Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature Jonathan Maberry (Rot & Ruin series), David Brin (Kiln books), Jason Hough (Dire Earth Cycle) , Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files), Marie Lu (Legend), Rachel Caine (Prince of Shadows), Henry L. Herz (Beyond the Pale)
Fairy Tale Remix Shannon Hale (Ever After High series) Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles series) Katherine Harbour (Thorn Jack) John Peck (Charming Series) Cornelia Funke (Mirrorworld Series) Tony DiTerlizzi (Search for WondLa) Ben Tripp (The Accidental Highwayman) Danielle Page (Dorothy Must Die)
Pop Culture Anti-Bullying Coalition Chase Masterson, actress (Doctor Who Big Finish, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Carrie Goldman, author (Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear)
End of Series ... or Not? Laini Taylor (Dreams of Gods & Monsters / Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy); Lev Grossman (The Magician's Land / The Magicians Trilogy); Leigh Bardugo (Ruin & Rising / The Grisha Trilogy); Jonathan Maberry (Fire & Ash / Rot & Ruin Series); Ben H. Winters (World of Trouble / The Last Policeman Trilogy); Lynn Flewelling (Shards of Time / The Nightrunner Series); Kresley Cole (Dark Skye / Immortals After Dark Series)
Illustrators of the Art Directors Guild Tim Burgard (Jurassic World, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Donna Cline (Bones), Stephen Platt (Oblivion, Iron Man), Trevor Goring (Thor: The Dark World, X-Men) and Darrin Denlinger (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron)
When Myth and Magic Meet Main Street Jim Butcher (Skin Game) Seanan McGuire (Sparrow Hill Road) Richard Kadrey (The Getaway God) Thomas Sniegoski (The Remy Chandler Series) Amber Benson (Calliope Reaper-Jones series) Greg van Eekhout (California Bones) Anton Strout (Incarnate)
Putting the Epic in Epic Fantasy Patrick Rothfuss (The Slow Regard of Silent Things), Robin Hobb (Fool's Assassin), Joe Abercrombie (Half a King), Raymond E. Feist (Magician's End), Django Wexler (The Shadow Throne), Morgan Rhodes (The Falling Kingdoms series), Sam Sykes (The City Stained Red), Brent Weeks (The Way of Shadows)
Vengeance & Villains Michael Carroll (The Super Human Series) Rachel Caine (Prince of Shadows) Marie Lu (The Young Elites) Arwen Elys Dayton (Seeker) Ann Aguirre (Mortal Danger) Kimberly Derting (The Taking) Kiersten White (In The Shadows) Allen Zadoff (The Unknown Assassin)
Beyond the Page Chris Weitz (The Young World) James Dashner (Maze Runner & The Rule of Thoughts) Andrew Kaplan (Homeland) Fred Van Lente (Make Comics Like Pros) James Silvani (Draw-a-sauras) Melissa De La Cruz (Ring and the Crown)
The Art of Babylon 5 John Iacovelli (production designer), Mark-Louis Walters (art director), Roland Rosenkranz (art director), Alan Kobayashi (graphic artist), Timothy Earls (concept artist/set designer)
101 Ways to Kill a Man Tobias Buckell (Hurricane Fever) Alex Hughes (Marked) M.A. Lawson (Rosarito Beach) Stephen Blackmoore (Broken Souls) Gregg Hurwitz (Don
Costume Designers Guild - Costume Illustration Alan Villanueva (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2), Constantine Sekeris (Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice), Christian Cordella (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Phillip Boutte Jr. (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Arianne Phillips (Kingsman: The Secret Service) #CDGcomicconn
Pop Culture Anti-Bullying Coalition Chase Masterson, actress (Doctor Who Big Finish, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Carrie Goldman, author (Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear)
Battlefield Hardline Steve Papoutsis (Battlefield HardlineExecutive Producer), Ian Milham (Battlefield Hardline Creative Director), Bill Johnson (Justified), Kelly Hu (Arrow), Eugene Byrd (Bones), Benito Martinez (Sons of Anarchy)
Words & Pictures Michael Cho (Shoplifter) Faith Erin Hicks (Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong) Lucy Knisley (Relish) Jen Wang (In Real Life) Gene Luen Yang (The Shadow Hero) Lev Grossman (The Magician trilogy)
