Participants 2023

A.L. Kessler
A.L. Kessler is an author of paranormal and urban fantasy books and is best known for her “Here Witchy Witchy” series. A self-proclaimed coffee addict, she resides in Colorado Springs with her family and menagerie of animals.
www.amylkessler.com

Ana
Ana Wood is an artist, costumer and chronic declutterer. And clutterer. And declutterer. She is also really good at demolition.

Carol Angel
Carol Angel is a long-time Denver fan and creator of crafty things, especially for kids. Her work often relies on repurposed/recycled materials.

Ari
Hello, my name is Ari! I am a lazy artist, a role-player, a Sims player, and a coffee addict. I love ghost stories and spooky things. I quite like very cute things, as well. One of my friends describes me as Disney goes to the cemetery.

Chris Barili
Chris Barili wrote his first novel (which is well-hidden, never to be seen again) when he was in high school, and has been writing ever since. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of fine arts in creative writing, he sold his first short story in 2014. Now he writes in just about every genre, and has published either short or full-length fiction in fantasy, dark fantasy, supernatural romance, science fiction, crime, and western. He also is an avid mountain biker and teaches martial arts for people with Parkinson’s Disease in Colorado Springs.
www.authorchrisbarili.com

Dee Beetem
Doris (the Younger) Beetem was one of the founding members of DASFA, along with her mom (the Elder) and her younger sister (Rose). She now lives in Houston, Texas, a retired librarian/technical writer with three cats. (Practically a meme in the fannish community!) A longtime fan of SF, fantasy, and historical mysteries, she was a Trekkie before Trekkies were cool. She’s also written fan fiction since she was 16 and hopes one day to write something she can actually sell.

Rose Beetem
Rose Beetem is the last fan standing who has attended all 54 MileHiCons (including MiniCons and OctoCon). She is a founding member of the Denver Area Science Fiction Association (DASFA). Slightly addicted to con organizing, she’s been on the MHC con com most years since she was 16, recently chaired the 45th tiny, 100% participatory Karval Kon, and helps out with COSINE. She enjoys urban fantasy, most of the Star Wars and MCU canon, and thinks Strange New Worlds, The Orville and Lower Decks are all good Treks. A semi-universal auntie (got a spare kiddo?), Rose is passionate about curries.

Lou J Berger
Lou J Berger lives in Denver, Colorado with his high-school crush, three kids, two Sheltie dogs and a brilliant rescue mutt with a nefarious agenda. He has been published in a variety of anthologies and magazines. A member of SFWA, he is now working on his first novel. His author website is www.LouJBerger.com. Follow him on the following social media platforms: Twitter: @LouJBerger Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLouJBerger/
www.LouJBerger.com

Jane M. H. Bigelow
Jane M. H. Bigelow has published poetry, short stories and short nonfiction on such topics as gardening in Ancient Egypt. Recently, she self-published a mixed-genre novel entitled “A Most Inconvenient Corpse”, and is working on a sequel, title tbd. She has also published a fantasy novel, Talisman. Several of her short stories appear in the Darkover anthologies, including Citadels of Darkover. History and mythology, travel and gardening, all influence her fiction. Jane lives in Denver, CO with her husband, Robert, and two spoiled cats, Shiraz and Thunderpurr.

Matt Bille
Matt Bille is a writer, naturalist, and historian living in Colorado Springs. His published work includes professional papers and articles, history, zoology, cryptozoology, and two novels and counting. He is a former Air Force officer, an eyewitness to Apollo 11 (he was a little kid!) a total science geek, and a nerd who cosplays Harry Dresden. He is proudest of his history of the early satellites, The First Space Race (TAMU, 2004), and his unique collection of 400 book reviews on cryptozoology and related science, Of Book and Beasts (Hangar 1, 2021). He is an amateur scholar of the scariest fish ever, Dunkleosteus terrelli.
www.mattbilleauthor.com

