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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes NYT bestselling author Steve Alten as a Special Virtual Guest of Honor! Steve is known world-wide for his bestselling MEG series of novels, two of which have been developed so far into big budget theatrical films starring Jason Statham! The first film, The Meg, grossed over $530.2 million worldwide, and its sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, grossed over $397.7 million worldwide. In addition to the MEG series, Steve has other highly successful series, such as The Loch series, and the Mayan Trilogy, the books of which were published by St. Martin’s Press/Tor Books and were #1 best-sellers in Spain, Mexico, and ArgentinaRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 is honored to welcome NYT/USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Heather Graham, and award-winning, bestselling author, editor, executive producer, playwright, and comic writer Jonathan Maberry, as Guests of Honor! Heather Graham, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, has written over 200 novels and has 60 million books in print. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being a recipient of the Silver Bullet Award from the International Thriller Writers. She was awarded the prestigious Thriller Master Award in 2016, and is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from RWA.  Heather has had books selected for the Doubleday BookRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author DiAnn Mills as Guest of Honor! The author of nearly fifty novels, 8 non-fiction books, and numerous collections, DiAnn is internationally known and celebrated for her action-packed, suspense-filled novels! An active member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers, DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a former director of Blue Ridge Christian Writers. Her numerous awards and recognitions include two Christy Awards, two Golden Quill Awards, four Inspirational Reader’s Choice Awards, the Library Journal Best Book Genre Fiction Award, CRW’s Award ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes 3-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author and screenwriter Sarah Langan as Guest of Honor! Her most recent novels are A BETTER WORLD (April, 2024), which the LA Times called, “A cautionary tale of a family’s sacrifice gone wrong and a high-water mark in the career of a novelist who’s already won three Bram Stoker Awards,” and GOOD NEIGHBORS (February, 2021), which Gabino Iglesias at NPR called, “One of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American suburbia I’ve ever read.” Sarah was also one of the judges for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award and is currently on its Board of Directors. She hasRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author, editor, executive producer, playwright, and comic writer Jonathan Maberry as the Guest Of Honor! Jonathan is a New York Times best-seller and Audible #1 bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award-winner, Inkpot winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer. He is the editor of WEIRD TALES Magazine and president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. His novels include the enormously popular Joe Ledger series from St. Martin’s Griffin, and he is the creator, editor, and co-author of V-WARS, a shared-world vampire anthology from IDW Publishingthat was adaptedRead More →

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In addition to several panels and a Q and A session, our Guest of Honor, Fantasy Icon Terry Brooks, will be hosting daily signings at Imaginarium 2023 this weekend! General rules for all signing sessions this weekend: First-come, first-serve. If you have 6 books or more, move to the end of the line, and even if time runs out he will take care of you. Please be respectful and enjoy Imaginarium! Friday – 4 pm – 5:30 pm Saturday – 4 pm – 5:30 pm Sunday 1 pm – 2 pmRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes iconic fantasy author Terry Brooks as our 10th Anniversary Guest of Honor! The author of the celebrated Shannara series, Terry has over 23 New York Times bestsellers with over 25 million books in print, and he is one of the biggest selling living fantasy authors in the world. Terry was hand-selected by George Lucas to write the novelization of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, which hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His Elfstones of Shannara was adapted into the highly popular TV Series “The Shannara Chronicles.” We are honored to have Terry join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place JulyRead More →

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Imaginarium 2022 is proud to welcome award-winning editor Ellen Datlow as our Guest of Honor! Currently the acquisitions editor of short fiction for Tor.com, Ellen has helmed more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies. She is the winner of numerous major awards, including the World Fantasy Award, Locus Award, Hugo Award, Bram Stoker Award, International Horror Guild Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor.  Other recognitions include being named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre,” sheRead More →

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Imaginarium 2021 proudly welcomes F. Paul Wilson as our Guest of Honor! A New York Times best-selling author, F. Paul Wilson is one of the most highly respected writers in the nation! With over fifty books in multiple genres, F. Paul has enthralled readers for decades with his storytelling, including the immensely popular Repairman Jack novels, crime thrillers, horror thrillers, science fiction, and much more! Many of F. Paul’s storied have been adapted to the screen, such as his novel The Keep (by Michael Mann) and his story “Pelts” (by legendary filmmaker Dario Argento). F. Paul has also won many major literary awards, including theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 proudly welcomes iconic author F. Paul Wilson as our Guest of Honor! The winner of numerous prestigious literary awards, F. Paul Wilson has written many New York Times best-selling novels in a variety of genres, including the Repairman Jack books cherished by readers worldwide. One of the most highly-regarded and respected writers in speculative fiction, F. Paul Wilson is a tremendous addition to our Imaginarium family and we are honored that he is joining us this July 10-12 in Louisville, Kentucky for our 7th year as our Guest of Honor! About F. Paul Wilson: Paul was born and raised in New Jersey whereRead More →