LibertyCon 38

LibertyCon 38

4:00pm EDT

Reading: Justin Watson and M.G. Martin (Specific Readings)

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

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

Come out and listen as Justin Watson will read from the latest Romanov Reign novel, and M.G. Martin will read from her current work in progress Demonic Days (the sequel to Necromantic Nights).

Guests

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 →

Justin Watson

Author

Justin Watson was a field artilleryman in the United States Army for ten years. He deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. He doesn’t count his deployment to Kuwait, but his wife sure does. Medically retired from the Army due to wounds sustained in Iraq, he now lives in... Read More →

Friday June 26, 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

6:00pm EDT

Reading: Stephanie Osborn and A.G. Thompson

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

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

Come out and listen to Past STEM GOH Stephanie Osborn and A.G. Thompson read from their works!

Guests

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 →

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 →

Friday June 26, 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

8:00pm EDT

Reading: Past Special GOH Julie Cochrane and Past AGOH Melissa Gay

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

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

Come hear Past Special GOH Julie Cochrane and Past AGOH Melissa Gay read from their works.

Guests

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 →

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 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 2 (Kids Program/Readings 2) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Readings 2, Reading

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

11:00am EDT

Reading: Brian Gifford and Kelly Grayson

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

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

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

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 →

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 →

Sunday June 28, 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: Reggi Broach and Alma Boykin

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

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

Come hear our authors read from their works.

Guests

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 →

Alma T. C. Boykin

Author

Alma T. C. Boykin, author of over a hundred novels and short stories, spent her growing-up years in flat places without trees. After living Back East and traveling all over northern Europe, she turned travels into stories, some of which happen to have footnotes. Beware: she also... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 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