Michael G. Williams
Speaker
<span style="font-weight: 400">Michael G. Williams writes queer horror and science fiction celebrating the monstrous and the macabre. His books include the award-winning vampire series</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075VH16KY"> <i><span style="font-weight: 400">The Withrow Chronicles</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> (Laine Cunningham Award); the thrilling urban fantasy time travel series</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DJN62J62"> <i><span style="font-weight: 400">Servant Sovereign</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400">; the sci-fi noir </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MDXTT1W/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400">A Fall in Autumn</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> (Manly Wade Wellman Award); and a mess of short stories. Michael strives to present the humor and humanity at the heart of horror and sci fi with stories of outcasts and loners finding their people and power. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Children of Solitude</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> is his thirteenth book. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Michael co-hosts </span><a href="https://www.arcanecarolinas.com/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Arcane Carolinas</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and</span><a href="https://data-at-rest.libsyn.com/"> <i><span style="font-weight: 400">Data@Rest</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, studied Performance Studies at UNC Chapel Hill and Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University, and is a brother in St. Anthony Hall and Mu Beta Psi. He is an active member of SFWA, HWA, and is a Trustee of the NC Writers Network. He lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina, with his husband and a variety of animals.</span>
5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
Sunday July 12th
How to Write Effective Anti-heroes and Anti-villains
Do you like your heroes and villains with a twist? Maybe writing anti-heroes or anti-villians could be what you need! Join this panel to learn all about them and how to make them work in in your story. (Moderator: Jesse Pohlman)