Name: Authors Alley: Al Hagan/Dan Kemp/Brian Gifford/Lucas Marcum, Philip Ligon, Ross Hathaway, K.B. Carlisle, Kevin Steverson, Teresa Howard/Tim Gilliland, Wayland Smith, Nick Braker, Reggi Broach
Start: 2026-06-27T17:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-27T18:00:00-0400

Authors Alley: Al Hagan/Dan Kemp/Brian Gifford/Lucas Marcum, Philip Ligon, Ross Hathaway, K.B. Carlisle, Kevin Steverson, Teresa Howard/Tim Gilliland, Wayland Smith, Nick Braker, Reggi Broach

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

M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors Alley

Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Guests

Nick Braker

Author

Nick A. Braker is a sci-fi author blending interstellar intrigue, time travel, and cosmic alliances in series like Galactic Satori Wars & Essence Chronicles. A LibertyCon panelist on space opera, he also crafts gothic albums like Masquerade of Shadows. Drawing from Indiana roots... Read More →

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 →

K.B. Carlisle

Author

KB Carlisle is a husband, father, panda enthusiast, former time traveler and professional desk chair warmer.

His debut novel The Book of Rose won the 2024 Imadjin Award for Best Young Adult Novel.

Check out all of his work at kbcarlisle.com.

Ross Hathaway

Artist, Author

Ross Hathaway has spent 40+ years in the aerospace industry. First, in the US Air Force as a navigator on C-141’s. Then, in commercial aircraft research, design and manufacturing, and finally at NASA at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. His wife calls him “her rocket... 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 →

Daniel Kemp

Author

A couple history degrees, the Army, and a turbulent personal life inspired the Athenaeum Inc military thriller trilogy at Cannon (Door Number Three, Doubling Down and Triple Play). He’s also done shorts on everything from the sinking of the Bismarck to feeding dragons.

Brian Gifford

Author

A 27 year veteran, Cannon author Brian Gifford is a science fiction and fantasy nerd of the highest order. A lifelong student of physics and the arcana of IT alike, Brian spent a lifetime accumulating his unique view of the world. Unfortunately, he now insists on sharing it with... Read More →

Al Hagan

Author

Al Hagan is a retired IT project manager. His career also included a four-year tour of duty with the Marine Corps and a number of years in the intelligence community, working in Washington, D.C. and in foreign countries.

Philip Ligon

Author

Philip Ligon has been trying to satisfy the writing bug that took hold since before he can remember. He fell in love with science fiction and fantasy in high school and began dabbling with writing fantastical stories, a passion which continues to this day. Adding an engineering background... Read More →

Kevin Steverson

Author

Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With several best-selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for development into feature film, he is also a published songwriter. When not at a convention or concert, he can be found in the foothills of the... Read More →

Teresa Howard

Author

Teresa Howard was raised in Birmingham Alabama and lives there with her furry dachshund friend, Gracie Jane. She is a life-long fan of science fiction and fantasy and her dream since childhood has been to see her books in libraries and bookstores. This is a dream now fulfilled.

I... Read More →

Wayland Smith

Author

WAYLAND SMITH is the pen name for a native Texan who has lived in Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC, and presently makes his home in Virginia. His rather unlikely list of jobs includes private investigator, comic book shop owner, ring crew for a circus (then he ran away from... Read More →

Reggi Broach

Author

Reggi Broach is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She works as an RN in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In her “other” life, she trained for several years in the USAF civilian auxiliary known as the Civil Air Patrol, as a squadron commander, safety officer, and emergency services... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors Alley Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

Authors Alley, Authors Alley

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Nick Braker

Tim Gilliland

K.B. Carlisle

Ross Hathaway

Lucas Marcum

Daniel Kemp

Brian Gifford

Al Hagan

Philip Ligon

Kevin Steverson

Teresa Howard

Wayland Smith

Reggi Broach

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