< Back Randee Dawn Literary Author Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based SFF/H author at night and an entertainment journalist during the day for publications including Today.com, NBCNews.com, Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Gold Derby.com and Emmy Magazine. Her humorous pop culture fantasy debut, Tune in Tomorrow, was published in 2022 by Solaris/Rebellion and reissued in 2024 with additional content by Solaris Nova. She has three books scheduled to publish in 2025: dark rock 'n roll fantasies The Only Song Worth Singing (April) and Leave No Trace (August), both from Arc Manor/Caezik; and We Interrupt This Program (a follow-up to Tune, from Solaris Nova). Her short fiction has appeared in magazines, podcasts and anthologies over the years, including most recently Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight, Vol. 4. She is the co-author of The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion. Originally from Maryland, Randee now lives with her husband, a lot of books and never enough mangoes in New York. Other Socials

< Back Paul Bove Gaming Gamer Paul Bove is a Maryland based World History Teacher with an M.A, in International Relations. An author with articles published on military history, and social studies education, He has more than 30 years of experience has a game master primarily running various editions of Dungeons and Dragons with a strong interest in campaign world design. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife Meredith and two dogs. Other Socials

< Back Tom Schaad Podcasting Podcaster Long time fan and avid reader, Tom has attended, worked on (and occasionally run) science fiction conventions in the greater DC area since the late 1970s. From 1991 thru 2019 he was a co-host and member of the production team of the cable access tv show Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction, carried on local cable stations in the Washington DC area, with many of the interviews now online at : https://www.youtube.com/c/FastForwardContemporaryScienceFiction. Other Socials

< Back Ken Schrader Literary Author Ken Schrader writes Science Fiction, Steampunk, Fantasy, Weird Westerns, and anything else he can get away with. He’s a shameless Geek, a fan of the Oxford comma, and he makes housing decisions based upon the space available for bookshelves. He sings out loud when he thinks there’s no one around, enjoys a good grilling session, and needs music like he needs to breathe. He can also procrastinate so well you’d think it was a superpower. He lives in Michigan, and despite the seasonal allergies, he always enjoys mowing the lawn. Other Socials

< Back Aaron M. Roth Literary Author Aaron M. Roth is a science fiction author and leader in artificial intelligence. He has led research teams studying robotics, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, and explainable AI in government and academic research labs including Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maryland. He was most recently leading a team at a company creating autonomous maritime vessels, and is currently working on a secret AI startup. He has published science fiction and academic papers and given talks on science and science fiction around the the world. Other Socials http://www.aaronmroth.com

< Back Doc Coleman Literary Author Doc Coleman never dreamed of being a writer. He dreamed of being an actor, of making movies. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. But he had a way with words, and still wanted to tell stories. So he did, and got better at telling them quickly. Doc’s stories appear in The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences’ Tales from the Archives podcast, and several anthologies including: the Bushido Western Anthology Way of the Gun, Paradise Found: Tales From the Library, and the recently published A Cast of Crows. The Perils of Prague, is the first novel in the Steampunk Comedy/Adventure series The Adventures of Crackle and Bang. The second book, The Kindred of Kali, is in work. He also published The Shining Cog and Other Steampunk Tales, a collection of Steampunk short stories. Doc is also a podcaster, narrator, and voice actor. Doc is an avid reader, home brewer and beer lover, fan of renaissance festivals, and frequently a smart-ass. He lives with his lovely wife and two cats in Germantown, MD. Other Socials

< Back Yoshi Operations Director of RPG and Tabletop Programming Hello fellow nerds, I am Yoshi! I am the Director of RPG and Tabletop Programming for Balticon 59 and looking forward to seeing you all! This will be my 7th Balticon on staff, and my first year on the BSFS Board of Directors. As for my credentials, I have been an avid player of RPG and Tabletop games of a variety of stripes and systems for the past 23 years. I have played and/or run games of D&D 3.5, 4e, 5e, Pathfinder 1e and 2e, Iron Kingdoms, Starfinder, Traveler, Star Wars, Fallout, Warhammer, Warmachine, Firestorm, and Infinity. In more recent years, I have been streaming behind a virtual avatar (VTuber) with a variety content track including RPGs, Strategy, and Shooter games. Professionally, I have spent the last 9 years with CommVault Systems working as a Senior T2 Support Engineer for the CommVault family of Enterprise Backup, Restore, and Indexing Solutions. I specialize in the Support and Implementation of Cloud Storage Solution Integration with our software. Other Socials

< Back Eric Hardenbrook Literary Author Eric is a fan, an author and an artist, usually in that order. Eric lives in central Pennsylvania with his amazing family. He writes to try to get the stories out of his head. When he's being a fan he helps run Watch The Skies and assists in the publication of their monthly fanzine. He can be found (at least some of the time) at The Pretend Blog. When not working on those things, Eric enjoys board games and is an old school role player, running Groves of Inan with many episodes available on YouTube. Other Socials

< Back Aaron Fors Costuming Cosplay Aaron Fors is a lifelong actor in film, television, and the stage. A dialectologist specializing in obscure regional and temporal dialects from around the world, as well as constructed languages from Klingon to Elvish, to his own bizarre creations. He employs this lifelong obsession heavily as an audiobook narrator and voice instructor. He is also now a published of author of science fiction and fantasy. If it gets weird, he probably loves it. From urban fantasy, to gritty cyberpunk, cosmic horror, or hard sci-fi with way too much peanut butter on Mars. He is a leatherworker specializing in experimental projects from corsets to vampiric leather roses made entirely of leather and thermochromic pigments that burn in the sun and heal in the dark, to hardened leather armor for use in the SCA. He works in wood, fabric, metal, and the bones of eldritch gods long dead, when they're on sale. Every piece, written, performed, or handcrafted is a shared story between the artist and the consumer. Other Socials

< Back Gaia Eirich Costuming Cosplat Gaia Eirich (she/her) is a master costumer with over 20 years of sewing and costume experience. As someone with a drive for creation, she has worked on wedding dresses, dance costumes, masquerades, commissions of all sorts, accessories, quilting, theater projects, and many things in between. Gaia ran the Costume Con 37 Single Pattern contest and has been a Costume-con co-chair. She loves working on group costumes and herding cats. Her current passion is working with 3D printers, lasers, and many other forms of technology and innovation in her costumes. Other Socials

< Back Hannah Fors Costuming Cosplay CA Army National Guard veteran, clothier/ textile artist, crocheter & knitter, traditional artist, photographer, belly dancer... Other Socials

< Back Caleb Gaming Gamer Just a guy who likes running tabletop games. I've run for two years previously, and will be running for the third this year. Other Socials