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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning Hollywood makeup artist, actor, filmmaker, and author Michael F. Blake as an Imaginator Guest! A two-time Emmy-winning makeup artist, spent sixty years in the film and television industry before his retirement in 2018. His credits include Westworld, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man 3, Independence Day, Tough Guys, Happy Days, and numerous other major productions. Michael’s books on silent screen legend Lon Chaney are the definitive works on the actor, and his trilogy served as the basis for the Turner Classic Movies documentary. His book The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt was named by True WestRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly announces award-winning author and screenwriter Sheldon Higdon as a Spotlighted Guest! Sheldon’s work has been featured in nearly 50 publications, and he currently has a short screenplay being produced in London. Sheldon has an MFA from Seton Hill University and is a member of the Horror Writers Association and The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Sheldon also writes articles for the Pittsburgh online magazine Kidsburgh.org. We are thrilled to have Sheldon join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes artist, author, poet, graphic designer, musician, and cosplayer Jennifer Noran as a Spotlighted Guest! Jennifer is well-known as Captain Medea Asherah, of the popular steampunk-themed cosplay group The Airship Caduceus! As a graphic designer and artist, Jennifer has created designs for many groups such as the Kentucky Steampunk Society, The Chicago Steampunk Exposition, The Traveling Revelers, and her own airship! After running The International Steampunk Symposium in 2023, Jennifer moved forth from that adventure as the Queen Bee of Queen City Steam, an exciting new venture that will create events throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, collaborating with different groups and peopleRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author, editor, executive producer, playwright, and comic writer Jonathan Maberry as the Guest Of Honor! Jonathan is a New York Times best-seller and Audible #1 bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award-winner, Inkpot winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer. He is the editor of WEIRD TALES Magazine and president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. His novels include the enormously popular Joe Ledger series from St. Martin’s Griffin, and he is the creator, editor, and co-author of V-WARS, a shared-world vampire anthology from IDW Publishingthat was adaptedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes our new Toastmaster, award-winning editor and author Michael Knost! Michael is a Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers. He has written in many different genres and helmed several anthologies. Michael has taught writing classes and workshops at several colleges, conventions, and online, and his novel, Return of the Mothman, was made into a feature film, that premiered in 2022! We are honored to have Michael join us as the Toastmaster for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, journalist, and playwright Tenita Johnson as a Spotlighted Guest! Tenita is the author of 18 books, seven of which are Amazon bestsellers! Tenita is also the founder and CEO of So It Is Written Publishing, where she has helped hundreds of authors through the book process from conception to completion! She has a passion for guiding authors to expand their brand by showing them how to earn multiple streams of income from just one book! We are honored to have Tenita join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For furtherRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Jonna Hayden, Cami Michaels, LMG Swain, and Adam Sergent as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Rachel Louise Martin and Gregg Bridgeman as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes literary agent and award-winning, bestselling author Stephanie Hansen as a Spotlighted Guest! Stephanie represents authors with their debut novels and New York Times-bestsellers, and she has brokered deals with small presses, mid-size publishers, major publishing houses, foreign publishers, audio producers, gaming app companies, reading app companies, and film producers. As an author, Stephanie has won both the PenCraft and Global Book Award. Her debut novella series, Altered Helix, hit the #1 New Release, #1 Best Seller, and other top 100 lists on Amazon, and is now being adapted for an animated release! We are thrilled to have Stephanie join us forRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Eleni McKnight, David Sherrer, Jen Selinsky, and Alan Goldstein as Panelists! As Official Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →