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Guests and Ghosts of Honor

Guest of Honor

Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series.

In 2010, she was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the World Science Fiction Convention. Her 2016 novella Every Heart a Doorway received a Nebula Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and Alex Award.

Guest of Honor

Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahnis a science fiction author which is best known for his work on The Thrawn Trilogy, a series of novels following the events of Return of the Jedi, introducing various characters such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade Skywalker. In addition to numerous short stories, he also wrote other novels focusing on Thrawn's character, such as Outbound Flight and The Hand of Thrawn Duology in the Star Wars Legends continuity and the Thrawn and The Ascendancy Trilogy novel series in the current canon continuity.

Ghost of Honor

Bernard Heuvelmans

Bernard Heuvelmans(10 October 1916 – 22 August 2001) was a Belgian-French zoologist and writer who is regarded as the "Father of Cryptozoology". His book On the Track of Unknown Animals(1955) is regarded as the founding document of the field.

He was a founding member and President of the International Society of Cryptozoology, and published a complete checklist of cryptids reported up to the time of publication in the Society's journal, Cryptozoology. His final cryptozoological works were a series of untranslated books covering the cryptids of Africa, two of which were published posthumously: Les Derniers Dragons d'Afrique(1978), Les Bêtes Humaines d'Afrique(1980), Les Félins Encore Inconnus d’Afrique(2007), and Les Ours Insolites d'Afrique(2015).