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Guests of Honor
John Jackson Miller
(Autographs- Visit His Artist Table)
New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in science
fiction. His upcoming Star Trek novel trilogy, Prey, launches in September 2016 from Pocket Books
and releases monthly through November. His first Halo comics story appears in Halo: Tales from
Slipspace, releasing in October 2016 from Dark Horse Comics.
His first Trek novel, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Takedown, was released in January 2015. His
Star Wars novels from Del Rey include Star Wars: A New Dawn, recently reprinted in the Rise of
the Empire collection. Other works include Kenobi, Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the
Knights of the Old Republic comics, available from Marvel as Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic. Other comics work includes
Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, and Mass Effect. He has written for his own universe in Overdraft: The Orion Offensive.
He writes about comics history on his Comichron website (http://www.comichron.com). His fiction website is http://www.
farawaypress.com.
(Autographs- Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Greenway Room) Ryan Reynolds
For more than a decade, anime has had a fan in Ryan Reynolds. When she got the opportunity to
do some voice work at Funimation Entertainment it was like a dream come true for her.
Ryan’s big break came when she was given the chance to voice Latvia in a little show called Hetalia
– Axis Powers. Since then she has voiced such characters as Etoile in The Heroic Legend of Arslan,
the younger version of Gray Fullbuster in Fairy Tail, Toto Sakigami in Deadman Wonderland,
Satoru Wamiya in Red Data Girl, and Chikage Izumi in Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero.
Along with voice acting, Ryan also works by day as an Art Director for a marketing agency in Dallas and earned a degree in
Theater from Northwestern State University.
Briana Lawrence and Jessica Walsh (Autographs- Visit Their Artist Table)
14 years ago Briana Lawrence (Brichibi Cosplays) and Jessica Walsh (SnowCosplays) were two
fanfiction writing ladies who geeked out over Gundam Wing boys and Resident Evil. Now? They’re
still geeks and still have their fandoms, but they’re also a cosplaying couple who write books,
make crafts, and are generally nerdy women. Snow is the seamstress of the couple, meanwhile,
Brichibi talks about issues in the cosplay community and how the most important thing about
cosplay is to love yourself and have fun. Together, they also have a book series and each woman
has individual works that range from books to freelance writings for places like Apex Magazine,
xoJane, WatchMojo.com, Twin Cities Geek, and more.
When going to conventions they always bring their best so that they can promote their work. You can enjoy their crafts,
get lost in their urban fantasy series, or heck, you can come by for a hug and fun conversations about cosplay, anime, or
video games. Always promoting positivity and always supporting one another, Brichibi and Snow are smiling their way
through the geek scene.
Alex Bledsoe
Alex Bledsoe grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland (home of Elvis) and twenty minutes from Nutbush
(birthplace of Tina Turner). He’s been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman.
He now lives in a Wisconsin town famous for trolls, writes before six in the morning and tries to teach my three kids to act
like they’ve been to town before. His novels include the Tufa series (the latest, “Chapel of Ease,” will be out in September)
and the Eddie LaCrosse novels (most recently, “He Drank, and Saw the Spider”).
Bill Bodden
A freelance writer since 2001, Bill has done most of his writing in the tabletop games industry with work on roleplaying
games for everything from Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition and Firefly to Chill and Achtung! Cthulhu.
Bill’s published fiction credits include short stories “A Quiet House in the Country from Haunted: Eleven Tales of Ghostly
Horror (Flames Rising Press, 2011) and “In the Shadow of His Glory” from Sidekicks! (Alliteration Ink, 2013).
Check out Bill’s website and weekly blog: www.billbodden.com
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