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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Carol June Franks as an Official Panelist! Carol will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Carol below! About Carol June Franks: Carol June Franks is a retired teacher turned children’s author. Her books include rhythm and illustrations that engage children as well as content that adults enjoy reading to the children in their lives. Carol’s goal is to improve childhood literacy through her writing, presentations, and support for parents and teachers. Carol June serves as the Bluegrass Writers Coalition’s (BWC) Vice President and she facilitates the BWC Story Spinners group,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, podcaster, screenwriter, and filmmaker Dwan L. Hearn as an Official Panelist! Dwan will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Dwan below! About Dwan L. Hearn Dwan L. Hearn, more affectionately known as The Moon, is a self-published author of “The Copperwheat Collection (2023)”, a film-maker with Hallowed Hills Entertainment, and an internet broadcaster on The Sako and the Moon Horror Podcast, The Moon Unscathed, and The Moon=Wrestling Podcast, and three-time Imadjinn Award winning screenwriter. When not being creative, Dwan also enjoys listening to music, watching horror movies, traveling, and beingRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, military historian, prop armorer, and production consultant Dan Kemp as an Official Panelist! Dan will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Dan below! About Dan Kemp Dan Kemp was a history major at Ole Miss then a combat veteran infantryman in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. After graduate school at Norwich, he partly reinvented himself writing military science fiction and alternative history. His primary body of work is the Athenaeum Inc. military thriller series at Cannon Publishing, which began as “a thinly veiled Kelly’s Heroes ripoff” and now is in itsRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes writer, podcaster, and paranormal investigator Amanda Brigner as an Official Panelist! Amanda will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Amanda below! About Amanda Brigner Amanda is a freelance writer, Co-host of the Millennial Mamas Podcast, Paranormal Investigator with over fifty investigations under her belt, and lover of the macabre. Driven by a deep personal understanding of survival and resilience, her writing explores the world of the very real monsters hidden behind closed doors and how thin the veil between this life and the next can be. Amanda was born and raised inRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author and podcaster Eva Vertrice as a Spotlighted Guest! Eva is the co-host of the highly acclaimed Vamp Chart With Dan & Eva podcast, which has featured many prominent figures from the entertainment world such as Oscar-winning SFX artist Ve Neill, author Dacre Stoker, NYT bestselling author P.C. Cast, #1 NYT bestselling author J.R. Ward, Hollywood SFX artist Sven Granlund, and many more! Eva is the author of A Fury and A Hellish Fury, the first two novels in The Fury Trilogy She is currently writing the final installment in the The Fury Trilogy, A Heavenly Fury, while also working onRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author Chris A. Jackson as a Spotlighted Guest! With over 40 novels in print, Chris has a diverse bibliography of science thrillers, nautical fantasy, epic fantasy, science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic fantasy, and RPG tie-in stories. His game tie-in work includes Pathfinder, Iron Kingdoms, Shadowrun, Arkham Horror, and Traveller RPGs. Chris has won numerous awards, including the 2020 Scribe Award for best tie-in short story and multiple gold medals from Foreword Reviews Magazine We are honored to have Chris join us for our 14th year, taking place July 23-25, 2027 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Crowne Plaza! For further informationRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes screenwriter, podcaster, and filmmaker Brian Haas as an Official Panelist! Brian will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Brian below! About Brian Haas Brian started his career in the early 90s as a film critic for many print and online publications. This has lead to various different roles including filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film programmer at an art house theater, event host, festival programmer, podcaster and he might even step in front of the camera if the director’s standards are low enough. Brian is passionate about the art form in many capacities andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, editor, game designer, and podcaster Henrick Stormsson as an Official Panelist! Henrick will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Henrick below! About Henrick Stormsson Henrick Stormsson is the pen name of an author, trainer, coach, roleplaying gamer, and lifelong fantasy enthusiast whose passion for storytelling and world-building spans more than four decades. Behind the pen name is a lifelong creator who lives in Kentucky with his wife and continues to explore new realms through writing, roleplaying games, and the endless pursuit of unforgettable adventures. As the creator of the world ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author K. Anders as an Official Panelist! K. will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about K. below! About K. Anders K. Anders is the author of multiple short stories including three of which ranked #1 in their respective categories on the Amazon Best Seller list! His first novel “Dragonsworn” was published by Jumpmaster Press in December 2025. His second novel “Resurgence of Light” was published by Raconteur in August of 2026. An avid participant and supporter of the arts, he writes character-based fiction in many genres but prefers the freedom of fantasy,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author Virginia Smith as a Spotlighted Guest! A USA Today and ECPA bestselling author, Virginia has written over fifty books with sales approaching 2 million copies worldwide. Her novel, Guilty Secrets, was produced as a full-length movie under the title, “The Lies We Bury,” and is now streaming on Lifetime. Virginia has received a number of awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit and a National Bookseller’s Best Award. In 2025 she was inducted into the Imagination Hall of Fame. She is the President of Bluegrass Writers Coalition, and serves on the World Fantasy Award admin committee. We are honoredRead More →