When darkness takes root, how do characters confront what lurks in the shadows and within themselves? In this session, authors Nghi Vo and Catriona Ward will explore the terrifying forces their protagonists must face and the impossible choices survival demands. (Unfortunately, Sarah Gailey will not take part in this session as originally planned.)

Nghi 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....

Catriona Ward grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She studied English at the University of Oxford and later earned her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia....


