Guests and Ghosts of Honor
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 AdmiralThrawn 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).