ConQuesT 41
Steampunk &
Evil Geniuses

May 28-30, 2010
Memorial Day Weekend
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Kansas City MOO

ConQuesT 41 Special Guests

Michael Swanwick | Toni Weisskopf | Peri Charlifu | Geri Sullivan | Pete Abrams | Other Special Guests

Author Guest of Honor
Michael Swanwick,
Winner of Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, & World Fantasy Awards

Five-time Hugo Winner, Author of
Bones of the Earth, In The Drift,
Jack Faust, Stations Of The Tide

Toastmaster
Toni Weisskopf
Publisher, Baen Books
Artist Guest of Honor
Peri Charlifu
Visual Artist and Potter Extraordinaire, Aegean Goods

Fan Guest of Honor
Geri Sullivan,
Conventioneer, Fan Editor, Club Fan, Historian

Hugo-winning ’zine editor; The High Priestess of Fun

Geri Sullivan is a fan from the Greater Minneapolis Area now living in Wales, MA. She is a Fellow of NESFA (the New England Science Fiction Association), working on the Renovation committee (the 2011 Worldcon in Reno, NV), and is also the post-supporting chair of the Minneapolis in '73 Worldcon bid. Music parties and fanzine publishing are her other favorite forms of fanac. She's the 1999 past president, fwa (fan writers of america), winner of three FAAn Awards for fan activity achievement, and shared the 2007 Best Fanzine Hugo with Randy Byers and Lee Hoffman for Science-Fiction Five-Yearly. Geri has been known to host a party or three from time to time, otherwise known as "at every available opportunity." A graphic designer by day and night, Geri is the designer for Annals of Improbable Research and also a member of the Board of Governors for the Ig® Nobel Prizes. (Photo by Mike Benveniste)

Special Webcomic Guest
Pete Abrams,
Writer and Illustrator, Sluggy Freelance

Other Special Guests

More guests will be announced as they are confirmed. You can count on the usual suspects, as well as a few new faces, too! Guests include:

  • David Lee Anderson
  • James K. Burk
  • Lynette Burrows
  • Bradley Denton aka Bland Lemon Denton
  • Jan S. Gephardt
  • Nancy 'cleo" Hathaway
  • James Hollaman
  • Marziah Karch
  • Lee Killough
  • Laura LeHew
  • George R. R. Martin
  • Rachael Mayo
  • Parris McBride
  • Christopher McKitterick
  • Selina Rosen
  • Bradley H. Sinor
  • Susan P. Sinor
  • Allison Stein
  • Keith Stokes
  • H. (Henry) G. Stratmann

 
 
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