LibertyCon 38: Full Schedule

1:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Masters of Ceremonies Jacob and H.P. Holo, Special Guest of Honor S.M. Stirling, Marina Fontaine

Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

S.M. Stirling

LibertyCon 38 Special Guest of Honor, Author

S.M. Stirling was born in France in 1953, to Canadian parents -- although his mother was born in England and grew up in Peru. After that he lived in Europe, Canada, Africa, and the US and visited several other continents. He graduated from law school in Canada but had his dorsal fin... Read More →

Marina Fontaine

Author

Marina Fontaine is a Russian by birth, an American by choice, and a writer of
optimistic fiction.

She uses her experience of living in a totalitarian society to demonstrate how human yearning for freedom and love endures in the darkest of circumstances.

Her dystopian works incl... Read More →

Jacob Holo

LibertyCon 38 Master of Ceremonies, Author

Jacob Holo has been a recreational geek since childhood, when he discovered Star Wars and Star Trek, and a professional geek since college, when he graduated from Youngstown State University with a degree in Electrical and Controls Engineering. He started writing when his parents... Read More →

H.P. Holo

LibertyCon 38 Master of Ceremonies, Author

H.P. Holo grew up in a family where it was dangerous to say, “I’m bored.” She’s also an incorrigible smart aleck. So when her parents told her to fix her boredom by reading a dictionary, she did. And then, just to be extra sassy, she began writing novels that required them... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

2:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Cedar Sanderson, Rick Cartwright, Kelly Grayson

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Kelly Grayson

Author

Kelly Grayson is a highly-regarded critical care paramedic with a national reputation, award-winning EMS columnist, author and popular public speaker. When he isn’t prowling the seamy underbelly of the city looking for little old ladies who have fallen and can’t get up, Kelly... Read More →

Richard Cartwright

Author

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his father bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking.

His first reading lessons were road signs at four. His education was disrupted at five when he was forced to start spending the school year at school. After acquiring a note at six to allow him to check out "advanced " books from the library, he discovered Heinlein and never looked... Read More →

Cedar Sanderson

Author

Cedar Sanderson is a multifaceted creator whose work spans both the literary and visual arts. Cedar is celebrated for her engaging storytelling and her ability to captivate audiences with her vibrant imagery and thoughtful narratives. Her work not only entertains but also invites... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

3:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: D.S. Watson, PGOH Robert Hampson

Friday June 26, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Robert E. Hampson

Author, STEM, Past SGoH

Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a scientist and author whose passion for both neuroscience and storytelling drives his hard science fiction writing. With a Ph.D. in Physiology & Pharmacology, Dr. Hampson has spent over four decades researching how the brain encodes memory and developing... Read More →

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 →

Friday June 26, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

4:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: PGOH Julie Cochrane, J.B. Garner, Teresa Howard

Friday June 26, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

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 →

Julie Cochrane

Author

Julie Cochrane was born in Ohio and begin crafting her first stories when she was five years old. She made her first attempts at novels in Social Studies and English classes. Cally's War with John Ringo was the first manuscript she ever finished. Sister Time and Honor of the Clan... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

6:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Karen Bogen, Lloyd Watson

Friday June 26, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Karen Bogen

Author

A cat-loving native of Texas, K.B. Bogen is a self-confessed knit-/yarn-aholic. She spends much time knitting something (with the help of her three cats), inventorying her stash (also with the help of the cats), or fondling yarn anywhere within driving range (the cats don’t like... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

7:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: John Ringo, Casey Moores, Lydia Sherrer

Friday June 26, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Casey Moores

Author

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air refueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →

Lydia Sherrer

Author

Award-winning and USA Today-bestselling author of snark-filled adventures, Lydia Sherrer thrives on creating stories you love to love, and hate to leave. She is the author of the bestselling urban fantasy Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus universe of books featuring several series, which... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

8:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Jason Cordova, Melissa Olthoff

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Jason Cordova

Author, Editor

National bestselling author Jason Cordova is both a John W. Campbell Award and Dragon Award finalist (though not in the same year). He is the author of Mountain of Fire, To Tread Obsidian Shores (w/ Melissa Olthoff), and Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever (w/ Larry Correia), and edito... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

9:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: PGOH David M. Weber (30 minutes - 3 book limit), Charli Cox, Shami Stovall

Friday June 26, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.) For David Weber, only a 30 minute session and a 3 book limit.

Guests

Shami Stovall

Author

Shami Stovall is a multi-award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Before that, she taught history and criminal law at the college level. She loves John, reading, and writing about herself in the third person.