David Boop
David Boop is an author, bestselling editor, screenwriter, and award-winning essayist. His debut novel was the sci-fi/noir, She Murdered Me with Science. His weird western novel, The Drowned Horse Chronicle – Volume One released in 2022. Next up is The Soul Changers, is a Victorian Horror based on the RPG, Rippers Resurrected. David edited the bestselling weird western Straight Outta anthology series and the space western anthologies beginning with Gunfight on Europa Station. David writes short fiction including working with characters such as Predator, The Green Hornet, Kolchak, and Veronica Mars. Find out more at Davidboop.com, Facebook.com/dboop.updates, Twitter @david_boop, or www.longshot-productions.net.
http://www.davidboop.com

Walt Boyes
Walt Boyes is a journalist, analyst and authority on 21st Century manufacturing and automation. He is a Fellow of several scientific organizations both in the US and the UK, and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. At night, however, he transforms into the Bananaslug of Baen’s Bar and writes science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history. He was the editor of the Grantville Gazette and Co- Editor in Chief of Ring of Fire Press with Joy Ward, to whom Walt is lucky to be married. In 2022, Walt and Joy joined Untreed Reads Publishing as the editors of their new SFF/AltHist book imprint.
Http://www.facebook.com/waltboyes

Jonathan Brazee
I’m a retired Marine colonel and now full-time hybrid writer leaning to the indie mindset. I’m a USA Today bestseller, a two-time Nebula Award and two-time Dragon Award finalist for both novels and short stories.
I live in the Springs in the Broadmoor area with my wife Kiwi and twin four-year-old daughters, Danika and Darika.

Eneasz Brodski
Eneasz lives in a Denver suburb, and has a number of meaningful relationships of many varieties. He was raised in an apocalyptic Christian sect, and while he’s left that behind, it still colors much of his writing. He produces a podcast on things of interest to the Rationalist community at TheBayesianConspiracy.com and blogs at DeathIsBad.Substack.com. He’s always willing to strike up a conversation with anyone in dark clothes and eyeliner.
https://deathisbad.substack.com/

Peri Charlifu
Working out of Colorado, Peri has sold his work professionally for over 38 years. He has won dozens of awards and is founder and Guild Primus for Convention Artists Guild. He is a full time artist and participates in about 40-45 Science Fiction convention art shows a year, all over the country!
His work is exhibited and sold all over the United States as well as several countries. To date he has produced over 48,000 pieces.  Facebook: Peri Charlifu
aegeangoods.com

Craig W. Chrissinger
Craig W. Chrissinger continues to work as a bookseller, and is writing again for Locus Magazine. In 2022, more house stuff happened – we replaced both the sewer line and the roof. He was Fan Guest at ArmadilloCon 40. Since earning a Journalism degree in 1984, he has written for Fangoria, Starlog, Comics Buyer’s Guide, Comics Scene, and the Albuquerque Journal. He edits the Albuquerque SF Society newsletter, and helps run ASFS and Bubonicon. Hobbies include reading books & comics, MST3K, Elvira, Svengoolie, collecting toys, chatting, day trips, flirting, and silliness. He lives in Albuquerque with the wonderful Jessica.
www.bubonicon.com

Jessica Coyle
Jessica L. Coyle has attended conventions since she was a tween, and has participated in several costume contests. She has a Master’s in Museum Education from The George Washington University, and currently works at the Albuquerque Museum. She is Bubonicon’s Green Slime Mistress – annually recognizing wretched things – and also assistant con chair. This year, she has been taking a city-mandated management class, and traveled to New York City for a museum workshop. Hobbies include reading, various craft projects, yoga, and watching guilty-pleasure TV shows and British dramas/mysteries. She lives in Albuquerque with boyfriend Craig, and one superior orange tabby, Malcolm.

Kyle Crutcher
Kyle Crutcher is a local Colorado Springs artist who has been making pottery since high school. Kyle earned his BFA in Studio Arts with an Emphasis in Ceramics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work runs the gamut from pieces inspired by English folk pottery with Celtic decoration to Retro Futuristic rocket ships. His work can be found in galleries and various shows throughout the year. When not making pottery in his studio, Kyle also teaches Ceramics at Pikes Peak Community College.

