May 25
Stranger Than Fiction
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About The Event
Via MCM Comic Con:
From true crime to current politics to alien life to New Orleans, join us for a discussion on how authors use research to make their stories believable.
About the Authors:
Lauren Beukes is the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of The Shining Girls, as well as Bridge and Zoo City, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and more. She’s also a screenwriter, comics writer, journalist, and award-winning documentary maker.
Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall trilogy, The Doors of Eden, The Final Architecture series, and Alien Clay. Children of Time was the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Amy McCaw is a YA writer and blogger. She’s the author of Mina and the Undead and Mina and the Slayers, YA murder mysteries set in 1995 New Orleans. Amy loves travelling and has a particular affinity for America. She’s visited 29 states, 13 Man Vs Food restaurants and many bookish locations, including the cities where Twilight, Interview with a Vampire and Vampire Diaries were set. Books 1 and 2 in the series are available for review.
When not writing or teaching writing, she can be found rolling the dice as a Dungeon Master or mashing buttons on one of her way too many consoles. Justin Lee Anderson was a professional writer and editor for 15 years before his debut novel Carpet Diem was published and won the 2018 Audie award for humour. His second novel, The Lost War, won the 2020 SPFBO award. He lives in Edinburgh and uses real-life history and locations as inspiration for his current novels.
Kate Weston is an ex-stand-up comedian and bookseller. Her first YA book, Diary of a Confused Feminist, was longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Murder On A School Night is her third book for teenagers. In it, Weston brings together her hilarious feminist humour, a compelling storyline and incredibly relatable anti-heroines.