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 →

David M. Weber

Author, Past LGoH

David Weber was born in Cleveland a long, long time ago and grew up in rural South Carolina. He was a bookworm from childhood, blessed with a father who collected autographed copies of every E. E. Smith hardcover and introduced him to Jack Williamson at the tender age of 10, and a... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

10:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: PGOH Terry Maggert, Bjorn Hasseler, James P. Nettles

Friday June 26, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

James P. Nettles

Author

With a 30-plus-year career in consulting, Nettles has advised a diverse range of clients, from startups to Fortune 100 companies in financial technologies, media, entertainment, and green technologies. His work focuses on privacy, futurism, and disruptive technologies, exploring how... Read More →

Bjorn Hasseler

Author, Editor

Bjorn Hasseler found Eric Flint's novel 1632 in a public library. Then he discovered that fans were not just allowed but encouraged to write in the 1632 universe. He writes the Neustatter's European Security Service thread (A Matter of Security, Missions of Security, Security Threats... Read More →

Terry Maggert

Author, Editor, Publisher, Past GoH

Terry likes dragons, caffeine, space, giraffes, and books; order unimportant. He's the author of the Backyard Starship, Gold Medal Marine, Messenger, and Starcaster series, with more on the way. Join the gang on Facebook at the Cosmic Cantina for a laugh or three, and say hello if... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

10:00am EDT

Autograph Session: PGOHs Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett, Julie Frost

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Jody Lynn Nye

Author, Past LGoH

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.

Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-kee... Read More →

Bill Fawcett

Author, Editor, Publisher, PGOH

Bill Fawcett is an American writer, editor, anthologist, and game designer. He co-authored the official Mycroft Holmes Mysteries and over a dozen other novels. Bill has also written almost a dozen historical non-fiction books. He founded Mayfair Games and also designs board and computer... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

11:00am EDT

Autograph Session: Griffin Barber, Melissa Gay, Les Johnson

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Les Johnson

Author, STEM, Past SGoH

Les Johnson is a physicist, author, CEO of Infinite Frontiers Consulting, and former Chief Technologist at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. While at NASA, Les was developing the next generation of space technologies, from advanced space propulsion and power to human... Read More →

Melissa Gay

Artist, Author, Past AGoH

Melissa Gay paints primarily in acrylic and draws inspiration from mythology, folk legends, and fairy tales, as well as astrophotography, cosmology, and Earth sciences. Her paintings often combine sci-fi, fantasy, and wildlife art. She loves to build up dozens of thin layers of acrylic... Read More →

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 →

Saturday June 27, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

12:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: David Boop, Lloyd Watson

Saturday June 27, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Lloyd Watson

Author

David Boop

Author

David Boop is a Denver-based speculative fiction author & editor. He’s also an award-winning essayist, and screenwriter. Before turning to fiction, David worked as a DJ, film critic, journalist, and actor.

David’s novels run the gamut, such as the sci-fi/noir She Murdered Me with Science, the Weird Western, The Drowned Horse Chronicle, and Rippers Resurrected:The Soul Changers, a historical, dark fantasy. Dave recently had a tribute collaborative mosaic novel come out in the late... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

1:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Kevin Ikenberry, Chris Kennedy, James Fox

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

James Fox

Author

Native Californian, James Fox is a natural storyteller. After graduating from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, with a BFA in Directing, he became the Founder of Dawnrunner Inc. and has championed the company through numerous award-winning projects over fifteen years. As a writer... Read More →

Chris Kennedy

Author, Publisher, Past GoH

Kevin Ikenberry

Author

Kevin Ikenberry is a life-long space geek and retired Army officer. As an adult, he managed the U.S. Space Camp program, two Challenger Learning Centers, and served on active duty in space operations before Space Force was a thing. He’s an international bestselling science fiction... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

2:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: William Lehman

Saturday June 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Saturday June 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

3:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Robert S. Evans, Lee Ellis, Frank Hood

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Frank Hood

Author

When I graduated college I wanted to be a great writer like Shakespeare, Bradbury, Hardy, or Heinlein. Five years later and $14 richer off my writing career, I decided I needed a career that put food on the table as well. My wife, a chemist and wonderful writer herself (S. T. Gaffney... Read More →

Lee Ellis

Author

Lee Ellis is a fantasy, sci-fi author with a background in filmmaking. He is most known for the Kildash series, as well as his horror short story, The River’s End, featured in Three Raven’s Trailer Park series. His other works include Exodus, God Blood, and The Devil’s Up T... Read More →

Robert S. Evans

Artist, Author

Robert S. Evans is a Georgia native film writer and director. He attended the New York Film Academy, and shortly afterwards caught the attention of industry veteran Jeff Burr (Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3) . Robert caught his first break with the film "The Last Piece Standing... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

4:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: LGOH Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Nathan Toronto

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

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 →

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 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

5:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: David Bock, Rick Cutler

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

David (Brena) Bock

Author

David Bock (also listed under the nom de plume Brena Bock) is a proud member of #TeamAndMore in several anthologies, including Space Force: Building the Legacy, Can't Go Home Again, and Saint's of Malta. Other stories are in the works along with a full length novel.

Saturday June 27, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

6:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: A.G. Thompson, MG Martin, Stephanie Osborn

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Stephanie Osborn

Author, STEM, Past SGoH

Few can claim the varied background of award-winning author Stephanie Osborn, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery. Veteran of more than 20 years in the civilian space program, as well as various military space defense programs, she worked on numerous space shuttle flights and the International... Read More →

M.G. Martin

Author

M.G. Martin was born to a flamenco dancer and an International Man of Mystery in the great state of New York, ‘lo these many years ago. A precocious child, she began writing stories in elementary school and dreamed of one day becoming a published author. As an adult, she eschewed... Read More →

A.G. Thompson

Author

Reared on a West Texas ranch, A.G. Thompson is a veteran of the US Air Force, having served during the Cold War and earned the rank of Staff Sergeant. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in both English Literature and History from the University of Louisville.

