Authors
Aleron Kong
Dr. Aleron Kong, doctor of Internal Medicine, is the author of the internationally best-selling series The Land, which has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide, and was voted Audible's Customer Favorite of the Year. Aleron is also on the Amazon top 100 Authors list. With help from his readers, Aleron has continued to raise funds for charities around the world, exceeding $125,000 over the past several years!
Aleron Kong’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 6:30 EST, Panel: Look Out Hollywood, Here We Come!
10/24 2:00 EST, Panel: Libraries and Forges and Taverns, Oh My!
10/24 3:30 EST, Panel OG LitRPG
10/25 12:00 EST AMA with Luke Daniels and Aleron Kong
10/25 2:30 EST AMA with Nick Podehl and Aleron Kong
Dakota Krout
Dakota Krout - Author of the best-selling Divine Dungeon, Completionist Chronicles, Full Murderhobo, and Artorian’s Archives series, was chosen as Audible's top 5 fantasy pick of 2017, top 10 bestseller on Audible, top 15 bestseller on Amazon, and featured on the Associated Press for reaching the top 10 bestsellers for audiobooks on Audible.
Dakota Krout’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 3:30 EST, Panel: Heart of the Dungeon
10/24 3:30 EST, Panel: OG LitRPG
10/26, 2:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
James Hunter
James Hunter is a full-time ink slinger, a member of SFWA, and the bestselling author of the Yancy Lazarus Series, Rogue Dungeon, Bibliomancer (The Completionist Chronicles Expanded Universe), and the litRPG epic Viridian Gate Online!
James Hunter’s LitCon Appearances
10/24 3:30 EST, Panel: OG LitRPG
10/26 11:00 AM EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Will Wight
Will Wight is the #1 Kindle Best Selling author of the Traveler's Gate trilogy, the Elder Empire cycle, and the Cradle series, with other titles available in alternate dimensions. He can smell fear, taste anger, and hear joy.
Will Wight’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 5:00 EST, Panel: A Wise Man Once Said
Jez Cajiao
Jez Cajiao was born a regular human, but over many years of trials and tribulations, he managed to survive to become...an older, uglier and larger regular human! Jez is the author of the bestselling UnderVerse series, and Age of Stone, started his love of writing in 2018, when his interest in the LitRPG genre sparked his creativity.
Jez Cajiao’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 6:30 EST, Panel: Look Out Hollywood, Here We Come!
10/24 2:00 EST, Panel: Libraries and Forges and Taverns, Oh My!
10/25 1:20 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Vasiliy Mahanenko
Vasiliy Mahanenko is a fantasy and sci fi author and one of the original founding fathers of the new genre of LitRPG - the MMO-based fantasy and sci fi. His debut novel The Way of the Shaman series took Russian literature by storm in 2012.
Vasiliy dipped into his college-days insider knowledge as a hardcore gamer in order to create a believable world of the virtual-reality MMO game. His bestselling series combines fiction and video games, telling the story of Shaman and his friends stuck in the ruthless reality of Barliona. He used his more than ten years' experience as an ERP implementation project manager to approach his writing in a well-organized manner, working to a strict schedule, a set of deadlines and even a budget. At the moment, the series boasts six novels with the seventh one in the works - this time the author expands on stories of Shaman's companions and those who helped and supported him in his trials and tribulations.
Vasiliy Mahanenko’s LitCON Appearances:
10/23 12:30 EST, Panel: Tools of the Trade
10/24 12:30 EST, Panel: Russian Roots
10/26 2:00 EST, AMA/Author Takeover
Ryan DeBruyn
Ryan DeBruyn was a professional athlete that always wanted to write, and turned his dream into a reality. His works include, Ether Collapse, a Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG series, System Misinterpret, a Post-Apocalyptic Cultivation LitRPG, and Ether Flows.
Ryan DeBruyn’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 5:00 EST, Panel: A Wise Man Once Said
10/25 1:00 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
KT Hanna
KT Hanna has such a love for words, a single one can spark entire worlds.
KT creates science-fiction, fantasy, and LitRPG like it’s going out of style, with a dash of horror for fun! No, she doesn’t sleep. She is entirely powered by caffeine, Chipotle, and sarcasm.
