Program Participants

D.H. Aire has published more than 20 books, most recent are Knight's Blood and Bigfoot Hunting. His love of history & archaeology found...

John Appel's debut novel ASSASSIN’S ORBIT was published by Rebellion in July 2021 and was a finalist for the 2022 Compton Crook Award...

After an eventful youth living in Israel and fathering 3 sons, I live with my wife and 2 of my now-grown sons in Potomac, Maryland...

C.D. Brown is a writer and filmmaker from New Orleans. He edits and publishes the fantasy magazine Dirty Magick and is the author...

Tyaz Cosplay has been sewing since she was 10 and cosplaying for 10 years. Although sewing is her original focus, she has also expanded into...

Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based SFF/H author at night and an entertainment journalist during the day for publications including...

Ruthanna Emrys is the author of the Innsmouth Legacy series, including Winter Tide and Deep Roots, and A Half-Built Garden. She writes...

Bjorn was in a library looking for Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy when he found David Weber's Honor Harrington books. Once he read...

Larry Hodges is an active member of SFWA with over 220 short story sales, with 56 "pro" sales, including four novels...

Best known in his home town of Bethlehem, PA as the longtime drummer for The Philadelphia Funk Authority, George Hrab is also an...

Daniel M. Kimmel is the 2018 recipient of the Skylark Award, given by the New England Science Fiction Association. He was a finalist...

Gail Z. Martin writes epic fantasy, urban fantasy & more for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, and Falstaff Books. She also writes as Morgan...

Neil Ottenstein obtained a PhD in theoretical nuclear physics in 1990 and since then has been workingin flight dynamics for one of...

Jennifer R. Povey lives in Northern Virginia with her husband. She writes a variety of speculative fiction, whilst following...

Robert J. Sawyer, the 2017 recipient of the Robert A. Heinlein Award, has been called “The dean of Canadian science fiction” by both the CBC...

Alex Shvartsman is the author of Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022) and Eridani’s Crown (2019) fantasy novels...

David Walton hails from Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and eight children. An engineer by day and an author by night...

Martin Wilsey is a full-time author and creator of the bestselling SOLSTICE 31 SAGA. Mr. Wilsey's first novel, STILL FALLING...

A SFWA and HWA member, Ken Altabef's short fiction has appeared in magazines such as F&SF, Interzone, Daily Science Fiction...

Sarah Avery's first book, Tales from Rugosa Coven, won the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Beneath...

Joshua Bilmes is the President of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which he founded in 1994, and hopes to discover another new client this year...

I’m a longtime gamer and designer working on making sure the next generation of geeks sees themselves represented. I’m a panelist...

Elwin Cotman is a storyteller from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of three collections of speculative short stories...

Virginia DeMarce, since retiring as a historian in 2004, has been an active participant in the 1632 alternate history series founded by Eric Flint...

Dr. Charles E. Gannon’s best known work is in the best-selling Caine Riordan hard sf series and the Vortex of Worlds epic fantasy saga...

Morgan Hazelwood has been sharing “Writing Tips & Writerly Musings” with writing tips from the pros and her own writerly musings since 2015...

Anastasia has enjoyed costumes and Halloween and being in plays since I was a baby. My love for this only grew as I immersed myself more...

Michelle is the former president of the Games Club of Maryland. She has been involved in the boardgaming community for over 25 years...

Emily got hooked on filk as a member of Sassafrass. Having played Baldur in Sassafrass' production "Sundown" at...

Jo Miles writes optimistic science fiction and fantasy, including the Gifted of Brennex space opera trilogy beginning with Warped State...

Sarah Pinsker is the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Philip K Dick, Locus, and Eugie Award winning author of A Song For A New Day, Sooner or...

Dr. Karen Purcell obtained her Bachelor's in Biology from Pace University, Pleasantville Campus. She graduated with the Class...

Ken Schrader writes Science Fiction, Steampunk, Fantasy, Weird Westerns, and anything else he can get away with. He’s a...

Mary G. Thompson is the author of the sci-fi novella One Level Down (Tachyon, 2025). She is also the author of The Word, Flicker...

Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction and everything in between, including novels, art books, and military strategy...

Sherri Cook Woosley has a Master's Degree in English with a focus on comparative mythology from the University of Maryland. She drew...

Scott H. Andrews is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the ten-time Hugo Award finalist fantasy magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies...

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for over 50 years and an avid science fiction reader for even longer. His...

Walt Boyes is a journalist, analyst, and recognized authority on 21st Century manufacturing and automation. He is a Fellow of...

Doc Coleman never dreamed of being a writer. He dreamed of being an actor, of making movies. Unfortunately, that didn't happen...

Galen Dara has created art for Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Fireside Fiction Magazine, Fantasy Flight Games...

Tom Doyle is the award-winning author of the American Craftsmen trilogy from Tor Books, and the Agent of Exiles series...

Eric is a fan, an author and an artist, usually in that order. Eric lives in central Pennsylvania with his amazing family. He writes...

Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, Dr. Inge Heyer completed her secondary education there before accepting a language...

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. is Principal Lecturer in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park...

A. L. Kaplan’s love of books started as a child and sparked a creative imagination. Born on a cold winter morning in scenic northern New...

Shahid Mahmud created Arc Manor; a Maryland based small press in 2006. Since then, the company has become a significant small SF...

Chris Oakley owned and operated Oakley’s Gently Used Books, a bricks & mortar used bookshop with a specialty in Sci Fi/Fantasy, for more...

Ann Pollack, Principal Professional Staff member at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL), brings 35+ years of engineering...

Christopher Mark Rose is an engineer for NASA spacecraft by day, a writer of speculative fictions by night. His work has appeared...

Melissa Scott has published more than thirty original novels and a handful of short stories, most with queer themes and characters...

Mark L. Van Name is a writer, technologist, and spoken word performer. He has published five novels (One Jump Ahead...

T. C. Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with physics and ecology. His latest...

Hello fellow nerds, I am Yoshi! I am the Director of RPG and Tabletop Programming for Balticon 59...