Madilynn Dale
Madilynn Dale is a mixed genre author based out of Oklahoma. She enjoys adding spice to the right stories and loves creating series. She’s also a coffee addict.
www.thechaptergoddess.com

Brenna Deutchman
Brenna Deutchman, owner of Whimsical Whiskers, LLC, is a fiber and textiles artist who finds great joy in creating stuffed animals and accessories. She travels to conventions around the country, helping friendly dragons to find adoptive homes.

Betsy Dornbusch
Betsy Dornbusch writes epic fantasy, and has dabbled in science fiction, thrillers, and erotica. Her short fiction has appeared in over twenty magazines and anthologies, and she’s the author of three novellas. Her first fantasy novel came out in 2012 and her latest trilogy, Books of the Seven Eyes, wrapped up with Enemy in 2017. The Silver Scar, a standalone future fantasy novel, was called “a spellbinding saga” by Publisher’s Weekly. She likes writing, reading, snowboarding, punk rock, and the Denver Broncos. Betsy and her family split their time between Boulder and Grand Lake, Colorado.
http://betsydornbusch.com

F. P. Dorchak
F. P. (Frank) Dorchak has a B.S. in physics/astronomy and has retired from 37 years as an Air Force officer and a contractor, where he’d worked in missile warning, satellite operations and support, and technical writing. Frank’s been writing since he was six and has published four Indie novels and one short story collection that won the 2017 Best Books Award for Fiction: Short Stories. Frank’s also been learning the classical violin since 2020. Frank can occasionally be reached in séances and at www.fpdorchak.com, but don’t believe everything he tells you.
www.fpdorchak.com

Candy the Fantastic
Candy grew up getting lost in the great minds and elaborate worlds of Piers Anthony, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and more. This proved to be the escape she needed from life to get through harsh reality. As time went on, she created her own worlds of escape and wants to share them so you may too lose yourself and swim in a reality not your own for a while.

Arlen Feldman
As well as writing fiction, Arlen Feldman is a software engineer, entrepreneur, maker, and computer book author—useful if that shelf is just a little too high. He has sold a couple of dozen short stories and has been bothering publishing people about a novel or two. He also co-chairs COSine.
https://cowthulu.com

Danyda Feldman
Arlen’s long suffering sister

Cynthia Felice
Cynthia Felice is hard to miss at 5’10”. She frequently carries a backpack instead of a purse and enjoys meeting new people and seeing old friends. Her solo SF novels include Godsfire, The Sunbound, Eclipses, Downtime, Nocturne, The Khan’s Persuasion, and Icemen, and Water Witch, Light Raid, and Promised Land with Connie Willis. her complex, carefully plotted novels have been described as engrossing, amusing, and compelling. Cofounder with Ed Bryant of the Colorado Springs Writer’s Workshop, Cynthia is now a member of Book View Cafe, making her a publisher.

Kyra Fontaine
Just a humanoid trying to navigate my way thru life on the third rock from a yellow sun in the uncharted backwater of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy.

Erika Frensley
Technical Writer and student of popular culture, history, science, and points between.

Richard Friesen
Richard Friesen is a local author of F and SF, including a space opera series, Narcolepsy, the humorous superhero who falls asleep, and an epic fantasy where the king chosen by who has a prophetic dream.
https://richard.friesen.net

Adam Gaffen
Adam Gaffen is the author of The Cassidy Chronicles. There are currently eight books in the Cassidyverse: a four-book epic series (The Artemis War); a collection of stories (Into the Black); the first book in a new series (The Ghosts of Tantor); a book written by one of the main characters (Memories of Aiyana); and, of course, the book that started it all (The Cassidy Chronicles). He keeps busy with writing and editing and appearing at conventions. When he’s not doing any of that, he’s at home in southern Colorado with his wife, five dogs, and five cats, wondering where all the time goes.
https://cassidychronicles.com

David Gibbons
David Gibbons is a long time science fiction fan and spends to much money on toy trains.

