Anyone going to Phoenix Comicon? Make sure to see our HarperVoyager Spotlight panel, as well as all the panels featuring our amazing authors!
Harper Voyager Spotlight Panel : Saturday 10:30am – 11:30am
DESCRIPTION:
With the proliferation of science fiction/fantasy in this year’s movie and television landscape, it’s a vibrant, transformational time in the SF/F publishing market: and Harper Voyager, HarperCollins’ speculative fiction imprint, has never before boasted such a diverse array of content. Assistant Editor Kelly O’Connor and Associate Publicist Caroline Perny will discuss how the marketplace is rebounding from an overabundance of vampires and werewolves: readers are increasingly hungry for tales more rooted in scientific reality: on the ascendant are science thrillers (Zer0es by Chuck Wendig, Departure by A.G. Riddle, Positive by David Wellington); magical espionage and supernatural noir (Killing Pretty by Richard Kadrey, Stonehill Downs by Sarah Remy, The Day Before by Liana Brooks); space opera and military adventure (Shadow of Empire by Jay Allan, Guerilla by Mel Odom, The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel) . Don’t discount pop culture’s ongoing obsession with marvel-ous superhero mythology and tales of gods on earth (Superheroes Anonymous by Lexie Dunne, Devil in the Wires by Tim Lees). Readers continue to be fascinated with books that go bump in the night: Horror remains a strong category, with a wide range of fiction incorporating horrorific elements (Gideon by Alex Gordon, The Devil’s Bag Man by Adam Mansbach, Beyond Redemption by Michael K. Fletcher). And blending the magic of fantasy with the science of SF are some cog-studded Steampunk powerhouses (The Clockwork Crown by Beth Cato; On Her Majesty’s Behalf by Joseph Nassise, Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr). Attendees will get a sneak peak at upcoming Harper Voyager titles, prizes, books—and the chance to meet some of our out-of-this-world authors!
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Featuring Alex Gordon, Beth Cato, Chuck Wendig, Joseph Nassise, Mel Odom, Richard Kadrey, and Viola Carr
Voyager Author Panels & Signings
Alex Gordon:
- Tension on Every Page : Thursday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing : Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- More Than a Haunted House : Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- More Than a Haunted House Author Signing : Friday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Good = Perfect? : Friday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing : Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing : Sunday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Beth Cato:
- Magic Refresh: Thursday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Rewriting History: Friday 10:30am – 11:30am
- The Food of Fantasy: Friday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Airships: Creating Steampunk Technology That Flies: Friday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Build a Story and Airships Panels Author Signing: Friday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Sunday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Chuck Wendig:
- On the Outside Looking In: Thursday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Thursday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- More Than a Haunted House: Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- More Than a Haunted House Author Signing: Friday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Here on Earth: Friday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Chuck Wendig Spotlight: Saturday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Saturday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Writing Reluctant Heroes: Sunday 10:30am – 11:30am
- Author Signing: Sunday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Stepping up to Social Media: Sunday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- From Page to Screen: Sunday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Mel Odom:
- Tension on Every Page: Thursday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Build a Story with Moderator Ryan Dalton: Friday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Build a Story and Airships Panels Author Signing: Friday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Who’s Driving?: Saturday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Richard Kadrey:
- In the Beginning: Thursday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Life After True Blood: Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- Spotlight on Richard Kadrey: Friday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Richard Kadrey and Sherrilyn Kenyon Signing: Friday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Writing Reluctant Heroes: Sunday 10:30am – 11:30am
- Urban Fantasy: Sunday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Sunday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Viola Carr:
**Note: Viola will also be participating in a con-adjacent event—The Steampunk Tea
- Know Your History Trivia Game: Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Know Your History Author Signing: Thursday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Rewriting History: Friday 10:30am – 11:30am
- Historical and Fantastical and Maybe a Little Magical: Friday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- The Historical and the Fantastical Author Signing: Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- Airships: Creating Steampunk Technology That Flies: Friday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Build a Story and Airships Panels Author Signing: Friday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- What are They Wearing?: Saturday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Steampunk Tea House Cafe of the Rising Sunset Saturday 3:30: Saturday 3:30pm – 4:30pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing: Sunday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Joseph Nassise:
**No links to Joe’s schedule yet, as he won’t be announced as a guest until 5/2
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- Tension on Every Page : Thursday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Historical and Fantastical and Maybe a Little Magical : Friday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- The Historical and the Fantastical Author Signing : Friday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- Dramatic Warfare : Saturday 10:30am – 11:30am
- Harper Voyager Author Signing : Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Who’s Driving? : Saturday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
- Urban Fantasy : Sunday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Author Signing : Sunday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
- Harper Voyager Author Signing: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm