Guests of Honor
Writer Guest of Honor:
Dave Freer
Dave Freer is a writer, but having read all of his books
you already knew that. When
asked for advice by new writers on how they should start writing Dave
says “Get a computer.” When pressed he’ll continue with “Get a
computer, spell checkers don’t work very well on clay tablets and the
postage on a manuscript like that can get out of hand.” Dave, who lives
in a very rural area has also remarked favorably upon driving around
Chicago with his friend and coauthor Eric Flint “It wasn’t nearly as
bad as being shot at in the South African Army.” he says.
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Artist Guest of Honor:
Larry
Dixon
Eric Flint's writing career began with the novel Mother
of Demons, which was selected by Science Fiction Chronicle as one of
the best novels of 1997. With David Drake, he has collaborated on the
six novels in the Belisarius series (An Oblique Approach, In the Heart
of Darkness, Destiny's Shield, Fortune's Stroke, The Tide of Victory
and The Dance of Time), as well as a novel entitled The Tyrant. His
alternate history novel 1632 was published in 2000, followed by many
sequels, several of which made the New York Times extended bestselling
list.
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Fan Guest of Honor:
Leigh
Grossman
Erstwhile Lunacon Co-Programming Head
Leigh Grossman is a writer, college lecturer, editor,
and occasional reviewer. He teaches in the English Department at the
University of Connecticut and is the president of Swordsmith
Productions, a book development and book production company that is
currently developing online courseware for universities in the
Philippines. Grossman is the author of thirteen published books from
six different publishers, and has reviewed books for Absolute
Magnitude, Horror magazine, and Wavelengths. Previously, he was the
Pre-Press Production supervisor at Avon Books, an editor at Byron
Preiss Visual Publications/Multimedia, and a college-level history and
writing instructor. He lives in northeast Connecticut.
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