LibertyCon 38: Full Schedule

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10:00am EDT

Reading: Tamara Lowery and William Joseph Roberts

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

William Joseph Roberts

Author, Publisher

William Joseph Roberts has been called a Renaissance man, and an insane squirrel wrangler by his peers. Since his enlistment ended, he has pursued careers as an industrial and architectural designer, design engineer, and is now an award-winning author, editor, and publisher with Three... Read More →

Tamara Lowery

Author

Tamara Lowery, author of The Adventures of Pigg & Woolfe serial and the Waves of Darkness series, is a native of Chattanooga. She writes pirates that aren't nice and vampires that don't sparkle as well as high-flying steampunk adventure.

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

11:00am EDT

Reading: Julie Frost and Tim Gilliland

Saturday June 27, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

Tim Gilliland

Author

Born in the malarial fever swamps of Memphis TN, Tim was raised on corn squeezin’s, bent nails and broken glass. After a rough-and-tumble childhood in the upper middle class, he went to high school at old-line catholic school for 'bad boys.' Once the bruises healed he went into... Read More →

Julie Frost

Author

Julie Frost is an award-winning author of every shade of speculative fiction. She lives in Utah with a herd of guinea pigs, her husband, and a “kitten” who thinks she’s a warrior princess. She enjoys birding, and is on a quest to photograph 500 bird species in a calendar year... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

1:00pm EDT

Reading: LGOH Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Saturday June 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear LGOH Nicholas Sansbury Smith read from his works.

Guests

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

LibertyCon 38 Literary Guest of Honor, Author

Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series. His other work includes the Extinction Cycle series, the Trackers series, and the Orbs series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster planning... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

3:00pm EDT

Reading: David Badurina

Saturday June 27, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear author David Badurina read from his works.

Guests

David Badurina

Author

David Badurina is an enigmatic storyteller, bestselling author, and multimedia creator whose work spans fiction, non-fiction, music, and AI-driven visual storytelling. His books include the absurdist sci-fi space opera SPACE PEW PEW, the urban fantasy thriller The Caretaker, the inspirational... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

4:00pm EDT

Reading: J.B. Garner and Bethanne Kim

Saturday June 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

Bethanne Kim

Author, Publisher

Bethanne Kim is a publisher with the new alternate history magazine “Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond” and a writer in the 1632verse. She also writes about emergency preparedness (including on TheSurvivalMom.com), zombies, being a Scout leader, the US Constitution, and whatever else... Read More →

J.B. Garner

Author

Talented top flight author and editor Jamie Beth "J. B." Garner has written over twenty novels across multiple genres and edited hundreds more. J.B.’s seen and done many things in her life, from honors student to factory worker to garbage collector to construction worker. In addition... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

5:00pm EDT

Reading: PGOH Gray Rinehart

Saturday June 27, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear PGOH Gray Rinehart read from his works.

Guests

Gray Rinehart

Author, Performer, Past GoH

Graham W. "Gray" Rinehart Rinehart is a writer, an editor, a singer/songwriter, and a retired Air Force officer. He is the only person to have commanded a USAF satellite tracking station, written speeches for Presidential appointees, devised a poetic form, and had music on The Dr... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

6:00pm EDT

Reading: Charli Cox and Mark Huston

Saturday June 27, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

Mark Huston

Author

Mark Huston is a Chicago based author. He is published in Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Series and is a long-time contributor to the Grantville Gazette. His first novel, "Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice", was a Dragon Award Finalist. His work has also appeared in F&SF. Mark is and... Read More →

Charli Cox

Author

Charli Cox is a best-selling Military Sci-Fi, Military Fantasy, and Horror Comedy author. She also writes Sci-Fi and Alternate History stories.
If you enjoyed Fae Wars: Northwest Front and want to see more stories about Ash and “Gunny,” Cannon Publishing has you covered. "Sasq... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

7:00pm EDT

Reading: Lucas Marcum and D.S. Watson

Saturday June 27, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

D.S. Watson

Author

D.S. Watson started his professional writing career as a reporter for the Shelbyville Times Gazette. He also worked for the U.S.D.A Forest Service, and as a writer-editor for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. He wrote disability opinions for the Social Security Administration... Read More →

Lucas Marcum

Author

Lucas Marcum is a critical care nurse practitioner, Army reservist, and independent author. Since high school, he has written recreationally; but never really took the idea of publishing a book seriously until 2017, when he wandered into a Facebook group curated by and populated with... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

9:00pm EDT

Feral Ladies Reading and Shenanigans

Saturday June 27, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come enjoy the feral ladies readings and shenanigans.

Guests

Marisa Wolf

Author

Marisa Wolf is a second-generation nerd who started writing genre stories at six. At least one was good enough to be laminated, and she's been chasing that high ever since. Over the years she taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned... Read More →

Melissa Olthoff

Author

Melissa Olthoff spent her youth daydreaming about riding dragons and slaying monsters. After joining the United States Air Force, she might not have gotten to ride any dragons, but she had plenty of real-world adventures over the years—including flying the T-6, becoming a certified... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

10:00pm EDT

Reading: Gini Koch and Nathan Brindle

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT

CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2)

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

Nathan Brindle

Author

Nathan C. Brindle is a senior software engineer with a BA and most of an MA in History.
There is a story behind that, of course. He's worked 30 years for a company in Maryland
you've probably never heard of, despite living in Indianapolis, Indiana, for all but one year
of his lif... Read More →

Gini Koch

Author

Gini Koch started writing in the American Southwest as something to do in between staring at pictures of good-looking leading men, but now sweats out the words, both literally and figuratively, in Hotlanta and dreams of dry heat.

She has over 70 titles but is best known for her... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

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