Tucson Festival of Books

Writing Across Romance Genres


Some romance authors write across genres, and some write beyond romance itself. Talk with a few who have made moves back and forth around the writing world, whether it's hopping around in speculative fiction, dabbling in super spicy contemporary, or changing eras but keeping the vibes.


Panelists
Cat Sebastian

Cat Sebastian is an award-winning author of queer romance, including "We Could Be So Good" and "You Should Be So Lucky," and has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist....

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Jessie Mihalik

Jessie Mihalik has a degree in computer science and a love of all things geeky. A software engineer by trade, she now writes full time from her home in Texas. When she’s not writing, she can be found playing co-op video games with her husband, trying out new board games, or reading books pulled from her overflowing bookshelves....

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Katee Robert

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romances, including the wildly popular "Dark Olympus" and Wicked Villains series. Entertainment Weekly calls their writing unspeakably hot....

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Books:
Star Shipped
Cat Sebastian
Romance
HarperCollins Publishers
March 2026
ISBN 9780063429581
384 pages
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Silver & Blood
Jessie Mihalik
Romance
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2026
ISBN 9780063411586
448 pages
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The Beast (Deluxe Edition)
Katee Robert
Romance
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
February 2026
ISBN 9781464228025
400 pages
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