Our Speakers

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Speakers

We are currently booking our speakers for 2025! Stay tuned to this page for new additions.

Special Guests

Laurie L. Dove

 Fiction | Journalist

The Skit Guys

Tommy Woodard &
Eddie James 

Film | Inspirational | Humor

Leticia Gomez

Editorial Director | Kensington |
Random House

WRITERS

Denise Tolan

Memoir

Jon Meyers

Screenplays | Podcasts

Phetote Mshairi

Poet | Non Fiction | Fiction

Lori Altebaumer

Mystery | Suspense

William Bernhardt

Writer

Nova McBee

Fantasy | Screenplays

Lisa Niver

Travel Writer |
Podcast Host

Jim Priest

Non Fiction |
Legal Issues

JB Caine

YA Paranormal | Fantasy

Lara Bernhardt

Women’s Fiction

Betsey Kulakowski

 Paranormal Thrillers

Tyler Huffman

Screenwriter 

Candace Kade

YA | Sci-Fi | Screenplay

Bob Saenz

Screenwriting

Henry McLaughlin

Inspirational 

Laurel Thomas

Women’s Fiction

Frank Ball

Inspirational

Bill McCloud

Poetry | Non Fiction

Amy Lillard

Romance

Melanie Hemry

Non Fiction | Ghostwriter

Kara Swanson

Fantasy

RJ Johnson

Science Fiction

Marty Ludlum

Mystery

Rene Gutteridge

Screenplays

John Wooley

Nonfiction

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

Hunter Strickland

Agent
Focused Artists

Haley Casey

Agent
Creative Media Agency

Deidra Riggs

Agent
Embolden Media Group

Jessica Berg

Agent
Rosecliff Literary

Katharine Sands

Agent
Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency

PUBLISHERS

Janene MacIvor

Harper Collins |
Thomas Nelson

Kadey Bernhardt

Admission Press

TwylaBeth Lambert

Fawkes Press

Aubrey Green

Editor |
eMerge Magazine

AUTHOR ASSISTANCE

Dave Duffy

Marketing

Ana Maddox

Marketing | Branding

Jason Maddox

Branding | Design

Cameron Sutter

Plottr

Desiree Duffy

Marketing

Amy M. Le

Quill Hawk Publishing

Jesse Ulrich

Audiobook Recording

Emily Brooks

Podcasts

Ralph Bernhardt

Author Photography

Kathleen Kaiser

Writers & Publishers Network

CONFERENCE HOSTS

William Bernhardt

WriterCon Programs

Rene Gutteridge

Writing Momentum