Previously listed participants Greg Benford, Kate Daniels, and Lisa Silverthorn are now unable to attend.

Rachel Amberson

Rachel Amberson is a Phoenix-based tarot reader, role player, and mother. She has had many requests at local conventions to give one-on-one readings, and will do so throughout the convention. Among her other credits, she has portrayed Professor Trelawney for Hogwarts Live Action.

Barry Bard 

Billy Bishop

Billy Bishop is an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Arizona. In addition to being a member of the Velavision team, is also known in Phoenix area fandom for his involvement in playing, running, and writing role-playing games and his involvement with local convention programming.

Catherine Book

Catherine Book keeps active in local fan circles through book discussion groups and her excellent work as Charity Auction director for local conventions.

Pat Broussard

Pat Broussard is an aspiring writer who has attended every single CopperCon with the exception of one year (because her daughter was getting married).

Tim Bryant

Caribou Moving Pictures

Tim Bryant is the heart of Caribou Moving Pictures. His works include A Human's Tale, Hunger and Greed, Waystation Detours, The Lift, and Planet of the Killer Robots.

Mike Cassidy 

Yvonne Coats

Yvonne Coats is originally from Dubois, Wyoming, a town where the wintering bighorn sheep outnumber the humans about ten to one.  She now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with more people than the entire state of Wyoming ... but a lot less snow.  She shares space with her handsome mathematician husband Mike Collins and their bad-but-beloved cat Magpie.  Her stories have appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine and the Penguin/Roc anthology Treachery & Treason.  She was shortlisted for the first James White Award in 2000.  Her next story will be published by Baen in Turn the Other Chick in 2004.

Sonni Cooper

http://sonniart.com

Sonni Cooper was William Shatner's publicist for two years - handling his fan liaison. She is a successful artist, with her work on show at the Galleria de Artistas Gallery in Scottsdale among others. Sonni is the author of Black Fire which was on the Science Fiction best seller list. She is also an anthropologist, and likes to design cultures. Sonni is a member of Screen Actor's Guild. Most of her screen work was in Westerns, however you'll spot her in Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

Bruce Farr

Bruce Farr collects books, art, convention committee positions, tax knowledge, and whatever else is not nailed down.  He is the proud husband to Lea Farr, and father to Kira and Heather

Joseph Formichella 

Wolf Forrest

Wolf has been a contributor to such diverse publications as Cinefantastique, Midnight Marquee, The Asheville Citizen, and the Washington Post. He has been a featured artist at Denvention 2 and Balticon. He edited a tabloid-sized fantasy fanzine called St. Toad's Journal which received an entry in the International Science Fiction Yearbook of 1979. Wolf has also worked with James Reade on several comic books and parodies. He has assembled a collection of his stories called "Never in Paradise". Having been interested in films since he was seven, Wolf boasts an extensive film collection.

Alan Dean Foster

Official Web Site

Alan Dean Foster's writing career began when August Derleth bought a long Lovecraftian letter of Foster's in 1968 and much to Foster's surprise, published it as a short story in Derleth's bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. Foster's work to date includes many genres of science-fiction, fantasy, horror, non-fiction, and he has produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. Though restricted (for now) to the exploration of one world, Foster's love of the far-away and exotic has led him to travel extensively. He has taught screenwriting, literature, and film history at UCLA and Los Angeles City College as well as having lectured at universities and conferences around the USA and in Europe. He now resides in Prescott in a house built of brick salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel, along with assorted dogs, cats, fish, several hundred houseplants, visiting javelina, porcupines, eagles, red-tailed hawks, skunks, coyotes, bobcats, and the ensorcelled chair of the nefarious Dr. John Dee. Foster is presently at work on several new novels and media projects.

Jerry Goodz

Jerry Goodz published his first story nationally in 1978. His works include the short stories The Anthropic Cosmologist, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and The Wigglers. His most recent story Bubba-Rap will be published at the end of 2003.