Morland Gonsoulin
Morland is the co-chair of COSine 2023.

Michael Haspil
Michael F. Haspil is a veteran, a science fiction and fantasy author, and amateur Egyptologist. He hosts the “Quantum Froth Dispatches” podcast which examines storytelling through pop-culture classics and shares author interviews. His novel from TOR books, “Graveyard Shift”, an urban fantasy story about an immortal pharaoh out to stop an ancient vampire conspiracy in modern-day Miami, was well-received and was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. His stories have made numerous anthology appearances including in “Gunfight On Europa Station” and “No Game For Knights” from Baen. His Warhammer 40,000 stories are currently available from Games Workshop’s Black Library.
www.michaelhaspil.apocprod.com

Becca Hay
I am an eccentric, quirky oddball with a penchant for klutzyness and licking car batteries. COFfees

Robert Hay
Colorado based artist, Robert Hay, has been honing his talent in Sumi-e 墨絵 (The art of Japanese ink painting) throughout his lifetime. Originally a student of martial arts, he was introduced to Sumi-e by his grandmother as an alternative form of meditation. Over the years Robert has developed his craft using many techniques, from different art mediums, to bring a more cultured quality to his painting. Robert’s style of painting and drawing are inspired by nature, music, and from across the universe. He is passionate about keeping Sumi-e alive and passing it onto different generations. Robert also enjoys the many works by science fiction authors, which is reflected in his digital artwork. When asked what inspired his artwork, Robert’s noted answer “Imagination tumbles blindly as it makes it’s was across the universe. L’fum tzara agra. Nothing is going to change my world.”

Travis Heermann
Author, filmmaker, poet, biker, Travis Heermann is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an Active member of SFWA and the HWA, and the author of the Shinjuku Shadows series, Ronin Trilogy, and other novels. His more than thirty short stories appear in Amazing Monster Tales, Apex Magazine, Tales to Terrify, and others. In 2022, his film production company Bear Paw Films premiered its first project, the horror-comedy short Demon for Hire.
https://www.travisheermann.com/

Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson is a Colorado writer of fun, varied, and sound science fiction adventures and the author of the Mantis Saga — the story of the crew of the scout ship Mantis. Fun, adventure, aliens, space combat, robots, humor, and excitement abound, with deeper themes, character evolution, intrigue, mystery, and even romance. Jim is an Air Force veteran and cybersecurity professional. He is an aficionado of science fiction in almost every form. When not working or mentally exploring the universe, he lives with his wife, son, stepson, and dog and enjoys hiking, kayaking, gaming, and his 8 grandchildren.
https://mantissaga.space/

Thea Hutcheson
Thea Hutcheson’s story in Realms of Fantasy’s 100th issue prompted Lois Tilton of Locus to say her work “is sensual, fertile, with seed quickening on every page. Well done…” Some publications include Hot Blood XI, Fatal Attractions, Baen’s Universe Issue 4, Vol. 1, and several critically acclaimed Fiction River anthologies. She lives in a house with 1000 books, five rescue cats, a goat herding dog, and an understanding housemate in an unscenic, nearly historic small city in Colorado. When she’s not working diligently as a Planning Commissioner to change that, she writes. Check her out at www.theahutcheson.com

Lena M. Johnson
Lena M. Johnson is a scientist with a writing problem. Holding a Masters degree in biology, she has a keen interest in exploring science through the lens of fiction. She has been published in various anthologies, including Cat Tails: Warzone and previous Midnight Writers’ anthologies, of which she is a founding member. You can find her online for cat pictures and horrible puns. She lives in Colorado with as many cats as possible.
lenamjohnson.com

