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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and publisher Barbara V. Evers as a Spotlighted Guest! Barbara is a two-time Imadjinn Best Fantasy Novelist, and she’s won several other awards for her writing over the years including a Pushcart Prize nomination. She is the author of The Watchers of Moniah, an award-winning epic fantasy trilogy, and she is currently working on an upcoming urban/mountain fantasy series, The Matriarch Enchanter. Her short stories and essays have appeared in multiple literary journals and several can be found in her short story collections, Pieces of Her: Being a Woman is Not for the Faint of Heart and TheRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and poet Carma Haley Shoemaker as an Official Panelist! Carma will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Carma below! About Carma: Just off I-71 between the cornfields in North Central Ohio lives a tea-drinking, football-loving ginger named Carma Haley Shoemaker and mini panther, Mystic. Mother to three grown sons, Carma loves people watching, Dean Winchester, and Honeycrisp apples. She believes in dragons, fairies, and that one day the Cleveland Browns will again be world-champions. After hanging up her stethoscope, Carma began her writing career as a NF magazine writer.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, editor, and publisher James O. Barnes as an Official Panelist! James will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about James below! About James O. Barnes: James O. Barnes writes mystery, supernatural, fantasy, and speculative fiction, often blending ordinary people and familiar places with circumstances that are anything but ordinary. His stories are shaped by a lifelong interest in history, human nature, small towns, and the connections between people and place. James previously ran a small press for nearly a decade and is published through Peltonville Press. He lives in Northern Ohio andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author R.C. Reid as an Official Panelist! R.C. will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about R.C. below! About R.C. Reid: An uber fan of the works of John D. MacDonald, Edward S. Aarons and Daniel Silva, R.C. Reid longed to see well-written female protagonists in the action-espionage genre and so created both the Mother Russia and the Morrigan Stories thriller series. With his friend Timothy Hardy Bischoff (also known as Cajun) he is half of Southern Wilds Publishing, serving as vice president and editor. Star Trek, Shakespeare and English history are severalRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, artist, cosplayer, and game designer Renmeleon as a Spotlighted Guest! Under the name Renmeleon, Ana Maria Selvaggio has been a working creative since 1986. With a passion for writing, she has worked in and around the publishing industry since the mid-90s as a book designer, editor, and cover artist! Renmeleon is the founder of Dragonfly Press, the editor-in-chief of Kraft Paper Muse Magazine, and she is also the owner of Two Crows Market, a series of annual, mid-range juried art shows. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing, specializing in screenwriting for gaming, film, animation, and television,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author and editor Andrea Jones as an Official Panelist! Andrea will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Andrea below! About Andrea Jones: Andrea Jones is the author of the “Hook & Jill” Saga, an award-winning series of Neverland novels for adult readers. Jones graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied Oral Interpretation of Literature, with a Literature Minor. In her career in television production, she worked for CBS and PBS affiliates, and corporate studios, also performing as on-camera and voice-over talent. Jones is an editor of theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and screenwriter Mick Williams as an Official Panelist! Mick will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Mick.below! About Mick Williams: Mick Williams is an award-winning author and screenwriter, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two needy cats, Crash and Thud. His novel Exodus won Best Thriller award at the Imaginarium Convention, and the adapted screenplay also won Best Action Screenplay at the New York Script Awards. Hope’s Game also won Best Sci-Fi novel, also at the Imaginarium Convention. He is a member of The Authors Guild,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, and book reviewer Chris Helvey as a Spotlighted Guest! An award-winning short story writer, poet, and novelist, Chris has penned more than a dozen novels and multiple short story collections. His latest book, The Bind Man and the Midget (a short-story collection), was recently released by Trajectory Press, He is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Trajectory Journal and also a founding member of the Bluegrass Writers Coalition. 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 information on the ImaginariumRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes book coach and editor Nicole Whisler as a Spotlighted Guest! Nicole is the founder of Fantasy Footsteps, a book coaching program designed to help writers craft stories that resonate. She runs a thriving Facebook community for fantasy writers and has been recognized as a leading book coach by the Coach Foundation. Nicole also hosts regular writing sprints and has presented workshops for David Farland’s Apex Writers Alliance. She serves as an instructor and mentor at David Rank’s annual Novel Bookcamp in Wisconsin, and leads trainings on storytelling and craft for ProWritingAid. In addition, she is a member of the Editorial FreelancersRead 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 →