Keynotes & Panelists
Beverly Jenkins
USA Today Bestselling Author & NAACP Image Award Nominee
Books: Calling All Blessings, Indigo, Tempest
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Danielle Allen
Contemporary Romance novelist & educator
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Books: Curvy Girl Summer, Plus Size Player, InstaLove
Desiree Granger
Atlanta-based Fantasy Author
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Books: The Secret World of Maggie Grey, The First Family, When A Wolf Loves the Moon
Donna Everhart
USA Today bestselling author focused on Southern Fiction
HD Hunter
YA Fantasy author & 2025 BCALA Children and Youth Literary award winner
Books: Futureland series, Something Like Right
K.C. Mills
USA Today bestselling author of 100+ novels
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Books: You Could Do Damage, Only for Me
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Lauren Lacey
Atlanta-based Romance Author
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Books: The Winning Play, The World Around Us
Melissa Mitchell
Atlanta-based fantasy romance author
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Books: Blood & Ballet, Dragonwall series
Mia Tsai
Taiwanese American author of contemporary fantasy
Books: Bitter Medicine,The Memory Hunters
Rosey Lee
2025 Georgia Author of the Year Award nominee & romance author
Books: The Gardins of Edin, A Gardin Wedding
T.I. Lowe
USA Today Best Selling author
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Books: South of Somewhere, Lulu's Cafe
Vanessa Riley
Caribbean American historical fiction, romance , and mystery novelist
Books: Island Queen, A Wager at Midnight
Ryan Douglass
Queer New York Times bestselling author and poet from Atlanta, Georgia.
Books: The Taking of Jake Livingston, The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Jessica Cage
An International Award Winning & USA Today Best Selling Author from Chicago
Books: I accidentally Hired a Shadow Walker, Siren's Call
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Louve-CH
Queer author with a focus in epic dark romantasies
Book: Awakening of the Starborne
Victoria Christopher Murray
NAACP Image Award Nominee & Historical Fiction Author
Books: Harlem Rhapsody, The Personal Librarian, Pride
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