Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Chris Enss as an Imaginator Guest! Chris has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years.  She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject.  

Her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction.  

We are honored to have Chris join us for our 13th year, taking place July 17-19 , 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.com