KT Hanna’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 5:00 EST, Panel: Swords, and Schemes and Magical Things…
10/25 6:30 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Shirtaloon
Shirtaloon was working on a very boring academic paper when he realised that writing about an inter-dimensional kung fu wizard would be way more fun.
Shirtaloon’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 6:30 EST, Panel: Look Out Hollywood, Here We Come!
Shemer Kuznits
Shemer has been a fan of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and RPG games since the early 80’s.
In 2016 he started writing his first novel: Life Reset which turned into a 6-book series with its grand finale published in 2021. Each book in the series became an Amazon bestseller.
Shemer Kuznits LitCon Appearances:
10/24 2:00 EST, Panel: Libraries and Forges and Taverns, Oh My!
Jay Boyce
Jay Boyce is an avid reader and traveler, explorer of new things. Daughter of a librarian and wielder of words, she is primarily an editor who's trying her hand at writing. A crazy dreamer, she creates stories in her head all the time, and finally decided to start writing them down and sharing the love. The best description of her has always been eclectic, because she wanted to try everything at least once.
Jay Boyce’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 5:00 EST, Panel: Swords, and Schemes and Magical Things…
10/25 4:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Harmon Cooper
Harmon is the author of over sixty Cultivation/Progression, LitRPG, GameLit, sci-fi, harem, fantasy, and superhero books. Harmon lived in Asia for five years, which is where he draws some of the cultivation aspects of his works. He’s been a gamer since his first grade teacher plopped him down in front of a computer to play Oregon Trail. Cooper lives with his wife in New England.
Harmon Cooper’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 5:00 EST, Panel: A Wise Man Once Said…
10/25 10:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Atlas Kane
Atlas Kane is a retired Dragon Rider with recurring pain in his L4/L5 joints. Carrying a zweihander while fighting in the king's war took a toll on his constitution, so he turned to the less glamorous occupation of Court Scribe. He now lives with his wives and a platoon of kids, recalling old battles and bygone glory.
Atlas Kane’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 6:30 EST, Panel: Collecting Companions
Joseph Phelps
In competitive or co-operative video games over thousands of logged hours, Joseph has always sought out unconventional gameplay and created his own fun. He’s the kind of gamer that ensures the ESRB cannot provide appropriate ratings for online games. It’s this type of unusual and amusing gameplay that he brings to the LitRPG and GameLit genres, with wildly aggressive competitive and unconventional single player dynamics at the core of his storytelling.
Joseph Phelps’ LitCon Appearances:
10/23 2:00 EST, Panel: LitRPG on Earth and Beyond!
Michael Head
Michael Head is the author of the Threads of Fate series. He was severely injured while serving in the military, and used his time recovering to rediscover his love for books. He found his experience in combat allowed him to write detailed and realistic fight scenes. Those battles, combined with his attention to detail and ability to plan vast, elaborate, and comprehensive worlds, make for fast-paced and thrilling books.
Michael Head’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 5:00 EST, Panel: A Wise Man Once Said…
10/25 5:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Daniel Schinhofen
Daniel Schinhofen is a self-published author in the burgeoning genre of LitRPG/Gamelit. He published his first book, Last Horizon: Beta, in October of 2016, and has published over thirty books to date. A best-selling author on Amazon multiple times, his series have achieved name recognition in the genre.
Daniel Schinhofen’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 6:30 EST, Panel: Collecting Companions
10/25 6:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Gage Lee
Gage Lee is a long-time fan of wuxia, cultivation, fantasy, and science fiction stories. The School of Swords and Serpents combines all his favorite genres, along with a healthy helping of seasoning from his years as an avid gamer.
Gage Lee’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 3:30 EST, Panel: Heart of the Dungeon
E.C. Godhand
E.C. Godhand is a LitRPG author by profession and nurse by trade. She writes with Shadow Alley Press, runs a community garden, and fosters orphaned kittens. She’s always mained healer, whether in video games or real life, and loves game design, wordplay, and psychology.
EC Godhand’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 5:00 EST, Panel: Swords, and Schemes and Magical Things
10/25 5:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Hondo Jinx
Hondo is a bestselling author of pulp adventure.
Other than that, he’s just a regular guy blessed with a great wife, a beautiful daughter, and a dog with two different colored eyes.
