BOOK FAIR

Awesome Con’s Book Fair is for book lovers! With a focus on speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult, and graphic novels, this feature lets you meet your favorite authors, celebrate fantastic reads, and hopefully find your next one!

We also proudly introduced Romancing DC in 2026 – a division of Book Fair curated especially for lovers of romance and romantasy!

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Currently the Awesome Bot’s are fueling up to make some cool announcements, so please stay tuned and keep an eye on this page and our socials for updates later this year!

PAST BOOK FAIR HIGHLIGHTS

PAST GUESTS

2026 Sara Beth Durst (The Enchanted Greenhouse, The Spellshop)
2026 Mary Robinette Kowal (The Martian Contingency, The Spare Man)
2026 Victor Manibo (Escape Velocity, Once Beloved)
2025 Casey McQuiston (Red, White, & royal Blue, The Pairing)
2025 Peter Brown ( The Wild Robot, The Curious Garden )
2024 Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Binti)
2024 Kimberly Lemming (That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon)
2024 Bethany C. Morrow (A Song Below Water)
2024 Andrew Joseph White (Hell Followed With Us)

2023 EK Johnston (Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow, Ahsoka)
2023 Justina Ireland (Dead Nation, Chaos & Flame)
2023 Mia Tsai (Bitter Medicine)
2022 Timothy Zahn (Thrawn, Heir to the Empire)
2022 Kimberly Unger (The Extractionist, Nucleation)
2022 Sam J. Miller (Boys, Beasts & Men, Kid Wolf & Kraken)
2021 Jordan Ifueko (The Raybearer Series)
2021 David Liss (The Peculiarities, A Conspiracy of Paper, Whiskey Rebels)
2021 Ellen Datlow (Body Shocks, Lovecraft’s Monsters, Naked City)
2021 Peter V. Brett (The Demon Cycle series)

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