Our Speakers

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Speakers

Special Guests

Laurie L. Dove

 Fiction | Journalist

Nova McBee

Fantasy | Screenplays

The Skit Guys

Tommy Woodard

Film | Inspirational | Humor

WRITERS

Denise Tolan

Memoir

Jon Meyers

Screenplays | Podcasts

Phetote Mshairi

Poet | Non Fiction | Fiction

Lori Altebaumer

Mystery | Suspense

Abigail O'Bryan

YA | Fantasy | Dark Fantasy

Sydney Pruett

Writer | Psychological Consultant for Writers

Lisa Niver

Travel Writer |
Podcast Host

Jim Priest

Non Fiction |
Legal Issues

Julie Caldwell

YA Fantasy

Cheri Fuller

Non Fiction | Inspirational

William Bernhardt

Fiction | Non Fiction | Poetry

Lara Bernhardt

Women’s Fiction

Tyler Huffman

Screenwriter 

Steve Gerkin

Non Fiction | Poetry

Candace Kade

YA | Sci-Fi | Screenplay

Henry McLaughlin

Inspirational 

Frank Ball

Inspirational

Bill McCloud

Poetry | Non Fiction

Amy Lillard

Romance

Melanie Hemry

Non Fiction | Ghostwriter

Kara Swanson

Fantasy

Marty Ludlum

Mystery

JB Caine

YA Paranormal | Fantasy

Rene Gutteridge

Screenplays

John Wooley

Nonfiction | Horror | Screenwriting

Laurel Thomas

Women’s Fiction

Betsey Kulakowski

 Paranormal Thrillers

RJ Johnson

Science Fiction

Jennifer Sneed

Children’s | YA 

Bob Saenz

Screenwriting

Merle Davenport

Fiction | Non Fiction 

Lauren Smith

Romance | Fantasy | Romantasy

Mitch Todd

WRITER |
PODCAST MOVEMENT 

Gregory Ormson

Creative Nonfiction

Tamara Grantham

Fantasy | YA 

AGENTS

Kathy Green

Agent
Embolden Media Group

Mytecia Myles

Agent
Embolden Media Group

Jackie Kruzie

Agent
Focused Artists

Jen Babakhan

Agent

Books & Such Literary Management

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

Haley Casey

Agent
Creative Media Agency

Katharine Sands

Agent
Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency

Jessica Berg

Agent
Rosecliff Literary

Hunter Strickland

Agent
Focused Artists

PUBLISHERS

Janene MacIvor

Harper Collins |
Thomas Nelson

Kadey Bernhardt

Admission Press

TwylaBeth Lambert

Fawkes Press

Aubrey Green

Editor |
eMerge Magazine

Dr. Marina Rivera Gillmore

CEO Full Circle Press

Jeanne Devlin

Roadrunner Press 

Anna Jaworski

Baby Hearts Press

Judy Tashbook Safern

Intelligentsia Books

AUTHOR ASSISTANCE

Lindsy Bivens

The Author’s Pen

Dave Walker

TPD Homicide  | Consultant
| Podcast

Ana Maddox

Marketing | Branding

Jason Maddox

Branding | Design

Cameron Sutter

Plottr

Desiree Duffy

Marketing

Dave Duffy

Marketing

Amy M. Le

Quill Hawk Publishing

Jesse Ulrich

Audiobook Recording

Emily Brooks

Podcasts

Kathleen Kaiser

Writers & Publishers Network

Helen Thornton-Gussy

EditCo

Ralph Bernhardt

Author Photography

CONFERENCE HOSTS

William Bernhardt

WriterCon Programs

Rene Gutteridge

Writing Momentum