Hondo Jinx’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 6:30 EST, Panel: Collecting Companions
Jamey Sultan
Jamey Sultan, is a 24-year old paramedic from the United States with a bachelors degree in Emergency Health Services. He started writing in December 2019 and fell in love with it. He enjoys reading, rock climbing, walking with his wife, and stalking his cat Freddie around his apartment. He falls asleep listening to stand-up comedy. His goal is to write a LitRPG series that he would love to read.
Jamey Sultan’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 6:30 EST, Panel: Look Out Hollywood, Here We Come!
10/26 1:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Jon Ryer Davis
Jon is just a simple guy who likes nerdy things and travel. He writes as a hobby and side hustle, and really enjoys watching the world unfold.
Jon Ryer Davis’ LitCon Appearances:
10/23 6:30 EST, Panel: Look Out Hollywood, Here We Come
10/24 9:00 PM EST Author Takeover/AMA
Tao Wong
Tao Wong is a Canadian author based in Toronto, with series in the LitRPG and xianxia science fiction and fantasy markets.
When he's not writing and working, he's practicing martial arts, reading (even more!) and taking care of his family. Other hobbies include occasional RPGs and board games as well as picking up new, random skillsets.
Tao Wong’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 5:00 EST, Panel: A Wise Man Once Said…
10/25 12:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Carrie Summers
Carrie has always had a passion for fantasy fiction and imaginary worlds. After many years spent working in game development, she left to pursue her love for creating books.
Carrie Summers’ LitCon Appearances:
10/23 5:00 EST, Panel: Swords and Schemes and Magical Things…
Jonathan Brooks
Jonathan has worked in retail for most of his life but has been an avid reader of fantasy books since around age 12. In addition, he has been playing videogames since he got an Atari 2600 when he was 5 years old. Consequently, he fell in love with the LitRPG, GameLit, and Dungeon Core genres when he first learned about them. Currently, he has 33 books published and more on the way!
Jonathan Brook's’ LitCon Appearances:
10/23 12:30 EST, Panel: Tools of the Trade
10/23 3:30 EST, Panel: Heart of the Dungeon
10/25 9:00 AM EST Author Takeover/AMA
Aaron Crash
Aaron Crash writes adrenaline-fueled odysseys into the extreme regions of speculative fiction. If you're looking for cyborg vampires or jellyfish centaurs, you've come to the right place. He is the co-author of the War God’s Mantle series (Shadow Alley Press) and other over-the-top sci-fi/fantasy novels. He’s been an Amazon All-Star and his books have broken into Amazon’s Top 100. When he’s not wrestling the word dragons, he mountain bikes, kills pixels dead, and has been known to watch a movie or three. He lives in Colorado where he does devilish things.
Aaron Crash’s LitCon Appearances
10/24 6:30 EST, Panel: Collecting Companions
10/25 3:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
DJ Bodden
D.J. Bodden is a tech-startup COO who writes books because words are magic. He's an avid reader of science-fiction and fantasy, a gamer, a former pilot and coffee trader who's been to every continent but Antarctica. He's been woken up by gunfire, jumped out of helicopters, and climbed medium-sized hills in scorching weather; He likes to make people laugh for the wrong reasons; He tries to sell people grimoires disguised as fiction; He is scared of spiders, and only recently learned to ride a bike.
DJ Bodden’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 2:00 EST, Panel: LitRPG on Earth and Beyond
10/25 2:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Dawn Chapman
Dawn has been creating sci-fi and fantasy stories for many years.
These last few years her experience has expanded. From Drama, Sci-Fi, Mil Sci-fi, to Gamelit. Dawn’s built a solid portfolio of writing, publishing, consulting, and audio proofing.
Dawn Chapman’s LitCon Appearances
10/25 3:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
TJ Reynolds
Like many LitRPG authors, TJ turned to the genre as a way to indulge his gaming addiction while pretending to be an adult.
TJ Reynolds’ LitCon Appearances
10/25 8:30 PM EST Author Takeover/AMA
CM Carney
After reading an editorial claiming Dungeons and Dragons drove kids to worship dark forces in the sewers, C.M. Carney’s mother immediately bought the game for him. He was ten, and strangely he never ventured into the sewers, mostly because he finds sewers wet, stinky, and creepy. But he did become obsessed with reading, writing, and playing all things fantasy and science fiction.
