also part of the middle grade anthology Hope Wins, edited by Rose Brock. Her novels have been named Best Book o
Virtual Conference Melanie is a communications lecturer and freelance writer. Besides writing content for lifestyle and heritage clients, she is also the author of the Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma, a middle-grade graphic novel series; The Adventures of Squirky the Alien, a picture book series;
Virtual Conference Piper G. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Bo
Virtual Conference Veronica G. Henry is the author of Bacchanal, The Quarter Storm, and The Foreign Exchange in the Mambo Reina series. Her work has debuted at #1 on multiple Amazon bestseller charts, was chosen as an editors’ pick for Best African American Fantasy, and shortlisted for the Manly W
Virtual Conference Andre Gonzalez is the international bestselling author of the Wealth of Time Series, and co-owner of M4L Publishing. He writes time-travel, thriller, and horror books after spending many years reading and studying the works of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Keeping readers up late
Virtual Conference A two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Terry Fallis is the author of eight novels, all of them national bestsellers—including five #1s bestsellers—and all published by McClelland & Stewart. The Best Laid Plans was the winner of the Stephen Leacock Meda
Virtual Conference Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books for children as well as several short stories. She is best known for the creepy Caribbean series THE JUMBIES and MINECRAFT: THE CRASH. She writes fiction, nonfiction, picture books through young adult, and gr
In-Person Conference Yilin Wang (she/they) is a Chinese Canadian writer, award-winning poet, literary translator, and editor. Her writing has appeared in Clarkesworld, Fantasy Magazine, The Malahat Review, The Toronto Star, Words Without Borders, CBC Books, and elsewhere, as well as won the Foster P
In-Person Conference Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. His novels, The Clothesline Swing (Nightwood – 2017) and The Foghorn Echoes (Penguin – 2022) continue to receive accolades. His award-winning children’s series The Salma Books is released by Ann
In-Person Conference C. L. Polk (they/them) wrote the Hugo-nominated Kingston Cycle, including the World Fantasy Award winning Witchmark. The Midnight Bargain was a Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, and WFA finalist. Their latest novella, Even Though I Knew The End, is a Nebula finalist. Before w