Mark Greenawalt 

Bennie Grezlik 

Carol Hightshoe

Lady K'Lyssia's Realms of Imagination

Carol Hightshoe is a member of the SFWA, Broad Universe, the Pikes Peak Writers. Her work includes Midnight Song - a romantic fantasy appearing in Creature Fantastic Anthology. She keeps involved in Star Trek fandom, especially as a member of the Klingon fan group IKV Honored Warrior. Carol also slings her dice as a player of D&D.

W.J. Hodgson

W.J. Hodgson has completed well over 200 illustration assignments, including over 300 illustrations.  These have ranged from cut-away schematics for a book on NASA hardware to posters (ballet and opera, ren faires, etc.) to magazine and book covers (the latter mostly romance novel covers) to covers for board games (from genre (e.g. Redemption) to way out there, like "I Love Lucy") to CCG's, etc.

Along the way, he has gathered over 200 awards.  He just added a fifth gallery to those who represent his work.  That's what takes most of his time now, along with being Mr. Mom to their three kids while his wife, Sherrie, works her way through veterinary college.  He actually started as a writer, and he has about 160 national writing credits, mostly non-fiction for major magazine markets, though with the occasional fantasy or s-f story, including one best-of appearance, and now some screenplay work.

They live on a small acreage in Piedmont, Oklahoma, with a small herd of wiener dogs (is there any other kind) and assorted other creatures.

Emily Hogan 

Emily Hogan has been a published author for sixteen years, writing under three pseudonyms. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s SF, the full spectrum Anthology, and Aboriginal SF, whose readers voted her a Boomerang Award. She enjoys studying many different fields including history, neurology, psychology and mythology. As Emily Devenport, her novels include: Shade, Larissa, Scorpianne, Eggheads, The Kronos Condition and Godheads. As Maggy Thomas, she wrote the novel Broken Time, which was nominated for the Phillip K. dick Award. And, as Lee Hogan, she has written the novels Belarus and Enemies. 
 

Ernest Hogan 

The reputation as the international underground cult author of CORTEZ ON JUPITER and HIGH AZTECH have caused a frenzy of critical acclaim for Ernest Hogan*s latest novel SMOKING MIRROR BLUES. (What? You haven*t read it yet? Get in touch with the folks at Wordcraft of Oregon < ">wordcraft@oregontrail.net > right away!) His fiction has appeared in AMAZING STORIES, LAST WAVE, NEW PATHWAYS, PULPHOUSE, SEMIOTEXT(E), PENTHOUSE HOT TALK, PROUD FLESH, THE RED DOG JOURNAL, SCIENCE FICTON AGE, ANALOG, and SPIDER. Look for "Pallocrat," a short film based on his story "The Frankenstein Penis" on DVD in HELLCHILD: THE WORLD OF NICK LYON. Most recently, "Burrito Meltdown," his light-hearted romp about Chicano bioterrorism appeared in the anthology ANGEL BODY AND OTHER MAGIC FOR THE SOUL (order that from Wordcraft while you*re at it), and soon, in a bookstore near you, "Coyote Goes Hollywood," in which an ancient trickster spirit plugs into the modern media, will be featured in WITPUNK, an anthology from Four Walls Eight Windows. 

Louise Kleba

Louise is rarely encountered without an accompanying "TARDIS",i.e. books from a broad spectrum of subjects mostly read while flying domestically and internationally. She collects memories, more books, flight suits (some with fascinating histories and origins), space and Babylon 5 memorabilia. At other times, Louise enjoys beadwork, watching action movies (SF/drama), dancing (ballroom to bellydance), and writing letters as time permits. In her professional life, she's a Space Shuttle VITT-Flight crew representative.  Louise began working for McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) at the KSC in April 1990 after working as a radar field test engineer for Martin Marietta (now: Lockheed). In September 1995, she joined the Flight Crew Operations Directorate as a representative of the flight crews in the Vehicle Integration Test Office. Louise continues to make her home in Cape Canaveral, FL. Her most recent support missions were the inaugural flights of the Italian MPLMs (Multipurpose Logistics Modules) and the Canadarm2 for the International space station.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is best known to the gaming community of Arizona fandom for his involvement with the Frank Luke Air Corps (Dawn Patrol group) and for his Shadowfist CCG tournaments. His playtesting credits go as far back as FASA's Battletech and the Feng Shui RPG. He can also be found helping out with convention programming and running various role-playing games for his friends. His game reviews have appeared on AZ Gamers dot INFO and in Connotations.