Stace Johnson
Stace Johnson is a writer, musician, and poet from Colorado. His work has appeared in Animal Magica Vol. 2, Modern Magic, Martian Magazine, DrabbleDark II, Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence, and numerous other publications. He can often be seen at Rocky Mountain region science fiction and fantasy conventions, playing a fun mix of folk and filk music. Find out more about Stace at www.lytspeed.com or follow him on TikTok (@lytspeed1).
www.lytspeed.com

Karen Jordan
Karen Jordan tutors math through Calculus I at Colorado Springs Early Colleges. In her copious, non-existent spare time, she paints rocks with 719 Kindness Rocks, plays Pokemon Go with Team Mystic, supports the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, and runs the Cosine Art Show. WOOT!

Michael Kilman
Michael Kilman is an Anthropologist and Author of six books. His published works include Build Better Worlds: An Introduction to Anthropology for Game Designers, Fictional Writers, and Filmmakers, and The Chronicles of the Great Migration. He occasionally consults on Worldbuilding and other Anthropology topics.
www.loridianlaboratory.com

Kim Klimek
Dr Kim Klimek is Professor of Medieval and Women’s history at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her most recent published work was the undergraduate textbook Global Medieval Contexts. She is interested in how writers use history, warcraft, women’s spaces, and expanding the understanding of what it means to Go Medieval.

Sam Knight
Sam Knight is the owner/publisher of Knight Writing Press and author of six children’s books, five short story collections, four novels, and over 75 stories, including three co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson. He has curated and edited nearly a dozen anthologies. Once upon a time, he was known to quote books the way some people quote movies, but now he claims having a family has made him forgetful, as a survival adaptation. He can be found at SamKnight.com and contacted at sam@samknight.com.
https://samknight.com/

L.F. (Laurey) Patten
L.F. (Laurey) Patten often characterizes her multitude of interests as “A.D.D of the right brain.” Degreed in history and anthropology, her checkered career has included work as an archaeologist on medieval/castle sites in England, tour guide at the Smithsonian, history teacher, herbalist, actress, singer, and pottery/jewelry instructor. (She also plays a mean set of spoons at Irish music sessions!) She has been writing/editing books, articles and short stories for the past 40 years. Her current novel, the heroic fantasy The Talent Sinistral, launched at World Fantasy Con in 2014, was written in loving tribute to fellow right-brainers everywhere.
www.dathana.com

Shannon Lawrence
A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes primarily horror and fantasy. Her stories can be found in over forty anthologies and magazines, and her three solo horror short story collections and her nonfiction title, The Business of Short Stories, are available now. You can also find her as a co-host of the podcast Mysteries, Monsters, & Mayhem. When she’s not writing, she’s hiking through the wilds of Colorado and photographing her magnificent surroundings, where, coincidentally, there’s always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. Find her at www.thewarriormuse.com.
www.thewarriormuse.com

Alastair Mayer
Alastair Mayer is a near-ancient writer who has haunted COSine for years. He has been a pilot, scuba diver, astronaut candidate, space activist, computer geek, and probably other things he doesn’t remember. A SFWA member, he has written for Analog, Byte, High Frontier and Final Frontier magazines, appeared in multiple anthologies (most recently for Baen Books), and has a dozen novels in print. His T-Space series is mostly light-hearted action-adventure in the early days of interstellar exploration, with a dash of archeology, science, and aliens.
https://www.alastairmayer.org/

Jill Mayer
The daughter of a psychiatrist, engineer, bionicist, Air Force Colonel, pilot, and artist, Jill comes from a geeky family. (Her mom was the artist, her dad was everything else.). Deciding that she’d rather be an engineer that dabbled in art, than a starving artist that dabbled in engineering, she earned a B.S. in Materials Engineering. Between engineer jobs, raising a family, promoting space development, and now editing her husbands’ books, she tries to squeeze in her love of art inspired by technology. Geeky Toys, on hold during COVID, is her outlet for combining art, technology, fun, and education.

