Conventions

A few last banquet shots

I think my favorite here is the one of Liza Groen Trombi (editor-in-chief for Locus Magazine) who had come here straight from WorldCon in Chengdu, and must have been so exhausted, but moments post-ceremony was already back to working hard again. Aspiring SF/F writers, subscribe to Locus! You’ll learn so much.

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Another writer who just glowed was Claire Suzanne Elizabeth Cooney-

–who won best novel for Saint Death’s Daughter (which I haven’t yet read, but obviously have to). She gave a lovely and clearly very heartfelt speech, which you can read here. Also pictured, Priya Sharma, for her novella “Pomegranates,” which I also haven’t read, but plan to. (It appears it’s only available in hardcover –

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World Fantasy Awards

Presenters, acceptors, and winners! Two pics of Tananarive Due because she was just glowing and I couldn’t pick one. I wrote an academic bio-bibliography entry for her many years ago (in Richard Bleiler‘s Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror) when she wasn’t so widely known outside horror circles – her career has been blowing

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