Jim Klemaszewski

Jim Klemaszewski has been involved in education, religion and science since 1988. His current research is focused on gaining an understanding of planetary surface processes and the geological histories of Jupiter's icy Galilean satellites. Jim has been part of the Solid State Imaging (SSI) team of NASA's Galileo mission since 1996. He is responsible for the imaging plan development for Jupiter's moons Europa and Callisto, and has participated in orbit and mission planning for Galileo's mission extensions. As the former Director of Educational Services at the Arizona Science Center, Jim was involved in a variety of educational activities, including teacher-training workshops. He has since started his own education/outreach company (Academic Research Lab) through which he partners with NASA/JPL, Project Universe, and the World Hope Foundation. Jim has been teaching at the undergraduate level for over ten years, and is an Assistant Professor at Grand Canyon University in the Colleges of Science, Liberal Arts, Business and Professional Studies, and Christian Studies. Jim is also the Projects Coordinator and Grant Administrator at the Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies, and the Chairman of the Greater Phoenix Science and Religion Society.

Paula Lary

Along with belly dance dancing and costuming, Paula Lary does stained glass, photography, and general costuming. She is the Secretary of the Southwest Costumer's Guild chapter of the International Costumer's Guild. She has started to write stories about her cat family (she has ten indoor cats at the present, including an almost four-month old Siamese mix who was rescued from her attic when he was just three weeks old), to play several musical instruments, and to try to work a way to make all this pay to supplement the pay from her new job.

Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Tom Marcinko

Tom's Blog

Tom Marcinko is a freelance writer and editor who has published stories on Ellen Datlow's www.eventhorizon.com, Interzone, <i>100 Vicious Vampires, Science Fiction Age, </i>and elsewhere. He has also published non-fiction in various film magazines, including <i>Creative Screenwriting</i> and <i>Asian Cult Cinema. </i> He is finishing up his first speculative fiction novel as you read this. He is also experimenting with blogging as a way of exchanging, keeping track of, and/or venting ideas.

Don Markstein

Toonopedia

Donald D. Markstein has been absorbing knowledge about comics and animation for just about half a century now. Don makes his living as a writer and editor. In 1981, Don and his wife, GiGi Dane, founded Apatoons, a cooperative publication which has, in the years since, featured the work of some of animation's top commentators. He writes Walt Disney comic books - citing his very favorite writer and artist, Carl Barks, as a major influence, of course. Naturally, he's done Donald and Mickey, but his favorite work is on one of the less well-known of the Disney guys, Bucky Bug. Don has also written Eek! the Cat, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and other characters in comic book form. In 1999, he started writing Don Markstein's Toonopedia, a project he expects to work on for the rest of his life.

Sue Martin

Sue Martin reviewed speculative fiction for the LA Times for about fifteen years. She also wrote about speculative fiction-related subjects for the newspaper's entertainment section. (The biggest highlight being her interview of George Lucas on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Star Wars.) Sue actually had two pieces of fiction published there as well, and is now working on a cheap fantasy romance. She was a professional ballet photographer and had her work published in newspapers, magazines, and books. She remains an avid reader of just about anything and a maintains membership within the SCA.

Alice Massoglia 

Benjamin Massoglia 

Marty Massoglia 

A fan and purveyor of fine science fiction and fantasy books for the last 17 years, Marty can usually be found at the dealer's table but is also well known for teaching regency, country and ballroom dancing at local conventions.
 

Kitty McDonald-Neal 

Loretta McKibben

Loretta's Web Site

Loretta McKibben does public outreach for solar system exploration as a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador (for the state of Oklahoma until a few months ago... now as an Arizona Ambassador).  She has been on panels at Worldcons (ConJose 2002, Chicon 2000), as well as Westercons and Leprecons of old in the 1980's, probably some Coppercons in the 1980's, and cons in Oklahoma.
 

