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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 2022 is proud to welcome award-winning editor Ellen Datlow as our Guest of Honor! Currently the acquisitions editor of short fiction for Tor.com, Ellen has helmed more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies. She is the winner of numerous major awards, including the World Fantasy Award, Locus Award, Hugo Award, Bram Stoker Award, International Horror Guild Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor.  Other recognitions include being named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre,” sheRead More →

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Imaginarium 2021 proudly welcomes F. Paul Wilson as our Guest of Honor! A New York Times best-selling author, F. Paul Wilson is one of the most highly respected writers in the nation! With over fifty books in multiple genres, F. Paul has enthralled readers for decades with his storytelling, including the immensely popular Repairman Jack novels, crime thrillers, horror thrillers, science fiction, and much more! Many of F. Paul’s storied have been adapted to the screen, such as his novel The Keep (by Michael Mann) and his story “Pelts” (by legendary filmmaker Dario Argento). F. Paul has also won many major literary awards, including theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 proudly welcomes iconic author F. Paul Wilson as our Guest of Honor! The winner of numerous prestigious literary awards, F. Paul Wilson has written many New York Times best-selling novels in a variety of genres, including the Repairman Jack books cherished by readers worldwide. One of the most highly-regarded and respected writers in speculative fiction, F. Paul Wilson is a tremendous addition to our Imaginarium family and we are honored that he is joining us this July 10-12 in Louisville, Kentucky for our 7th year as our Guest of Honor! About F. Paul Wilson: Paul was born and raised in New Jersey whereRead More →

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Imaginarium 2019 is proud to welcome screenwriter and filmmaker Jeffrey Reddick as our Guest of Honor! The creator of the Final Destination franchise, a recent story editor on Midnight Texas, and the screenwriter on recent theater release The Final Wish, Jeffrey is a phenomenal writer and storyteller that Imaginarium 2019 attendees are going to love meeting! Screenwriting is an important part of the world of creative writing, and we could not be more pleased to have Jeffrey Reddick as our first screenwriter to be named as a Guest of Honor! The 6th year of the Imaginarium Convention will be the best yet! Come meet JeffreyRead More →

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Imaginarium 2017 is proud to welcome Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author Michael Knost as our Guest of Honor! In addition to his numerous professional accolades as an editor and author in a multitude of genres, Michael is renowned internationally for his gifts as an instructor and workshop presenter in the creative writing world. He is a perfect example of what Imaginarium Convention is all about and we could not be more happy to have Michael Knost recognized as our Guest of Honor for 2017! About Michael Knost: Michael Knost is a Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernaturalRead More →

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Imaginarium 2016 is proud to welcome best-selling author Brian Keene as a Guest of Honor! A winner of numerous awards, Brian writing includes novels, short fiction and comic books. His work focuses on the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Several novels have been developed for film or are currently in development, and he has also written for several media properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture’s current interest in zombies.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2015 is honored and proud to announce our Guest of Honor for 2015, Lori Wilde! A New York Times and USA Today best selling author, Lori is well-familiar to fans of romance literature everywhere. She will be an amazing Guest of Honor for the nation’s premiere convention about creative writing. Lori Wilde   About Lori Wilde: New York Times and USA Today best selling author, Lori Wilde has sold seventy-eight works of fiction to four major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensic nursing from Kaplan University. She is a memberRead More →