After spending nearly two decades working as a creative executive for an animation and SFX studio, C.M. Carney decided to pursue his lifelong dream of creating his own universe(s).
CM Carney’s LitCon Appearances:
10/24 2:00 EST, Panel: Libraries and Forges and Taverns, Oh My!
10/25 11:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Cailan Wilkinson
Cailan is an author in the LITRPG genre. He was born in Hawaii but moved to Delaware at a young age, and now lives in Lewes De where he is an environmental activist.
Cailan Wilkinson’s LitCon Appearances:
10/25 7:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Jakob Tanner
Jakob Tanner is the author of the LitRPG series Arcane Kingdom Online as well as Tower Climber. He likes playing video games, binging anime, and eating yummy food.
Jakob Tanner’s LitCon Appearances:
10/25 11:30 EST Author Takeover/AMA
RK Billiau
R.K. Billiau is the best selling author in his household. He feels strange writing about himself in third person, so just know that he has a wife, a ridiculous amount of kids, a few pets, is a geeky used-to-be-gamer who now games vicariously through reading and writing LitRPG. When he isn't drowning in children, he works for a nonprofit medical outreach bringing free healthcare to people in his local community.
RK Billiau’s LitCon Appearances:
10/23 2:00 EST, Panel: LitRPG on Earth and Beyond!
10/25 4:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Phoenix Grey
Phoenix Grey is the secret pen name of a USA Today bestselling author. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas where she hermits away writing books and playing video games. When she's not busy plotting her world domination, she can be found hosting tabletop game nights at the local comic book store or checking out the latest recommended anime.
Phoenix Grey’s LitCon Appearances:
10/26 1:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
S.L. Rowland
S.L. Rowland is a nomad. He loves traveling and has road-tripped coast to coast three times over with his Shiba Inu, Lawson. When not writing, he enjoys hiking, reading, weightlifting, playing video games, and having his heart broken by various Atlanta sports teams.
S.L. Rowland’s LitCON Appearances:
10/26 12:30 EST AMA/Author Takeover
Kit Falbo
Kit Falbo, Born in 1980. Top 10 litRPG author according to some, fabulous friend according to others. 2021 SPSFC contender.
Kit Falbo’s LitCON Appearances:
10/23, 12:30 EST, Panel: Tools of the Trade
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher was born in the broiling, arid state some people lovingly refer to as Texas. He is the Amazon bestselling author of YA urban fantasy, in addition to other forthcoming books whose characters will not give him a moment's peace until they get their turn in the spotlight. When not making things up and putting them on paper, he can be found hiking, biking, or traveling, sometimes all at the same time.
Sean Fletcher’s LitCON Appearances:
10/24, 5:00 EST, Panel (Moderator): A Wise Man Once Said
10/26, 3:00 EST Author Takeover/AMA
Joshua Kern
Joshua Kern is an anxiety riddled individual who is trying to write for a living. He has always loved reading and the escape books provide from everyday life. He always wanted to be a writer and has finally decided to take the plunge
Joshua is currently writing several series that span a few different genres from GameLit, to Fantasy to even a bit of Romance.
Joshua was born in a little town situated somewhere in Ohio and raised in an even smaller town someplace in Colorado. He attended University for a time, where he discovered that while he enjoyed Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, his true passion lay in writing. He lives primarily in Colorado but has been known to move around as the need arises. When not writing, he enjoys riding motorcycles, reading anything he can get his hands on, and anime.
Joshua Kern’s LitCON Appearnaces:
10/23 3:30 EST, Panel: Heart of the Dungeon
Carl Stubblefield
The author began his plans for world domination by first becoming a dentist. It is a well-known fact that dentists have unearthed the ancient secrets of how to crush the hearts of men and to hear the lamentations of women and children. When this was insufficient, he created worlds where he could torment the good guys before moving to the next phase of his plans. Known for nefarious accomplishments that involve crippling dad-jokes and debilitating puns.
From his secret lair hidden in the Pacific Northwest, he lives with his wife and three children. They haven’t left yet, but the mountain is covered with genetically altered wolves and other creatures. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence, though.
