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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes literary agent and USA Today bestselling author Rose Betancourt as a Spotlighted Guest! Rose is the owner and principal agent of Betancourt Literary, bringing more than twenty years of experience in the publishing industry as both an agent and a USA Today bestselling author! Rose is particularly drawn to psychological thrillers with a dark twist, layered mysteries, and stories that explore obsession, secrets, and moral ambiguity. She has a deep love for Southern and Southern Gothic fiction, especially novels that lean into atmosphere, complex female characters, and a sense of place that feels almost alive. She also represents select romance projects,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes Literary Agent Cherry Weiner as an Imaginator Guest! Cherry has been been agenting since 1977, when she left the Robert P. Mills Agency. Cherry started out by handling science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She now handles all genres of fiction and a good number of fairly well-known authors in the field of Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Westerns, Native American novels and Historical novels covering all the various genres each category can break out into. We are honored to have Cherry join us for our 12th year, taking place July 18-20, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information onRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author and literary agent Stephanie Hansen as a Spotlighted Guest! 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 to an animated story for Tales. Her debut novel, Replaced Parts, was featured in a Forbes article, hit Amazon bestseller lists, and made the Apple young adult coming soon bestsellers list. Stephanie represents authors with their debut novels and New York Times-bestsellers, and she has brokered deals with small presses, mid-size publishers, majorRead 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 →