Name: Meet and Greet the First Timers! - Round Two
Start: 2026-06-26T14:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-26T15:00:00-0400

Meet and Greet the First Timers! - Round Two

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom E (Main Event)

Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.

Moderators

John Ringo

Author, Past LGoH

John Ringo's science fiction is action-oriented and abounding in characters to root for. He is the creator of the New York Times best-selling military science fiction series The Posleen Wars, with over one million copies in print. Ringo is also the author of the far-future science... Read More →

Guests

Keith Hedger

Author, Guest

Keith Hedger escaped Iowa at 19 to serve in the US Army which led to his (current) career in information technology. When not saving other people's data, he enjoys exercising, fishing, and hunting. He lives in Pella, Iowa with his wife. Fortunately, she tolerates his workouts and... Read More →

William S. Frisbee

Author

Marine. Veteran. Martial artist. Gamer. Consultant. Father.

William S. Frisbee was forged in the Cold War, tempered in a Marine SOC unit, and reborn as a storyteller, he blends battlefield grit with boundless imagination. From Jules Verne to galactic wars—he’s lived the stories he now writes... Read More →

J. E. Pittman

Author

J.E. Pittman dabbles in many speculative worlds. He blurs the borders between genre and crafts salient lies to tell a measure of truth. His work has been described as: capriciously chimeric, dreamlike, and a vivid enigma with indelible images stamped on your brain. His published works... Read More →

Greg Gagnon

Author

Greg Gagnon is an author, presenter, fan, reenactor, and coach. His published works include 2 entries in the Raconteur "Postcards"series. He is currently working on a Relationships book with his wife, Dr Catherine Gagnon, and several short stories across several genres. He has a research... Read More →

Justin C. Feng

STEM

Justin C. Feng is a postdoctoral physicist specializing in general relativity (GR) and gravitation, currently at CEICO at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czechia. He obtained his Ph.D. from UT Austin in 2017, and has held postdoctoral positions... Read More →

Bill Willingham

Author, Artist

Bill Willingham has been writing and drawing professionally for close to 50 years. His best known comic book creations have been his Elementals and Fables series. Recently his forthcoming sword and sorcery prose novel trilogy called Outrider has been announced by Raconteur Press... Read More →

Megan Sloane

Editor

Megan Sloane is an editor of prose and comic book stories. She is a senior editor at 1First Comics and received her editing certificate from the University of California: Berkeley. Yes, she will receive your (written) comic book pitches and evaluate your comic sample pages.

Donald Crankshaw

Author, Editor, Publisher

Despite having a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Donald Crankshaw much prefers to read and write fantasy instead of science fiction. He has previously published stories in Nature Futures, Intergalactic Medicine Show, and Black Gate. He currently publishes the Mysterion online magazine... Read More →

David R.R. Greenberg

Author

David R.R. Greenberg is a fantasy and science-fiction writer. He has self-published two books: RAGING STORM and THE RIVALS. His short story "The Bastard's Tomb" was published in Raconteur Press’s anthology MOGGIES OF MARS. David is a member of the founding Class of 2028 at the University... Read More →

Kristin Janz

Author, Editor, Publisher

Kristin Janz is co-editor/publisher of online fantasy and science fiction magazine Mysterion (MysterionOnline.com), and three Mysterion anthologies. Mysterion stories have been finalists for the WSFA Small Press and Realm Awards, and are about Christianity, but not always Christian... Read More →

William Lehman

Author

William Lehman can’t stay out of hot water… or cold water, either. After retiring from two careers in and around submarines, and a decade as a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Bremerton, Washington, (where far more things go on than you’d think) he’s traded in his police... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Main Program, Round Table

LibertyCon 38

John Ringo

Keith Hedger

William S. Frisbee

J. E. Pittman

Greg Gagnon

Justin C. Feng

Bill Willingham

Megan Sloane

Donald Crankshaw

David R.R. Greenberg

Kristin Janz

William Lehman

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