Carl Stubblefield’s LitCON Appearances:
10/26, 3:30 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Dan Sugralinov
Dan Sugralinov grew up in a small working-class town Aktobe on the Russian border with Kazakhstan. It’s a miracle he survived his childhood games of hide-and-seek in the surrounding building sites complete with perilous rebar structures and flooded foundation pits.
Ever since he learned to read at the age of five, he couldn’t put a book down. Reluctant to earn himself the name of a conceited nerd, he concentrated on playing soccer which allowed him to become friends with the town’s toughest kids.
In 1995, he graduated with honors, entering the St Petersburg Academy of Engineering and Economics where he studied business creation. He must have done something right because in the years that followed, he first worked on TV and radio just to get the taste of it, then opened his first successful business followed by several more. In between, he started writing and playing video games, winning the St Petersburg Mortal Kombat championship and becoming runner-up for Starcraft and Warcraft 3. He is a 14-times champion in Quake, Quake 2 and Quake 3 as well as the world’s ex-#1 in the World of Warcraft.
In 2004, he wrote his first motivational novella The Bricks which to date has garnered him over 3,000,000 readers online alone.
In 2014, Russia’s leading publishers of business literature Mann, Ivanov & Ferber published a revised and extended edition of his book, The Bricks 2.0.
In 2015, Dan discovered the existence of LitRPG. He devoured everything that had been written in that genre until he finally decided he too could write similar books.
In summer 2017, he published his first book in the subgenre of realRPG: Level Up.
Dan Sugralinov’s LitCON Appearances:
10/24 12:30 EST, Panel: Russian Roots
Marc Alan Edelheit
Marc is an avid reader and accomplished author that spends his days – and nights – dreaming and writing about all things fantasy and sci-fi. In 2015 Marc decided to make his dream a reality and self-published his first fantasy novel; the rest is history!
Marc has a Bachelor's Degree in Science and obtained a Masters in Education as a Reading and Writing Specialist along with a Masters in Administration. After several years of moonlighting as a writer, Marc applied his experience as a business leader in the healthcare industry to his writing career to become a fulltime author in 2018.
Marc has traveled the world, from Asia to Europe, even at one point crossing the border at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin toward the end of the Cold War. He is the ultimate history fan and incorporates much of that passion into his work to bring greater realism to his books.
Marc devours several books a week, ranging from history to science fiction and fantasy. He currently resides in New Hope, Pennsylvania, just miles from where Washington crossed the Delaware.
Marc Alan Edelheit’s LitCON Appearances:
10/23 12:30 EST, Panel: Tools of the Trade
10/26 12:00 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Charles Dean
Charles Dean has an English Degree and an MBA. He's worked in multiple service and sales level jobs. He spent most of his childhood playing every story-based RPG and reading every fantasy book he could get his hands on. When he finally ran out, as the price of books and games was rather costly, he tried writing his own. The first LitRPG he produced was a simple Diablo 2 fanfic, involving the president becoming a Paladin in an epic quest to save the world from a treacherous demon's nefarious plot. Unfortunately, this book was part of a creative writing assignment for a school project and the teacher deemed it 'too violent.' It would be over a decade later until he finally had free time to begin his next attempt at a LitRPG with his original series The Bathrobe Knight.
Charles Dean’s LitCON Appearances:
10/23 12:30 EST, Panel: Tools of the Trade
10/26 11:30 EST, Author Takeover/AMA
Jeffrey Falcon Logue
Jeffrey "Falcon" Logue is a young author who dreams of owning a house with hidden passages. His first stories were those created at a young age with his legos, but it wasn't until college where he took part in his first Dungeon and Dragons game that he decided to write.
After finding the Royal Road Legends site, he began writing his stories for others to critique. His first success, The Slime Dungeon, came about from the NaNoWriMo challenge on the site, writing a 60,000 word book in a single month. Since then, he has written 13 full novels in 4 years and graduated college, with plans to write more novels and finish a video game based around his slime monsters. He is proud of his contribution to the dungeon corps genre and gamelit/litrpg genre.
Stephen Landry
Stephen Landry is a 33 year old writer and graphic designer living in Nashville,TN with his fiancée, two rescue dogs, and cat. Much of his work is character driven science fiction (space opera with aspects of fantasy, horror, and time travel) and LitRPG. When not writing Stephen can be found doing graphic design for many different clients including other authors, publishing companies, independent film studios, and more recently a few video game companies.
