Confessions of a Writer
Join four extraordinary voices across fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction for an honest, hilarious and heartfelt conversation about the realities of the writing life. See how the joy of creating worlds, the struggle of revision hell, and those bizarre rituals somehow make the words flow.
| Where: | UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) |
| When: | Sun, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror |
| Moderator: | John Muñoz |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Pepper Viner Homes |
Panelists
Rachel HarrisonRachel Harrison is The New York Times bestselling author of "Play Nice," "So Thirsty," "Black Sheep," "Such Sharp Teeth," "Cackle," and "The Return," which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel....
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Alix HarrowAlix E. Harrow is The New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author of "The Ten Thousand Doors of January," as well as "The Once and Future Witches," "Starling House," and various short fiction....
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Moniquill BlackgooseMoniquill Blackgoose is the bestselling author of "To Shape a Dragon’s Breath," which has won both the Nebula and Lodestar Awards. She is an enrolled member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe and a lineal descendant of Ousamequin Massasoit....
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Nghi VoNghi Vo is the author of "Siren Queen," "The Chosen," "The Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead," and "The City in Glass." Her acclaimed novellas of the "Singing Hills Cycle," begins with "The Empress of Salt and Fortune....
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Books:
Play Nice
Rachel Harrison
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Penguin Group
September 2025
ISBN 9780593642573
336 pages
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The Everlasting
Alix Harrow
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
October 2025
ISBN 9781250799081
320 pages
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To Ride a Rising Storm
The Second Book of Nampeshiweisit
Moniquill Blackgoose
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Random House
January 2026
ISBN 9780593498309
464 pages
Buy nowA young indigenous woman and her dragon fight for the independence of their homeland in this epic sequel to the bestselling and multi-award-winning To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, “a remarkable novel that is bound to be a staple of fantasy shelves for years to come” (BuzzFeed).
Anequs has not only survived her first year at Kuiper’s Academy but exceeded her professors’ admittedly low expectations—and passed all her courses with honors. Now she and her dragon, Kasaqua, are headed home for the summer, along with Theod, the only other native student at the Academy.
But what should have been a relaxing break takes a darker turn. Thanks to Anequs’s notoriety, there is an Anglish presence on Masquapaug for the first time ever: a presence that Anequs hates. Anequs will always fight for what she believes in, however, and what she believes in is her people’s right to self-govern and live as they have for generations, without the restrictive yoke of Anglish rules and social customs. And fight she will—even if it means lighting a spark that may flare into civil war. More/less
A Mouthful of Dust
Nghi Vo
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
October 2025
ISBN 9781250386403
112 pages
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