Tucson Festival of Books

Dark Tales and Light Hearts


Join celebrated authors Cecy Robson, Kel Kade and Constancy Fay as they explore the delicate balance of darkness and wit. Discover how they craft memorable characters, develop distinctive voices that balance tension with humor, and create stories that find unexpected joy in the darkest corners.


Panelists
Constance Fay

Constance Fay writes space romance novels and genre fiction short stories. Her short fiction can be found in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Catscast podcast, and other publications....

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Kel Kade

Kel Kade lives in Texas and occasionally serves as an adjunct college faculty member, inspiring young minds and introducing them to the fascinating and very real world of geosciences. Thanks to Kade’s enthusiastic readers and the success of the King’s Dark Tidings series, she is now able to create universes spanning space and time, develop criminal empires, plot the downfall of tyrannous rulers, and dive into fantastical mysteries fulltime....

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Cecy Robson

Cecy Robson is a New York Times and international bestselling author of more than thirty novels. As an immigrant of El Salvador with proud Nahua Pipil indigenous heritage, Robson became the first college graduate in her family and worked as a registered nurse for twenty-three years....

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Books:
Chaos
Uncharted Hearts #3
Constance Fay
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Bramble/Tor
March 2025
ISBN 9781250330437
352 pages
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Bloodguard
Cecy Robson
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Entangled Publishing, LLC
October 2024
ISBN 9781649374059
448 pages
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Sanctum of the Soul
Shroud of Prophecy #3
Kel Kade
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
February 2025
ISBN 9781250293893
368 pages
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