Guests of Honor

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of The Seventh Veil of Salome, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, and many other books. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards.

Marc Abrahams founded the Ig Nobel Prize and co-founded of the Annals of Improbable Research. He writes about things that are surprising to...

The BGSO is an all-volunteer community orchestra, who performs orchestral arrangements of video game music for the enjoyment of the greater Baltimore community.

Kemi Ashing-Giwa won the 2024 Compton Crook Award for her novel The Splinter in the Sky

Sebastien de Castell is the multi-award nominated author of the acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series, The Greatcoats. His new series is the YA fantasy Spellslinger. Sebastien’s books are published...

Joanna Fang is a multiple award-winning foley artist, currently working as a Senior Foley Artist at Sony PlayStation.

Sharon Lee, novelist, is the 2025 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.

Stephanie Law has worked for gaming companies to create art for rpgs and ccgs, including Magic the Gathering, Forgotten Realms, Blue Rose, Warhammer, Legend of Five Rings, and also designs art...

Blake Collins is a Senior Foley Mixer at Sony Interactive Entertainment, with over 10 years of experience in the post-production...

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