Michael Mennenga (men-en-gay) 

Michael Mennenga's novels include the Fantasy/Romance Novel "Mistress of the Dragon" and the Young Adult Series - "The Valley of the Dragons". He is also host of his own Internet radio talk show called “The Dragon Page” (www.dragonpage.com). Along with his co-host Evo Terra, they broadcast worldwide on Book Crazy Radio (www.bookcrazy.net) and in syndication – with listeners as far away as Australia, Europe, and even Russia. The show features interviews with Sci-fi / Fantasy authors, publishers, and artists – such as, Piers Anthony, R.A. Salvatore, Tracy Hickman, Terry Brooks, and Peter Coyote - and they discuss many other related Sci-fi topics, news, and events. Michael and his wife Lorrie are currently residents of Phoenix Arizona. He is a member of The Arizona Authors Association, Toastmasters Int. and a Book Crazy Author.

Robert D. Miles

Safespace Project

Robert Miles is a television and motion picture writer and producer with thirty years experience. He has written and published numerous articles, and non-fiction stories. An avid adventurer, Robert designed and built four sailing vessels, cruised to Hawaii, Baja Mexico, and Honduras. Safespace is a manifestation of his personal extraterrestrial experience.

Allison Mitchell

Allison Mitchell is a textile artist, and has experience in quilting, general sewing and dollmaking.  You may have seen her dolls in the art shows–she makes the dragons.   While she has no experience with the costumer's guild, she has made her own costumes for SCA events and has experience with the sewing aspects therein. 

Fernando Molinari

Fernando's Web Site

Fernando Molinari is an artist and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work encompasses science fiction, fantasy, horror, commercial art, and a special Jazz Art Gallery that has seen major exhibition in Argentina. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the 19th of November 1963, Fernando is a self taught professional. He acts as an illustrator, plastic artist, and professor of graphic and plastic arts. He has carried out diverse covers and special works for such companies as the editorial Planet, Atlantis, Continent, Emecé, Alfaguara, Aguilar, magazine Conozca más, agency Casares Flock, theater Metropolitan, etc. His exhibitions are sometimes accompanied by television and graphic presentations that show the development of his technique and backstage work.

Tee Morris

Morevi.com
Tee's Full Bio

Tee has been writing adventures in far-off lands and far-off worlds since the fifth grade. Inspired by the numerous volumes under the Choose Your Own Adventure titles and then later by Terry Brooks' Shannara series, Tee began writing short stories of his own.

Tee's first novel is the historical fantasy MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana, co-authored with Lisa Lee from Dragon Moon Press . He has also contributed to THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY, edited by Darin Park and Tom Dullemond, just published by Dragon Moon Press.

His work-in-progress, Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, has already received distinction, placing second in a "First Chapter of a Novel" contest, hosted by author Mary Deal (www.marydeal.com).

D.L. Mullan 

A native of the Southwest, D.L. Mullan fondly remembers writing stories and poetry from an early age as well as drawing unique abstractions. Later combining these two art forms with technology, D.L. is the web engineer, graphic designer, and webmaster of several professional and personal websites spanning many years. Currently, D.L. exhibits her artistic endeavors in Charity Auctions and Art Shows while speaking on panels of various subjects. D.L. holds an A.A., A.G.S. and B.A. cum laude.

Kevin Andrew Murphy

Kevin's Official Web Site
Kevin's ISFDB Entry

Kevin Andrew Murphy writes and sells science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, short stories, poems, plays and any other form he finds.  His most recent publications are the SF novel Fathom: The World Below (a novelization of Michael Turner's comic series), the fantasy novel Drum into Silence (a posthumous collaboration with the late Jo Clayton, concluding her Drums of Chaos trilogy), and an SF novella "With a Flourish and a Flair" in Wild Cards: Deuces Down (edited by George R.R. Martin).  Upcoming in the horror field are Penny Dreadful, a mage novel for White Wolf's World of Darkness, and "Gingerbread Recipe #13," a cautionary tale for children in Vox13's anthology Hastur, Pussycat!  Kill!  Kill!  Kevin also writes games and is currently doing a roleplaying adaptation of Wild Cards for the Theatrix system.  He's also just broken into mainstream respectability with a poem, "BAD FAIRIES," in the print edition of Sam Hamill's anthology Poets Against the War (from Nation Books).

