Name: Meet and Greet the First Timers! - Round Three
Start: 2026-06-26T20:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-26T21:00:00-0400

Meet and Greet the First Timers! - Round Three

Friday June 26, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom E (Main Event)

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

Moderators

Griffin Barber

Author, Editor

Griffin spent his youth in four different countries, learning three languages, and burning all his bridges. Finally settled in East Tennessee and retired from a day job as a police officer in a major metropolitan department out west, he lives the good life with his lovely wife, crazy-smart... Read More →

Guests

Nathan Toronto

Author

Nathan W. Toronto has taught strategy and planning to military officers for twenty years and is the author of How Militaries Learn and the Saga of the Emerald Moon. He publishes Bullet Points, a military science fiction magazine. Find him at nathantoronto.com or on Blue Sky (@bul... Read More →

Lloyd Watson

Author

Lloyd Watson is the pen name used by the otherwise unremarkable Pediatrician, Hospitalist, Medical Educator, and Palliative Care Physician, Dr Scott Stephens. Feeling a need to make his life more complicated, he decided his lifelong hobby of writing Sci-fi and fantasy stories should... 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 →

Robert Zielke

Artist

Robert Zielke: I have been in fandom since 1980. I read constantly and have over 1300 science fiction books. My hobbies include scuba diving, woodworking, and using lasers to create unique items. Diving at the TN Aquarium as a volunteer for over 17 years has been fun. My woodworking... Read More →

Rick Cutler

Author

Rick is a former click-monkey for a major corporation, an advertising salesman for a different and still major corporation, and now a writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Noted for his “Space Cowboy” series with Colt Ostergaard, he also has stories in “Glitched Grimm” and... Read More →

Craig Bell

Author

A native Californian, Craig Bell and his wife Sara reside in the Pacific NW along with two terrorist cats named Arty and Tank. Along with the Gangrel War series, he's currently working on three distinct military sci-fi projects, one with the amazing Kevin Steverson.

Joseph Hower

Author

Joseph Hower is a former active-duty Marine from West Michigan. He and his wife share five children and four granddaughters. He is a professional musician and a retired electrical engineer. He spends his free time performing with two bands across West Michigan and tending to his lawn... Read More →

Scott Swoope

Author

Scott Swoope is a speculative fiction writer whose work blends the sweep of history with the imagination of science fiction and fantasy. His stories explore power, loyalty, and the human cost of ambition across worlds both ancient and futuristic.

When he’s not writing, Scott wo... Read More →

Jay Burr

Author

Jay Burr spent years navigating the complex logic of the IT world before realizing that building entire galaxies was far more compelling than debugging code. A lifelong reader with a passion for the "what if," they have traded server racks for world-building and system architectures... Read More →

C.S. Brown

Author

C S Brown retired from the daily grind and moved to Central America to enjoy the warm weather and friendly atmosphere. Writing was the result of needing to make at least some of his time productive. In many ways, it is the embodiment of his lifelong dream. He has always wanted a pet... Read More →

Debbie Reynolds

Author, Editor

Debbie Reynolds is a writer, dreamer, and voracious reader who has always lived in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania. She works as an editor and proofreader for Sunbury Press and does freelance work when time permits. Her first book, Mending Shattered Dreams, a memoir, will be out... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Main Program, Round Table

LibertyCon 38

Griffin Barber

Nathan Toronto

Lloyd Watson

Reggi Broach

Robert Zielke

Rick Cutler

Craig Bell

Joseph Hower

Scott Swoope

Jay Burr

C.S. Brown

Debbie Reynolds

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