2026 Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Ashley Poston

Ashley Poston is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip, A Novel Love Story, and Sounds Like Love. She writes full-time from her little grey house and spoils her three cats. When not writing, she bides her time between South Carolina and New York, and all the bookstores between.

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Nalini Singh

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh is passionate about writing. Though she’s traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the temples of Japan, and the frozen landscapes of Antarctica, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her most. She’s beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer.She is the author of the Psy-Changeling novels, including Atonement Sky, Primal Mirror, and Resonance Surge. She is also the author of the Guild Hunter series, including Archangel’s Ascension, Archangel’s Lineage, and Archangel’s Resurrection, and four stand-alone thrillers: A Madness of Sunshine, Quiet in Her Bones, There Should Have Been Eight, and Such a Perfect Family.

Jennifer Hilt

Jennifer Hilt is a USA Today Bestselling author with over 24 romances published across four pen names. She is the author of The Trope Thesaurus, Horror Trope Thesaurus, and her latest book, Trope Thesaurus Romance. Thanks to a background in linguistics, plotting, and concept creation, Jennifer is obsessed with tropes and story structure. She loves empowering authors to create their best romance. From her Seattle home, Jennifer collects dictionaries in unfamiliar languages, binges Scandi-Noir series, and shouts out tropes from the comfort of her couch.

T L Swan

A psychologist in her former life, T L Swan is now seriously addicted to the thrill of writing and can’t imagine a time when she wasn’t. She resides in Sydney, Australia, where she is living out her own happily ever after with her husband and their three children.

Sarah Younger

 

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