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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author and publisher J. Patrick Lemarr as an Official Panelist! J. Patrick will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about J. Patrick below! About J. Patrick Lemarr: J. Patrick Lemarr is an Indiana author, creator of the Tales of the Evermore series, and publisher of Write Crowd Publishing. His work ranges from fantasy and horror to mystery and the wonderfully strange, often exploring hope, grace, redemption, and the people we become along the way. A former Texas educator, he now writes in Southern Indiana, where he lives with his wife and family. WhetherRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, graphic designer, artist, and web designer Nate Hoffelder as an Official Panelist! Nate will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Nate below! About Nate Hoffelder: ​Nate has been helping people fix broken tech since 2010. He turns broken down WordPress sites into sites which convert visitors into superfans, also builds sites from scratch, and helps authors with their social media and newsletters. Nate is on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation, and works with SF conventions as a webmaster​. When he is not volunteering, he writes bad jokes on FacebookRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Ray Tabler as an Official Panelist! Ray will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Ray below! About Ray Tabler: Ray Tabler is a published author of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Originally from Louisville, KY, Ray chased the northbound dollar and lodged in the frozen wilds of Michigan. His six published novels are available from Misti Media (Nazca Press), Histria Books, and Cannon Publishing. Ray’s short fiction has appeared in Baen’s Universe, Cosmic Crime Stories, Escape Pod, and various anthologies.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Robyn Peterman as an Imaginator Guest! Robyn is known for her hilarious, fast-paced, and addictively charming paranormal romance and cozy mystery novels. A master of blending supernatural chaos with laugh-out-loud humor, she is the mastermind behind beloved, sprawling universes like the Hot Damned series, Good To The Last Death, Magic and Mayhem, and My So-Called Mystical Midlife. Before she began penning stories about sassy witches, exasperated vampires, and midlife magic, Robyn worked as a professional actress. Her background in theater, film, and television shines through in her writing, which is celebrated forRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, publisher, screenwriter, and podcaster Tony Acree as a Spotlighted Guest! Tony is the author of the award-winning Victor McCain thrillers. Two streaming shows, one based on his Victor McCain thrillers, and the other on his Samantha Tyler thrillers, will be produced by Dark Harbor Pictures. In addition, his screenplay, Songs of Bloody Harlan has been optioned for the silver screen by Jamezz Hampton and 1209 Productions. His screenwriting honors include awards from the L.A. Film Awards and Imaginarium, where The Dead Man’s Flood most recently won Best Long Format Screenplay. Tony’s award-winning publishing house, Hydra Publications, features several imprintsRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Laura Hawks as an Official Panelist! Laura will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Laura.below! About Laura Hawks: Ms. Hawks has always been interested in writing in some form or other, including writing for a local newspaper. Deciding to become more knowledgeable, she headed back to school and received her Master’s Degree in Ancient Civilizations, Native American History and United States History. It was at this time she got involved in role playing on FaceBook, which gave her ample opportunities to grow and hone her writing ability. She lives in theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, artist, poet, and journalist Gabrielle Faust as a Spotlighted Guest! Gabrielle has predominantly focused her work within the dystopian cyberpunk horror, horror, and dark fantasy genres for her long-form work including short stories, novels, and novellas. Crowned “Vampire Royalty of New Orleans” in 2010, she is best known for her post-apocalyptic vampire series Eternal Vigilance which received high international praise by critics and readers alike. Her work as an entertainment journalist and editorial illustrator has appeared in dozens of publications including Weird Tales Magazine, Austin Food & Wine Magazine, SyFy, Blastr, Fear Zone, Girls & Corpses Magazine, Revelator, andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Tommy B. Smith as an Official Panelist! Tommy will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Tommy.below! About Tommy B. Smith Tommy B. Smith is a writer of horror and dark fiction whose works meander through the darker spaces of the psychological and the cosmic. A two-time Imadjinn Award-winning author and 2023 nominee for the Michael Knost Wings Award, he has been featured in numerous publications to span the years, and is the author of the Black Carmenia series. As well, he currently serves as secretary for the heartland chapter ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Matt Clark as an Official Panelist! Matt will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Matt.below! About Matt Clark: Matt Clark writes psychological horror rooted in grief, guilt, and institutional failure — stories about what happens when the people or systems meant to protect us don’t, and what it costs the ones left behind to live with that. He’s drawn to unreliable narrators and slow-building dread over shock or gore, and to horror that stays believable even when what’s hunting his characters isn’t human — the damage it leaves behind alwaysRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, filmmaker, podcaster, screenwriter, and playwright Amy Leigh McCorkle as a Spotlighted Guest! a 4x Telly, Silver Davey, ISA, World Entertainment Award-winning filmmaker and is one half of Healing Hands Entertainment. With over 40 published works and 40+ produced films Amy is also a fierce mental health advocate. Amy is the author of the international  #1 Amazon Bestseller Letters to Daniel. Currently, the sequel to Letters to Daniel, Letters to Matthew, is in development, She has a 2 picture deal with Fish4Him Entertainment, and is partnering with NAMI of Louisville on the documentary Hope Reimagined: One Woman’s Journey Overcoming Stigma.Read More →