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What Makes Alternate History so Appealing?
Saturday August 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Kananaskis 2
Alternative histories date back to the time of Herodotus, and include many thought experiments such as Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, The Plot Against America, and The Years of Rice and Salt. Panelists discuss the appeal of these works for both readers, and writers.
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Precious de Leon

Precious is a poet and speculative fiction writer. She writes through the lens of a Filipino Canadian settler in Mohkintsis/Calgary. Following her stint as a business journalist and editor in the Middle East, her creative writing journey started with the 2019 Borderlines Writers Circle... Read More →
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avatar for Sandra Fitzpatrick

Sandra Fitzpatrick

Sandra Fitzpatrick is bilingual in financial and English. She's been helping artists, writers, actors and other Creative People with their taxes, both Canadian and US, since 2006. Many have not known the deductions available as self-employed people and she does several seminars each... Read More →
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Susan Forest

Editor, Laksa Media Groups
Susan Forest is the author of dual Aurora Award-winners Bursts of Fire (2019) and Flights of Marigold (2020) as well as over 25 internationally-published short stories (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov's Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Orson Scot Card's Intergalactic... Read More →
avatar for D.G. Valdron

D.G. Valdron

Writing for over 20 years. Numerous short story credits. Mermaid's Tale published through Five Rivers Publishing, The Luck contracted with Five Rivers. Twilight of Echelon through At Bay. Multiple books, fiction and nonfiction.
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David Worsick

David Worsick is a retired technical writer and active fiction writer who has some short stories and one children's book (Henry's Gift) published. He has a B.Sc. Geology and an MBA (be afraid, very afraid).
Saturday August 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Kananaskis 2
  Panel Discussion, Historical Fiction

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