Wil McCarthy
Aerospace engineer/startup founder Wil McCarthy, formerly of WIRED and SyFy, has won the Prometheus once and the AnLab award twice. He’s been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, Seiun, Sturgeon and Philip K. Dick awards, and Discover rated his world of “P2/Sorrow” one of the 10 best fictional planets of all time. He has appeared in Analog and Asimov’s, and his bestselling novels include New York Times Notable BLOOM, Amazon.com “Best of Y2K” THE COLLAPSIUM, and most recently, RICH MAN’S SKY. He has also written for TV and video games, and published copious nonfiction. McCarthy holds 31 issued U.S. patents.
wilmccarthy.com

Megan McQuown
I’m a long time reader, Star Wars fanatic who loves teaching and playing French horn.

Andrew D Meredith
Andrew D Meredith’s journey has taken him to many fantastical places. From selling books in the wilds of western Washington to designing and publishing board games in the great white midwest. He’s now committed to the quest he was called to so long ago: the telling of fantastical tales, and bringing to life underestimated characters willing to take on the responsibilities no one else will.
AndrewDMeredith.com

Mem Morman
A long-time science fiction fan, Mem Morman reads, runs conventions, and is an active member of First Friday Fandom of Colorado
Springs. She recently retired from a major software firm where she worked as a forensic accountant. She knits slippers, watches
Jeopardy, and has never yet been caught playing the banjo in public, although the rumors abound.

Charles & Tauni Orndorff
The two of us have lived in Colorado Springs our entire lives. We have been making costumes and props for over 15 years. We have learned many different skills over time and are very glad to share our knowledge. We have a wide range of skills including sewing, fabrication, 3d design, and much more. We are instructors at the Pikes Peak Library District where we teach resin casting, silicon molding, and Beginning Cosplay.

Robin Owens
Robin D. Owens has been writing longer than she cares to recall and currently has 31 books, 2 novellas, and 2 story collections to her credit. Her HeartMate series consists of 16 books. Her Luna books series included shape-shifting fairies (3 books) and average American women Summoned into another world to fight monstrous evil (5 books). She is profoundly thankful to be recipient of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the Denver Area Science Fiction Association Lungfish Award and twice named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year.
robindowens.com

Qwordy
Stephanie Gillis is the author of the urban fantasy series The Ashport Archives among a multitude of other varying genre short stories. She is known as Qwordy or Q on YouTube and Twitch, where she posts videos about writing, reading, and hosts productivity sprints to help other writers or those in need of motivation to get their stuff done.
https://ashportarchives.com/

Robert Rapplean
Robert Rapplean spent his 20’s reading every piece of science fiction he could get his hands on. Since then, he’s been instrumental in the passing of Colorado’s medical marijuana amendment, coached an award winning bat’leth team, ran a gubernatorial campaign, helped produce a movie, and created the software behind the AdFontes Media Bias Chart. He, his wife Tiffany, and Jim Vance produced the science podcast “Intellectual Icebergs” between 2005 and 2008. He published his first novel, “The Thaumechanical Man” in 2021, and is looking forward to publishing his second later this year.
https://thaumechanicalman.com/

Dr. Rob S. Rice
Rob S. Rice has long had a fascination with the histories of war, technology, and the sea. He has delivered papers before the APA, lectured at Annapolis and has taught subjects from Mythology to Roman History. Before all THAT, he won the 1st Del Rey ‘Writers of Tomorrow’ contest in 1983, the bug bit hard and early, and has never quite let him go. Dr. Rice is a published poet, also a street actor and historical consultant for the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. His works of Historical Fantasy are available from the Esterhazy Press, visit his website at http://www.robricebooks.com
http://www.robricebooks.com/

Christopher M. Salas
Born and raised in Pueblo, CO., Christopher M. Salas developed a penchant for science fiction and the paranormal from his grandmother and uncle. As a child spending time with his grandmother, Juanita included watching Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers. His uncle Augustine would tell tales at the dinner table, recounting scenes from movies he had watched, such as Dawn of the Dead or The Exorcist. This played a key role in Christopher’s predilection for horror and science fiction. Currently residing in Colorado Springs, CO., Christopher dabbles his storytelling in various genres of fiction–Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Westerns, and Steampunk. While working on various literary works, Christopher also is a freelance comic book scriptwriter.
www.Christophermsalas.me

