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Reading by Donna J.W. Munro
Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 6:30pm CST
Speakers 
Donna J. W. Munro teaches high schoolers the slippery truths of government and history at her day job. Her students are her greatest inspiration. She lives with five cats, a cute curly-haired dog, a fur-covered husband, a sassy septuagenarian Mama, and an encyclopedia son. Her daughter...
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Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 6:30pm CST
Ogden
8:00pm CST
Reading by Clif Flynt
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 8:30pm CST
Speakers 
President, Noumena Corp
I'm a techie nerd. Unix/Linux user since the early '80s and programmer since the early '70s. I also write filks, humorous fiction (Well, I think it's humorous), and play guitar. My renewed interest in writing fiction led me to studying how to write well which led to Editomat (www.editomat.com...
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Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 8:30pm CST
Windsor
10:00am CST
Reading by David Hankins
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am CST
Speakers 
Author, Lost Bard Enterprises
I am the award-winning author of Death and the Taxman about the Grim Reaper trapped in an IRS agent's dying body. He must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin. (Join me Sat at 10:00 for a reading of the first chapters!).My short stories have appeared...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am CST
Windsor
10:30am CST
Reading by Barbara Gregorich
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am CST
Speakers 
I'm the author of nearly 200 books on various topics, prime among them the subject of women in baseball. For my research and writing on the history of women in baseball I was recently honored wit the SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award. I've also written mystery...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am CST
Windsor
12:00pm CST
Reading by Chris Gerrib
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
Speakers 
Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way – all three books of his Pirate Series are set on Mars. Chris lives in the Chicago suburbs and still has a day job in IT. He holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
Windsor
12:00pm CST
Reading by Sue Burke
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
Speakers 
Sue Burke’s most recent science fiction novel is Usurpation, published on October 29, the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Semiosis and Interference. She began writing professionally as a teenager, working for newspapers and magazines as a reporter and editor, and began...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
Ogden
1:00pm CST
Reading by Karen Herkes
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Speakers 
Author, Dawnrigger Publishing
I write books, tell tales, and generally spin stories in as many ways as I can. I also like to sing but not on stage, dance but rarely when anyone is watching, and take many pictures of my cat.
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Ogden
1:00pm CST
Reading by Ray Tabler
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Speakers 
Author, Science Fiction You Can Enjoy
My aim is to write science fiction you can enjoy. So far that's manifested as what I call Light Space Opera. Imagine Starship Troopers, hijacked by Monty Python, or space opera as produced by Gilbert and Sullivan, while bankrolled and bullied by Flo Ziegfeld. Additional links:Ray's...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Windsor
1:30pm CST
Reading by Lanny Waitsman
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST
Speakers 
I am a SF/fantasy writer with three books currently in print; two novels and one collection of short stories.I
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST
Ogden
1:30pm CST
2:00pm CST
2:30pm CST
Reading by Jody Lyn Nye
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:00pm CST
Speakers 
Special Gusets; Moderator
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:00pm CST
Windsor
3:00pm CST
Reading by Steven Silver
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Speakers 
Steven H Silver is a twenty-time Hugo Award nominee and was the editor and publisher of ISFiC Press for 8 years. He has also edited books for DAW, NESFA Press, and ZNB Books. He began publishing short fiction in 2008, his most recently published story is "Initial Engagement...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Ogden
3:00pm CST
Reading by W A Thomasson
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Speakers 
I obtained a PhD in biochemistry but, lacking the patience for scientific research, switched into science/medical writing. Now retired, I have recently completed a first novel, a sword and sorcery work titled The Whip of Abadur, and am currently seeking a publisher. I am interested...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Windsor
3:30pm CST
3:30pm CST
Reading by Malda Marlys
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm CST
Speakers 
Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm CST
Ogden
4:00pm CST
Reading by Richard Chwedyk
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:30pm CST
Speakers 
Writer, Teacher
Nebula winner; Hugo, Sturgeon and Rhysling award nominee. Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago, where I've taught Science Fiction Writing, Fantasy Writing, Science Fiction, and Tolkien, among other courses. I've been involved in convention writing workshops...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:30pm CST
Ogden
4:30pm CST