Wayne Myers 

Wayne is a game designer that has been involved with Phoenix area fandom for many years. His works include the highly popular Pokémon Live Action and more recently Hogwarts Live Action Role Playing Games. Wayne's purpose is to create games that are fun for all ages and all levels of experience. He has served as game director, program staff, and volunteer for past conventions. By day he provides Tech Support and in the night works on his more creative ideas. Wayne looks toward the "Heart of the Cards" in his friend Paul Donald Peter Tanton who helps to make sure everything that is started comes to a fantastic finish.

Yvonne Navarro 

After nearly twenty years of pining for it, Yvonne Navarro is a new transplant to Arizona. She's been writing since 1982 and has published 13 novels (the latest of which is Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tempted Champions) and over 75 short stories. She's won several awards for her writing here and there, including the Bram Stoker Award. She's currently working on a number of projects that range from more Buffy stuff to a children's book collaboration which she will help write and illustrate. In addition to maintaining an extensive web site at www.yvonnenavarro.com, she's also the owner of a little online bookstore at www.dustystacks.com. The Overlook Connection Press has just released the long-awaited limited edition hardback of her first novel, the apocalyptic vampire saga AfterAge.

Rusty Neal

Rusty, a software test engineer by day, has written a couple of games in the SF genre and has play tested many more. Included among his game design credits are the Highway 2000 board game, parts of the Dr. Who RPG, and solo rules for Superhero 44. Rusty is known to local fandom for running numerous LARPs at Valley conventions and for his assistance with programming. He is also as a long-time performer at the Arizona Renaissance Festival where he portrays Lord Russell the Exchequer. Rusty reads a lot of science fiction, plays a number of SF&F RPGs and computer games, and is best known among his friends for watching (and recording) all the SF&F series and movies on TV.

Adam Niswander

Adam's Official Website
Adam's ISFDB Entry

Adam is the author of the Shaman Cycle novels originally published by Integra Press. The Charm appeared in 1993, The Serpent Slayers appeared in 1994, and The Hound Hunters was due in October 1994, but never made it into print after appearing only as an advance reading copy/uncorrected proof. He has since completed a fourth Shaman novel in the series called The War of the Whisperers. Adam is also the author of The Sand Dwellers, a stand-alone mythos novel published in 1998 by Fedogan & Bremer, and The Repository, A Novel of Magik and the Occult, published by Meisha Merlin Publishing in 1999. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories, and Horrors: 365 Scary Stories, The Asylum - Volume II, the Violent Ward, and Dead But Dreaming. Some of his stories were recently featured on the website Horrormasters. His short fiction has also appeared in numerous online magazines including Bloody Muse and SFGoth: Errata. Adam is former President of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS) (14 terms) and has served on the CASFS Board. Adam lives in Phoenix with two cats, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser. 

Kevin O’Connor

501st Dune Sea Garrison

Kevin O'Connor is best known as TD0013 of the 501st Dune Sea Garrison. The Garrison, in its Sniper Detachment days, won Best of Show at CopperCon XXI's Masquerade. Besides Star Wars costuming, Kevin builds props and costumes for YK Productions, including their upcoming Villikon Chronicles. He is also a founding member of the new company "DOK Armor".
 

Janeen O'Kerry 

Janeen Deboard is a writer whose nom de plume is Janeen O'Kerry. Her books are all published by Leisure Books (Dorchester Publishing). Her credits include Sister of the Moon and Spirit of the Mist. Look for them in the Romance genre in spite of their time travel/magic elements. 

Weston Ochse

Weston's Official Web Site

During the day, Weston Ochse is a U.S. Army Interrogator. He has published nearly 100 short stories in the professional and small press markets. Most recently, they've been accepted to the anthologies The Children of Cthulhu (Del Rey), The Anthology of Absinthe (Random House), and In Laymon's Terms (Cemetery Dance). He co-authored a collection with David Whitman called Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors. This collection received exceptional reviews and recognition, to include recommendations for the Bram Stoker Award and the Years Best Fantasy and Horror. Until they folded in July of 2002, Scary Rednecks was Darktales Publications best selling book. A sequel collection called Appalachian Galapagos: A Scary Rednecks Collection was published in Hardback in early 2003 by Medium Rare Books with an introduction written by Edward Lee. A movie is currently being made of the short story that appeared in Scary Rednecks called "Catfish Gods." Filming begins in October.

