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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 author Melody K. Smith as an Official Panelist! Melody will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Melody below! About Melody K. Smtih: A lifelong creative, Melody K. Smith channels her passion for storytelling into fiction that stirs the soul and sparks the imagination. She is the author of the Emerdeen Trilogy—Stirred & Spellbound, Rooted & Remembered, and Echoes & Embers—where magic, self-discovery, and the strength of women intertwine. Her women’s fiction novel, Responsible Party, explores empowerment beyond the enchanted world. When she isn’t writing, she’s elbows-deep in crafts, mixed media, and curatedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Carissa Turpin as an Official Panelist! Carissa will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Carissa below! About Carissa Turpin: Carissa Turpin was born and raised in Appalachia where she listened to her relatives weave fanciful (and sometimes scary) tales. She currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky where she teaches fifth and seventh grade language arts. Her first book, Doomsday Dani, won gold in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in 2023. Her second book, a classroom-friendly cryptid short story collection titled A Mess of Monsters, was released in September 2026Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Jennifer L. Barnes as an Official Panelist! Jennifer will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Jennifer below! About Jennifer L. Barnes: Jennifer L. Barnes was literally raised with wolves by a crazy biologist father and a bibliophile mother. From an early age, she found a love for the misunderstood creatures her father studied that transmuted to a love for things that Go Bump In the Night. With her unique upbringing, she chose to write rather than go insane. Creator of the action-filled Urban Fantasy Series “Law Unto Herself”, Jennifer lives inRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 is proud to announce the addition of five new Workshops to our programming! There will be over 200 panels and workshops hosted in our 14th year at the Crowne Plaza, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added: How To Be Creative When All You Want to Do is Take a Nap: Presented by Kimberly Hoffman. Many of us are chronically tired either because of health conditions, having too much on our plate, or trying to work a regularRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author and editor Kelly Ferguson as an Official Panelist! Kelly will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Kelly below! About Kelly: Writer and editor Kelly Ferguson has worked in the publishing industry for two decades. In the name of work, she’s shot a blowgun (albeit badly), shared her home office with a life-sized cardboard cutout of her boss’s late husband, and taken an RV tour of Washington, D.C., with a now disgraced Secretary of the Interior. Since establishing her freelance career, she has edited books for best-selling authors James Hunter, Aaron Crash,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, artist, and comic creator Josh Jones as an Official Panelist! Josh will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Josh below! About Josh Jones: Josh Jones is an artist who loves bringing nostalgic, expressive cartoon characters to life through heartfelt, character-driven stories. His work centers on emotion and personality, with a focus on world-building and classic cartoon energy. His biggest project right now is “The Gummi Way,” a long-form adventure comic where he gets to explore big character moments and expansive world-building.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, graphic designer, and cover artist Aaron Christopher Drown as an Official Panelist! Aaron will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Aaron below! About Aaron Christopher Drown: Aaron Christopher Drown is a Maine native who’s lived all over, and whose stories have appeared in equally numerous magazines and anthologies. His debut novel won the Darrell Award for Best Novel, and as he’s promised everyone who’s asked over the years since, the follow-up will be ready soon. His collection of short stories, The Gods Must Clearly Smile, received the 2022 BIBA along withRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Julie Jones as an Official Panelist! Julie will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Julie below! About Julie Jones: Julie Jones is an award-winning fiction writer from Oklahoma where she lives with her husband, two children, one very spoiled rescue dog named Zelda, and Yoru the rescue cat who only answers to Kitty. Aside from writing short stories and novels, Julie works full time and serves on the board of a county-based leadership organization. She loves her home and stays involved in the community. Julie won the 2020 Oklahoma Writer’sRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Lynn Slaughter as an Official Panelist! Lynn will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Lynn below! About Lynn Slaughter : Lynn Slaughter is addicted to the arts, chocolate, and her husband’s cooking. After a long career as a professional dancer and dance educator, she returned to school to earn her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Her young adult and adult novels have received numerous accolades, including an Imadjinn Award, Silver Falchion Award, two Agatha nominations, and a Moonbeam Silver Medal. The past year was an excitingRead More →