Authors Alisa Alering, Kay Chorister, Alex Grecian, and Jonathan Maberry discuss how they craft atmosphere that gets under readers' skin and lingers long after the last page. They'll discuss their techniques for building tension, creating memorable settings, and weaving psychological and supernatural elements into their narratives.
Where: | Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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Genre: | Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror |
Moderator: | David Gunther |
Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Roberta and Bill Witchger |
Alisa Alering is the author of the novel "Smothermoss," an Appalachian gothic that the New York Times Book Review calls "deliciously weird...a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape and the wilder hearts of young girls....
Kay Chronister is the author of "Thin Places" and "Desert Creatures." Her newest book is "The Bog Wife." Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy awards....
Alex Grecian is the New York Times bestselling author of "Red Rabbit," "The Yard," "The Black Country," "The Devil’s Workshop," "The Harvest Man," "Lost and Gone Forever," and "The Saint of Wolves and Butchers," as well as the critically acclaimed graphic novels "Proof" and "Rasputin....
JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of 52 novels, 16 short story collections, 28 graphic novels, 170 short stories, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies....