DragonCon Schedule 2019
Friday, August 30th
Title: Book Signing with Jonathan Maberry
Description: New York Times Bestseller Jonathan Maberry will sign copies of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger novels, Rot & Ruin and more!
Time: Friday 11:00 pm – Noon
Location: Bard’s Tower, Booth #2719 on the 2ndfloor of AmericasMart
Title: Visions of the Future: YA Sci-Fi Worldbuilding
Description: YA science fiction is full of visions of the future, both realistic & fantastical. Come join us to discuss talk about the plausibility, technology, & consequences of your favorite YA futures from the Hunger Games, Scythe, Warcross, Ready Player One, Want, & more!
Time: Fri 01:00 pm
Location: A707 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Jonathan Maberry, Diana Peterfreund, CB Lee, Cecil Castellucci, Michael Chatfield, Claudia Gray)
Title: Finding the Groove: Music in UF
Description: Our panel of authors discusses the role music plays in the lives of their characters, as well as how it affects their own creative process.
Time: Fri 02:30 pm
Location: Chastain 1-2 - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Corinne O'Flynn, Jonathan Maberry, Linda Robertson, Shawnee Small, James A. Hunter)
Title: Short & Sweet: YA Anthologies
Description: There are a host of fabulous YA anthologies around topics ranging from mental health to Poe retellings, activism to feminism to love triangles. We'll talk about what makes short stories and anthologies unique & why you should be reading them, & of course, we'll provide a booklist!
Time: Fri 04:00 pm
Location: A707 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Jonathan Maberry, Kelly Lynn Colby, L.L. McKinney)
Title: The Haunting of Shirley Jackson
Description: A discussion about the works of Shirley Jackson, whose fiction spanned from examinations of domestic life to chilling tales of terror.
Time: Fri 05:30 pm
Location: Peachtree 1-2 - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Jonathan Maberry, Clay Gilbert, Cecilia Dominic, Amanda DeWees, Moderator: Jean Marie Ward, Melissa F Olson)
Saturday, August 31st
Title: Now Hiring: Compelling Characters
Description: Memorable characters are essential. A great character will grab an editor/reader's attention & keep it. Make sure your characters do the work they're hired to do.
Time: Sat 11:30 am
Location: Embassy CD - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Lucienne Diver, J. Gregory Keyes, Moderator: Nancy Knight, Katherine Kurtz, Holly Sullivan McClure, Jonathan Maberry)
Title: Book Signing with Jonathan Maberry
Description: New York Times Bestseller Jonathan Maberry will sign copies of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger novels, Rot & Ruin and more!
Time: Mon 01:00 pm – 02:00pm
Location: The Missing Volume 1201,1203,1300,1302 on the first floor of the AmericasMart
Title: YA & Adult Urban Fantasy: The Differences
Description: Each of the authors on this panel have written urban fantasy for both teens & adults. They will share how their approach differs for both audiences & discuss the challenges of being an author for both.
Time: Sat 04:00 pm
Location: Chastain 1-2 - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Eric R. Asher, Lucienne Diver, Mari Mancusi, Tamsin L. Silver, Jonathan Maberry)
Title: Writing for Today's Savvy Audiences
Description: Today's readers are more sophisticated. What can writers do to capture this audience & keep them?
Time: Sat 05:30 pm
Location: Embassy CD - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Jonathan Maberry, Cinda Williams Chima, John G. Hartness, Lee Martindale, Linda Robertson)
Title: Is It Simply Dark or Horror?
Description: The great debate! Some claim that horror simply means there is no happy ending--could it really be that simple? Is there more to the Darkness than just being scary? Just how scary is dark fantasy before we hit horror? What makes you read a book with ALL the lights on?
Time: Sat 07:00 pm
Location: Embassy EF - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Declan Finn, Trisha J. Wooldridge, Moderator: Russell Newquist, Anya Martin, Jonathan Maberry)
Sunday, September 1st
Title: Book Signing with Jonathan Maberry
Description: New York Times Bestseller Jonathan Maberry will sign copies of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger novels, Rot & Ruin and more!
Time: Sunday 10:30 pm – 12:00
Location: Bard’s Tower, Booth #2719 on the 2ndfloor of AmericasMart
Title: Take a Walk on the Dark Side of Comics
Description: Do you notice things that go bump in the night? Who doesn't like a good scare? We talk to some top comics creators about what we love about the things they create to scare us.
Time: Sun 11:30 am
Location: 204I - Mart2 (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Georges Jeanty, Dirk Manning, Francesco Francavilla, Ted Naifeh, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Jonathan Maberry)
Title: Darkness Beckons
Description: Should you go to the dark side? Is horror fiction the genre for you?
Time: Sun 01:00 pm
Location: Embassy CD - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Gail Z. Martin, Moderator: Anya Martin, E.J. Stevens, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Jonathan Maberry, Amanda DeWees)
Title: V-Wars
Description: Jonathan Maberry is joined by a round table of contributors to talk about the V-Wars universe.
Time: Sun 04:00 pm
Location: Peachtree 1-2 - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Bobby Nash)
Title: Dealin' with the Devil
Description: Do you have to sell your soul to the devil to get published? Editors & agents discuss what they look for from new writers.
Time: Sun 07:00 pm
Location: Embassy CD - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Lucienne Diver, Anne Sowards, Steve Saffel, Claire M. Eddy, Jonathan Maberry, Chris A Jackson, Moderator: Lee Martindale)
Monday, September 2nd
Title: Book Signing with Jonathan Maberry
Description: New York Times Bestseller Jonathan Maberry will sign copies of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger novels, Rot & Ruin and more!
Time: Mon 10:30 pm – 11:30pm
Location: Bard’s Tower, Booth #2719 on the 2ndfloor of AmericasMart
Title: Book Signing with Jonathan Maberry
Description: New York Times Bestseller Jonathan Maberry will sign copies of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger novels, Rot & Ruin and more!
Time: Mon 01:00 pm – 02:00pm
Location: The Missing Volume 1201,1203,1300,1302 on the first floor of the AmericasMart
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