Empower: Fight Like A Girl anthology with proceeds benefiting the Lupus Foundation of America authors present at each signing subject to availability Amy Berg, writer/executive producer (Caper, Eureka) Akela Cooper, writer (The 100, Witches of East End) Jane Espenson, writer/producer (Husbands, Once Upon A Time) Kira Snyder, writer/producer (The 100, the Parish Mail eBook series) Kay Reindl, writer/producer (Twisted, Tanglewood) Kam Miller, writer/producer (Law & Order: SVU, Myth of Crime) Jennifer Quintenz, writer (Daughters of Lillith novels, The Red Star: Sword of Lies) Jeane Wong, writer (DC COMICS) Jess Pineda, writer (Zero Hour) Pang-Ni Landrum, writer/producer (Malcolm in the Middle, The Aftermooners) Maurissa Tancharoen, writer/executive producer (Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Pop Culture Anti-Bullying Coalition Chase Masterson, actress (Doctor Who Big Finish, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Carrie Goldman, author (Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear)
Diversity In Genre Lit Josephine Angelini (Trial by Fire) Sherri L. Smith (Orleans) Adele Griffin (The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone) Greg Weisman (Spirits of Ash and Foam: A Rain of the Ghosts Novel) Lydia Kang (Control)
The Production Designer: Architect of Imagination Patrick Tatopoulos (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, 300: Rise of an Empire), Philip Messina (The Hunger Games franchise), Oliver Scholl (Edge of Tomorrow, Independence Day), John Myhre (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), John Muto (Species, Terminator 2-3D)
Fantastic Females: Heroines in Paranormal Fantasy Deborah Harkness (All Souls Trilogy) Marjorie Liu (Labyrinth of Stars) S.J. Harper (Reckoning) Christina Lauren (Sublime) Tonya Hurley (Blessed series) Chris Marie Green (Only the Good Die Young)
Costume Designers Guild - Costume Design Ann Foley (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Lizz Wolf (The Expendables 3), Arianne Phillips (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Mary Vogt (Men In Black I, II & III), Kristin Burke (Sleepy Hollow), J. August Richards (Deathlok, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) #CDGcomiccon
Sci-Fi, Robots, and AI, Oh My! Daniel H. Wilson (Robogenesis) Andy Weir (The Martian) Jason Hough (The Dire Earth Cycle) Daniel Price (The Flight of the Silvers) M.D. Waters (Prototype) Nick Cole (Soda Pop Soldier)
Future Landscapes Emily Lloyd-Jones (Illusive) Romina Russell (Zodiac) Michael Johnston (The Heart of Dread series) Pierce Brown (Red Rising) Cam Baity (Foundry
The Art of Fear Mira Grant (Parasite) G. Michael Hopf (The New World Series) Katherine Howe (Conversion) April Genevieve Tucholke (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea)Brenna Yovanoff (Fiendish) James Rollins (The 6th Extinction) Glen Hirshberg (Motherless Child)
Empower: Fight Like A Girl anthology with proceeds benefiting the Lupus Foundation of America authors present at each signing subject to availability Amy Berg, writer/executive producer (Caper, Eureka) Akela Cooper, writer (The 100, Witches of East End) Jane Espenson, writer/producer (Husbands, Once Upon A Time) Kira Snyder, writer/producer (The 100, the Parish Mail eBook series) Kay Reindl, writer/producer (Twisted, Tanglewood) Kam Miller, writer/producer (Law & Order: SVU, Myth of Crime) Jennifer Quintenz, writer (Daughters of Lillith novels, The Red Star: Sword of Lies) Jeane Wong, writer (DC COMICS) Jess Pineda, writer (Zero Hour) Pang-Ni Landrum, writer/producer (Malcolm in the Middle, The Aftermooners) Maurissa Tancharoen, writer/executive producer (Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
Kids Draw Kelley Jones (Space Mountain) Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy) Dan Santat (Comics Squad: Recess) Kirk Scroggs (Snoop Troop) Matt Holm and Jenni Holm (Babymouse, Squish)
Middle Grade Extravaganza Paul Pope (The Rise of Aurora West) Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) Rachel Renee Russell (The Dork Diaries) Brandon Mull (Sky Raiders), E.J. Altbacker (Shark Wars) Pseudonymous Bosch (Bad Magic) P. Craig Russell (The Graveyard Book)
Pop Culture Anti-Bullying Coalition Chase Masterson, actress (Doctor Who Big Finish, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Carrie Goldman, author (Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear)
What's Hot in Young Adult Fiction! Nathan Bransford (The Jacob Wonderbar series), Kresley Cole (The Arcana Chronicles), Kami Garcia (The Legion Series), Tessa Gratton (United States of Asgard series), Tahereh Mafi (The Shatter Me series), Natalie Parker (Beware the Wild), C.J. Redwine (The Defiance series), Brendan Reichs (The Virals series), Margaret Stohl (The Icons series), Scott Westerfeld (Afterworlds)
