About this Event
How does genre storytelling -- stories filled with monsters and magic and mystery -- tell the truth?
About the panelists:
OLIVIE BLAKE is the author of bestselling fantasy and sci-fi crossover titles for adults. She is a lover and writer of stories, many of which involve the fantastic, the paranormal, or the supernatural, but not always. More often, her works revolve around the collective experience, what it means to be human (or not), and the endlessly interesting complexities of life and love.
Olivie tripped and fell into writing after abandoning her long-premeditated track for Optimum Life Achievement while attending law school, and now focuses primarily on the craft and occasional headache of creating fiction. Her New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling released 2022 from Tor Books, rounding out the bestselling trilogy with and in 2024.
She is also the author of and .
PHILIP FRACASSI is a screenwrtier and author of the novels, , , and . He is also the author of the forthcoming .
His short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, Dark Discoveries, Cemetery Dance, and others.
SARAH LANGAN grew up on Long Island and got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and also received her Master’s in Environmental Health Science/Toxicology from New York University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughters, and rabbits.
She’s received three Bram-Stoker awards for her fiction, and her work has often been included in best-of-the year lists and anthologies. She’s a founding board member of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and works in both film and prose.
She is the author of the award-winning and .
LIZ KERIN is the author of mother-daughter vampire duology as well as the dark YA fantasy saga . She is also a screenwriter and award-winning playwright, and her novel Night's Edge is in development as a TV series with 20th Television.
She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and currently lives in Southern California.
CJ LEEDE is a horror writer, hiker, and Trekkie. She is the author of and . Her debut novel Maeve Fly won the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award and Splatterpunk Award, and earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination.
When she is not driving around the country, CJ can be found in LA with her boyfriend and rescue dogs.
CHUCK TINGLE is a mysterious force of energy behind sunglasses and a pink mask. He is also an anonymous author of romance, horror, and fantasy. Chuck was born in Home of Truth, Utah, and now splits time between Billings, Montana and Los Angeles, California. Chuck writes to prove love is real, because love is the most important tool we have when resisting the endless cosmic void. Not everything people say about Chuck is true, but the important parts are.
He is the author of and .
About the moderator:
COLIN HINCKLEY is a writer and actor from rural Vermont. His work has appeared in Tales to Terrify, The Lindenwood Review, and The Satirist, as well as several anthologies. His short film, Buy In, won the Spotlight Award at the Stephenville Fright Fest, as well as several other accolades. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and his cat.
He is also the author of the novella , which was included among The Lineup's Best Indie Horror Books of 2023.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, United States
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