Tracy Townsend is the author of The Nine and The Fall (books 1 and 2 in the Thieves of Fate series), a monthly columnist for the feminist sf magazine Luna Station Quarterly, and an essayist for Uncanny Magazine. She’s the former chair of the English department at the Illinois Mathematics… Read more
Avi Silver is an author and editor of speculative fiction. They co-created The Shale Project, an award-winning indie arts collective, and are passionate about stories that wield tenderness as a tool of change. Their first novel, Two Dark Moons, was released in 2019, with the sequel due out this summer…. Read more
Kari Maaren is a writer, cartoonist, musician, and academic whose first novel, the YA fantasy Weave a Circle Round, was published by Tor Books in 2017. It tied for the 2018 Copper Cylinder Award (YA category), was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and… Read more
Kate Heartfield writes science fiction and fantasy, including the Aurora-winning novel Armed in Her Fashion and the Nebula-shortlisted novella Alice Payne Arrives, along with dozens of stories. She is the author of The Road to Canterbury and The Magician’s Workshop, both of which were shortlisted for the Nebula in game… Read more
Another timely event coming from Can*Con! A lot of being a professional creative is out of our control, which admittedly … kinda sucks. Issues with publishers, lack of sales, deals falling through, and more can put a serious block on not just your career, but also your energy to continue… Read more
Yet another virtual Can*Con event looming! As the nights get longer and colder, book lovers turn to words that soothe the soul. What’s bringing you solace these days? What are those stories that feel like coming home, or perhaps escaping it for a while? Join our panelists for a cozy… Read more
Can*Con online events continue fast and furious! Caribbean nations have a unique, complex history carved by colonialism, cultural mixing, revolution and more. Particularly in sci-fi, fantasy and horror, the way that Caribbean diaspora authors incorporate these influences into their writing is diverse and multilayered. How do the emerging writers on this panel explore… Read more
Terese Mason Pierre is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Hobart, The Puritan, Quill and Quire, and Strange Horizons, among others. She is the Senior Poetry Editor of Augur Magazine, a Canadian speculative literature journal, and the author of chapbooks Surface Area (Anstruther Press, 2019) and Manifest (Gap Riot Press, 2020). Terese lives and… Read more
Premee Mohamed is an Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. Her short fiction has appeared in a variety of venues, including Analog, Escape Pod, Augur, and Nightmare Magazine. Her debut novel, ‘Beneath the Rising‘, is out now from Solaris Books, with the sequel ‘A Broken Darkness‘… Read more
Nandi Taylor is a writer of Afro-Caribbean descent based in Toronto. She has a journalism degree from the university of Toronto and draws on her background as a travel writer to paint whimsical fantasy worlds with words. Common themes she writes about are growth, courage, and finding one’s place in… Read more