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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 author, publisher, poet, and musician K.A. Schultz as an Official Panelist! K.A. will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about K.A. below! About K.A. Schultz Author Illustrator K.A.Schultz “writes with pictures and draws with words.” Four short story collections, a book of dark poetry, and a Jacob Marly denouement comprise her current literary offerings. Kimann is an art historian and 1st generation American, both which factor into her literary sensibilities and inclinations. Kimann has been published in various anthologies and she enjoys participating in a wide range of podcast discussions.Read 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 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 two-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning and Grammy nominated screenwriter and playwright Jymn Magon as an Imaginator Guest! Jymn got his start with the newly-formed TV animation department at Walt Disney Productions in 1984, where he functioned as the senior creative manager for nearly a decade. Jymn spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children’s records, then later moving to Disney Television Animation. Jymn created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Quack Pack and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. InRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes internationally award-winning artist, illustrator, and cover artist Echo Chernik as an Imaginator Guest! Echo’s clients include Monopoly, Hasbro, Acotar, DC, Random House, Penguin, MacMillan, Miller, Camel, Celestial Seasonings Teas, Angry Orchard, Dos Equis, Regal Cinemas, Disney, Mattel, and many more. Echo also does a great amount of work for the role playing game Shadowrun. Echo is the coordinating judge for the Illustrators of the Future Awards. Her recent work includes the Monopoly game for A Court of Thorns and Roses, the epic romantasy series from Sarah J. Maas, and twelve new covers for the latest edition of the best-selling House ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, musician, podcaster, comic creator, cosplayer, and game designer Da’Rell Miller as a Spotlighted Guest! A filmmaker and screenwriter who has won many awards in recent years for his work, in addition to being an artist, game designer, and cosplayer, Da’Rell is the CEO of Royalti Virtue company, a record label and entertainment company based in Indianapolis, Indiana that has been active since 2016. Da’Rell also designed the Evidential Myths card game, and has multiple new game apps set for release in 2027. He is also the creator of the Virtual Vireal Expedition comic book series and the RKRead More →