David Perrine

Cary Riall

Cary Riall is an embedded avionics and control software system designer. He is known to local fandom as the ever-faithful master of ceremonies for the Masquerade and Meet the Pros events at many area conventions, and as newscaster for several VelaVision newscasts. His other interests include costuming, near-future technology, medieval technology, and gaming.

James Reade 

Stan Robinson

Stan Robinson's Web Site

Stan Robinson has eighteen years of film, video, and live-show production experience. He has been an assistant director in film production, an associate director, and a stage manager in video and live production. He is co-founder and a past president of the Black Filmmakers Association of Central Florida. he now works with the folks at Caribou Moving Pictures.

Ralph Score

Caribou Moving Pictures

Ralph Score is as member of the Caribou Moving Pictures team.

Ken St. Andre 

Ken St. Andre - is a well-known Phoenix fan and writer of games and game-related short stories who helped organize the first LepreCon 29 years ago and has made at least a token appearance every year since. He was once foolish enough to chair LepreCon 9 whose motto was ““bodges——we  don’’t need no stinking bodges!”“  Con members wore buttons. He is an active member of the Academy of Gaming Critics and S.F.W.A., largely on the strength of his game design work for Wasteland, Stormbringer, and Tunnels and Trolls (which is not dead!).  In fact, he is raising enthusiasm for Tunnels and Trolls and building up a nest egg for future T & T publishing projects.  He has sold several short stories——find them if you can.

Michael A. Shea

Michael's Official Website
Michael's ISFDB Entry

Mark Siegel

Mark Siegel – was an early SF scholar (Ph.D in English), publishing articles on SF film, tv, and lit in academic journals, including Science Fiction Studies and Extrapolation. He is a veteran of the publishing world, former owner/founder of Blue Sky Press. Mark is also one of the local writers published by Mike McCollum's 3M Press. Mark's writing credits include dark fantasy novel Echo & Narcissus (Aardwolf Press 2002); a true murder (Rocky Point), and a dozen nonfiction titles including books on Hugo Gernsback, Tom Robbins, Tom Pynchon, and James Tiptree, Jr.). He has written several hundred articles in various fields, including f&sf lit and film; 25 short stories in places such as Writers of the Future, Ideomancer, and Chiaroscuro.

Paul Tanton

Crusader Citadel

Paul Donald Peter Tanton keeps active in local fan circles by assisting in various capacities for local conventions, participating in local gaming, and attending local movie premieres.  He is a member of Tricuspa Figment Live Action Systems, Phoenix Fan Force, Phoenix Chuy’s Fan Club, and heads up the CopperCon XXIII Program Team.   Paul has won several local awards including AZ Gamers dot Info’s Caption Contest, James Reade’s Artist Model Competition, and VelaVision’s MacGyver Challenge.  He also was the Runner-Up for LepreCon XXVIII’s Short Story Contest. 

Evo Terra 

Along with co-host Michael R. Mennenga , Evo hosts "The Dragon Page - Literary Concepts in Fantasy and Science Fiction", a weekly syndicated radio talk show which broadcasts worldwide on Book Crazy Radio (www.bookcrazy.net) and in syndication –– with listeners as far away as Australia, Europe, and even Russia.  Their show is varied enough to include fantasy illustrators, game designers, and the occasional movie star. If it starts with a book, then they can talk about it! 

Tim Tharalson

Caribou Moving Pictures

Tim Tharalson is a member of the Caribou Moving Pictures team.

