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 →

Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes international bestselling, award-winning author K. Rose 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. Rose: K. Rose is an international bestselling and award-winning author of Fantastical Fiction and Romance. K. Rose has been a part of the Indie Author Community for years. Getting her start as a reader, her keen eye led to a wonderful career in Alpha/Beta and ARC (Advance Reader Copy) reading. As a joke to her fellow advanced reader colleagues, she created a spoofed blurb and cover for a story andRead More →

Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Ariella Talix as an Official Panelist! Ariella will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Ariella below! About Ariella Talix: Ariella Talix is a best-selling author from Indiana who writes spicy romance because she loves a great happy ending. Her books are all either MF or MMF (“swords” cross) stories for readers who share her belief that all love is beautiful. Ariella’s novels are full of humor and suspense. She has written both historical and contemporary tales. Her “Hearts of Gold” series is a thrilling saga based on the 1849 California GoldRead More →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes poet, author, podcaster, and blogger Erynn Crittenden as an Official Panelist! Erynn will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Erynn.below! About Erynn Crittenden: Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published four poetry collections (“By the Bones,” “Transfiguration,” “Into the Western Sky,” and “Structured Chaos”), and also works as a contributor and editor for the Coffee House Writers Magazine. Her work has appearedRead More →