The Arizona Book Festival
Saturday, April 1, 2006
Carnegie Library
1101 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Appearing on the Main Stage

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Diana Gabaldon

Also appearing on other stages are:

Stephenie Meyer

Gail Carson Levine

Appearing at the CASFS Booth and participating in the
2006 Arizona Book Festival Science Fiction and Fantasy panel will be


Authors appearing on the
SciFi & Mystery Stage

and participating in the
Science Fiction and Fantasy panels


Emma Bull
Russell Davis
Shannon Denton
Derek Benz
Emily Devenport
/Lee Hogan
Ernest Hogan
Jeff Mariotte Dennis L. McKiernan
Joe Nassise
Adam Niswander
Janeen O'Kerry
Will Shetterly
John Vornholt
aka Caroline Goode
Michelle M. Welch

Plus Evo Terra and Michael R. Mennenga 
of The Dragon Page  and Slice of SciFi Podcasts


Appearing Author Biographies

CASFS Booth Info

CASFS (Booth I1)
The Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society

Some authors signing at the CASFS Booth will have books to sell.
Borders (Booth I2) will also have many books by the authors..



Schedule of Science Fiction/Fantasy Related Events at the 2006 Arizona Book Festival

10:30 am
Mystery &
Sci-Fi Stage
Fantasy and Science Fiction for All Ages
Evo Terra moderator

10:30 am - Mixing Genres - Writing science fiction and fantasy with romance, mystery, horror, and thriller elements (or vice versa)
Will Shetterly, Janeen O'Kerry, Joe Nassise, Ernest Hogan, Adam Niswander, Diana Gabaldon

10:50 am   - Creating Worlds - Developing worlds and cultures for fantasy and science fiction.
Michelle M. Welch, Dennis L. McKiernan, Emma Bull, Michael R. Mennenga, Emily Hogan

11:10 am - Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox - Writing stories set in someone else's universe can be both rewarding and frustrating.
Russell Davis, Jeff Mariotte, Michael A. Stackpole, John Vornholt , Shannon Denton
11:00 am
Main Stage
L.E. Modesitt (fantasy, sci-fi author of The Saga of Recluce and The Corean Chronicles)
11:30 am
CASFS Booth I1
Signing with Adam Niswander, Ernest Hogan, Lee Hogan (aka Emily Devenport & Maggie Thomas)
11:30 am
Mystery &
Sci-Fi Stage
Jay Fotos and Rob Osborne (local, nationally known comic book artists) will talk about comic book production, the trials and tribulations of being a freelance artist, and they will share with the audience details of past and current projects. They will also provide a portfolio review for young artists at the end of their presentation.
12:00 pm
Borders Booth
I2
Signing with Shannon Denton
12:30 pm
CASFS Booth
I1
Signing with Dennis L. McKiernan, John Vornholt (aka Caroline Goode), Joe Nassise
1:00 pm
Leprecon Booth
I3
Signing with Shannon Denton
1:15 pm
Mystery &
Sci-Fi Stage

Stephenie Meyer: The Glendale-based author will read from her young adult novel, Twilight and take questions from the audience.

1:30 pm
CASFS Booth
I1
Signing with Mike Stackpole, Michelle M. Welch, Diana Gabaldon
2:00 pm
Mystery &
Sci-Fi Stage

Arizona Readers Theatre reenacts the 1938 Mercury Theater of the Air radio broadcast that caused millions to panic: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.
2:00 pm
Borders Booth
I2
Signing with Stephenie Meyer
2:00 pm
Leprecon Booth I3

Signing with Michael R. Mennenga & Evo Terra of The Dragon Page and Slice of Sci Fi
2:15 pm
Children's Stage

Gail Carson Levine, with illustrator, David Cristiana, reading from her new book Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg.
2:30 pm
CASFS Booth
I1
Signing with Jeff Mariotte, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly
3:30 pm
CASFS Booth
I1
Signing with Janeen O'Kerry, Russell Davis, Derek Benz
4:00 pm
Mystery &
Sci-Fi Stage

"Writing Young Adult Fiction, Screenplays and Comics"– a panel discussion featuring Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Jeff Mariotte, John Vornholt, Michael A. Stackpole. Shannon Denton, Derek Benz
4:00 pm
Main Stage

Diana Gabaldon - Author of the best-selling Outlander series; the newest is A Breath of Snow and Ashes.


 

Thanks to the Arizona Humanities Council for providing assistance to make all of this happen.

Lee Whiteside
CASFS & Leprecon, Inc. AZ Book Festival Liaison
If you have any questions about the CASFS/LepreCon events, please contact me.
For more information on the Book Festival in general, please visit their webpage.



Prior Book Festivals
2005  2004
2003