He has been a competition shooter for around a decade, is an avid reader (as most authors are), and is extremely knowledgeable in military history, especially as regards World War II. He is retired from a 29-year career at UPS, a devoted cat-person with a pair of large four foot... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

7:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: J.E. Pittman, David Badurina

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

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 →

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 →

Saturday June 27, 2026 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

8:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Gini Koch, Keith Hedger

Saturday June 27, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

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 →

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 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

9:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Jesse James Fain, JP Chandler

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

J.P. Chandler

Author

J.P. Chandler was born and raised in California, where he lived with his wife of many years until relocating to Utah in 2025. He uses writing in the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy as his excuse for pursuing various interests. He first started writing fiction when he was fou... Read More →

Jesse James Fain

Author

Jesse James Fain is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Editor, and retired powerlifting champion. Jesse’s extensive experience in martial arts and weapons training leads to vibrant martial tales of revenge and combat that bring a taste of reality to fictional battles, along with... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

10:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: T.C. Ross, VL Stuart

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

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

VL Stuart

Author

VL ‘Tori’ Stuart is a journalist, novelist, and poet who resides between two volcanoes in Costa Rica. Their unique home lies between two volcanoes—a location that sparks curiosity, but as she assures, "No worries; only one of them is active."

T.C. Ross

Author

TC Ross is an Urban Fantasy author who also dabbles in related Historical Fantasy, Romantic Comedies, Gaslamp, Horror, and short stories. She resides in Texas with her family, feeding the Fae and watching out for shifters. Hopefully they never find her.

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

10:00am EDT

Autograph Session: Monalisa Foster and Zane Voss

Sunday June 28, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Zane Voss

Author

Zane Voss holds bachelor's and master’s degrees in engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology. His day job is working as a partner in an engineering consulting firm in the steel industry. If you’re either interested or unable to flee quickly enough, he will... Read More →

Monalisa Foster

Author

Monalisa is an award-winning science fiction author whose writing career really began when she taught herself English by translating Heinlein juveniles at the public library. She would copy sentences in English, translate them into Romanian, and then write out new words ten times... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

11:00am EDT

Autograph Session: PLGOH Sarah A. Hoyt, Daniel M. Hoyt, Kevin Steverson, PAGOH Melissa Gay

Sunday June 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Marshall Hoyt

Author

E. Marshall Hoyt is – under protest -- one of the writing Hoyts Taken in by the allure of science fiction and character driven stories, he's been integral in helping Sarah Hoyt (His mother) adapt to comic writing, and is helping both Daniel and Sarah in crafting the space adventure... Read More →

Melissa Gay

Artist, Author, Past AGoH

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 →

Sarah A. Hoyt

Author, Past LGoH

Sarah A. Hoyt writes... Almost everything. And has. But this last year she's been wrestling with a monstrous-size space opera. She lives with her husband and a plethora of cats. Sons and daughters-in-law sometimes visit.

Sarah has published, she thinks, about fifty novels. She doesn't want to count. Don't make her count. She has won the Prometheus Award, the Dragon Award and been a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and the Mythopoeic. If she looks at you cross-eyed, it's because she'd rather be... Read More →

Daniel M. Hoyt

Author, STEM, Past Special GoH

Daniel M. Hoyt is a systems architect for trajectory physics software, when not writing or wrangling royalty calculations. Dan has appeared in premier magazines like Analog and several anthologies, notably the recent Paladins of Valor and Bonds of Valor, with connected stories in... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

12:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: PGOH David M. Weber (30 minutes - 3 book limit), PGOH Charles E. Gannon

Sunday June 28, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. For David Weber, only a 30 minute session and a 3 book limit. For Charles E. Gannon and DJ Butler, full session and 5 book limit.

Guests

Charles E. Gannon

Author, Past LGoH

Dr. Charles E. Gannon is best known for the Caine Riordan series of hard sf novels, which include multiple best-sellers, 4 finalists for the Nebula, 2 for the Dragon, and a Compton Crook winner. His epic fantasy series, The Vortex of Worlds, has also been an awards finalist and a... Read More →

David M. Weber

Author, Past LGoH

Sunday June 28, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

1:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: LGOH Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Bill Willingham

Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

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 →

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

LibertyCon 38 Literary Guest of Honor, Author

Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Autograph Session, Autograph Session

2:00pm EDT

Autograph Session: Feral Ladies Autographs and Shenanigans- Melissa Olthoff, Marisa Wolf

Sunday June 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

Autograph sessions will be directly in front of the Dealer's Room. Authors will cycle through hourly. Limit 5 books (if you bring more, get 5 signed and go to the back of the line.)

Guests

Melissa Olthoff

Author

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 →

Sunday June 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

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