Kit Townsend

Kit Townsend is a 1987 graduate of Clarion West Writer's Workshop. She was co-founder of a writer's group for semi-professional writers and a founding member of eWorld's Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Forum. Formerly a regular RPG player, she still spends a lot of time creating new characters, worlds, and adventures -- although these creations go into fiction now days. Costuming is another creative outlet for her, with costumes ranging from no-sew designs to historical to equestrian costumes for mounted parade groups. In the real world, she worked for thirteen years as the SF/F/H buyer for Books, Etc., an independently owned general bookstore in Tempe. She now is the chief "computer fixer-upper" and library assistant at McClintock High School in Tempe. She also professionally breeds Appaloosa sport horses, and trains everything from sucklings to adult horses in a variety of disciplines, with special concentration on hunter and dressage. She has three dogs (but fosters one out), two cats, and is responsible for almost two dozen horses (most of which are for sale) on a ranch near Gila Bend, Arizona.

Christopher Turco

Christopher's Official Web Site

Christopher Turco was born on a cold day when bellbottom pants were still in fashion, and he's never forgiven himself for it. He has pursued a variety of artistic interests but has always been drawn most powerfully to writing. The Second World books are his first project; he plans to write unrelated books and further his work on the stage when time allows. His hobbies on the side include his attempts to train a semi-domesticated house spider named Stretch to become a kung-fu assault arachnid whirligig O doom. (We never said he was sane).

Larry Vela 

Diana Vick

Scott Virtes

Scott's Official Website

Scott Virtes has written 'Year of the Twist' (a prose collection), 'The Other Secret House' (a poetry collection), and 80+ stories and 250+ poems in small press magazines since 1986. He is a former editor of Alpha Adventures and AlphaDrive magazines.  In November, look for
him as one of the sailors on Russell Crowe's ship in the film “Master and Commander“.
 

Karen Wallo

Karen Wallo, proprietor of Art from the Inner Self, has been featured in various galleries. Her credits include Dimensions, Song of the Spheres, and Olympus Mons. Karen professes that she channels her art from deep levels of being and does not look at anything as she creates because it all comes from the soul.

Michelle M. Welch

Michelle's Web Site

Michelle M. Welch offers CopperCon attendees a useful viewpoint on the experience of a new writer.  Her first novel is to be published in October 2003. The project grew out of almost fifteen years of work, and it is the fifth novel manuscript she wrote.  Prior to writing novels, she wrote short stories in a magical-realism style.  She also has a background in music and has played various instruments with several musical groups. 

Catherine Wells

Catherine's Official web Site
Catherine's ISFDB Entry

Catherine is the author of several novels, including her 1997 Mother Grimm," which was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. Recently she has turned to short stories, with pieces begin published in Realms of Fantasy, Analog, and the anthology Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction. Her whimsical short story "Sysop" will appear in an upcoming issue of Fantastic Stories. 

John Wheeler 

John's Face Painting Web Site

John is a newly practicing face and body painter who's work has been seen in recent LepreCon and CopperCon masquerades.  For samples of his work, check out his web page at http://members.aol.com/eocenepainting/me.htm
John will be doing demos as well as have a room set up for getting yourself painted.

Lee Whiteside 

Randall Whitlock 

David Williams 

Mike Willmoth 

Gail Wolfenden-Steib

Gail Wolfenden-Steib is ranked as a master costumer, achieved by moving up the ranks of SF Convention costuming prior to becoming a professional. She has constructed costumes in the SF/Fantasy, media and horror genres and her awards include: Best of Show Costume Con Historical Masquerade for Masque du Rio (Louis XIV as the Sun King), Most Beautiful at Confransisco for Nightwing: Tribute to the Knight, and most recently one at the Nasfic in Anaheim for a joint creation with Larry Vela. 

C.F. Yankovich

Catherine Yankovich has had her art published in Analog, MZB Magazine, and Ad Astra. She has assorted short stories published in Connotations and The Martian Wave and multiple articles to be published in America's Flyways. The Star of Macedonia is the title of her novel in progress. In her spare time she likes to read and analyze literature (related to learning how to write better).

Veronica Ann Zabala

http://europa.la.asu.edu

Veronica Ann Zabala, a student at ASU's Planetary Geology Department, is a recipient of the NASA Space Grant. She is involved with all aspects of investigation of aeolian dynamics of the planet Mars and how these affect the surface structure. Her research will aid in the choice of future landing sites on the Red Planet for both robotic and manned missions.