Ronnie Seagren
Ronnie Seagren is active in the Northern Colorado Writers’ Workshop. Her novel, Seventh Daughter, is available from Wolfsinger Press and she is working on the sequel. When she isn’t writing, Ronnie is out photographing flowers and leading moonrise hikes at Roxborough State Park.

Pat Smythe
After 44 years as a scientific glassblower, Pat has semi-retired with the hope of devoting more spare time to writing, reading, and shifting to artistic glassblowing. He is still a devoted family man who enjoys time spent with his wife of 41 years, his daughters, and his three grandsons. The goal of making his first novel publishable is a priority in the next few months.

John E. Stith
John E. Stith is the author of nine novels, including REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, a Nebula Award nominee, and MANHATTAN TRANSFER. Several of his works with Ace Books and Tor Books have been bought by the Science Fiction Book Club, optioned for film, and translated into numerous languages. His latest novella is TINY TIME MACHINE from Amazing Stories. His latest novel is PUSHBACK, a mystery-suspense novel PUSHBACK was a finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense and the Colorado Author’s League Award. Manhattan Transfer is in development for a TV series.
www.neverend.com

Lauren C. Teffeau
Lauren C. Teffeau’s novel Implanted (Angry Robot) mashing up cyberpunk, solarpunk, adventure, and romance was shortlisted for the 2019 Compton Crook award for best first SF/F/H novel and recently named a definitive work of climate fiction by grist.org. Her latest short stories are in Worlds of Light and Darkness: The Best of DreamForge and Space & Time Magazines (Uproar Books), Strange Religion: Speculative Fiction of Spirituality, Belief, and Practice (tdotspec), Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror (Rooster Republic Press) and forthcoming from Android Press and Zombies Need Brains. Visit her website laurencteffeau.com to learn more.
www.laurencteffeau.com

Rene Vecka
I’m the author of the Mid Dreki Realm series, a twisted Norse Mythos concoction. Two of the five novels are published. I’ve got drafts in the science fiction and murder mystery genres, as well. I’m a retired municipal bond analyst, married, with three grown children, two cats, and two dogs.
renevecka.com

Joy Ward
Joy Ward is an author and an Acquisitions and Development Editor for Untreed Reads. She has been a psychological researcher, a journalist, one of the first pro bloggers, nonfiction writer and editor and the first Galaxy’s Edge interview columnist. She has a number of books in print and has had about a hundred articles in print internationally, nationally and regionally. She lives in Washington state with her husband, Walt Boyes and their small dog pack of a Weimaraner, an Amstaff and a Corgi.

Martha Wells
Martha Wells is the COSine 2023 Guest of Honor! See her bio here.

John Wilker
John Wilker writes what he calls fun-fast scifi. It’s rompy space opera with diverse and snarky casts.
Johnwilker.com

Robert G., Williscroft
Dr. Robert G. Williscroft is a retired submarine officer, deep-sea and saturation diver, scientist, author, and a lifelong adventurer. He spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, three years in the Arctic ice pack, and a year at the Geographic South Pole. He holds degrees in Marine Physics and Meteorology and a doctorate for developing a system to protect SCUBA divers in contaminated water. A prolific author of both non-fiction, submarine technothrillers, and hard science fiction, he lives in Centennial, Colorado, with the girl of his dreams, Jill, and her two cats.
https://RobertWilliscroft.com

Yes, That Meg
Meg Ward is a woman who has not learned to say No. Thus she’s a convention runner, a mom, a Girl Scout troop leader, a ballerina, professional herder of cats (engineering manager), and sometime costumer. She lives in Denver, CO with her wife, her two kids, and four sassy cats.