Read For Pixels: Author Alumni

Welcome to the Read For Pixels Author Alumni section where you can learn more about the award-winning and bestselling authors who have previously taken part in the Read For Pixels campaign in support of The Pixel Project’s work! They support the cause to end violence against women. Do you? It’s time to stop violence against women. Together.

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A.M. Dellamonica

A.M. DELLAMONICA‘s first novel, Indigo Springs, won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Their fourth, A Daughter of No Nation, won the 2016 Prix Aurora. They have over forty short stories in print and teaches writing at two universities, while pursuing an MFA in creative writing at a third.

Alyx did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on September 27th, 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Alyx at https://alyxdellamonica.com/

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Adiba Jaigirdar

ADIBA JAIGIRDAR is the critically-acclaimed and bestselling author of The Henna Wars and Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. A Bangladeshi/Irish writer and teacher, she has an MA in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent, England and a BA in English and History from UCD, Ireland. All of her writing is aided by tea, and a healthy dose of Janelle Monáe and Hayley Kiyoko. When not writing, she is probably ranting about the ills of colonialism, playing video games, or expanding her overflowing lipstick collection.

Adiba did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time/10.30am ET, March 27^th, 2022 (Sunday)

Learn more about Adiba at https://adibajaigirdar.com/.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire before heading to Reading to study psychology and zoology. He’s a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and several stand-alone novels, including Children of Time, winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

Adrian did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 4.00pm UK Time on September 9th, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Adrian at http://shadowsoftheapt.com/.

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Adriana Herrera

ADRIANA HERRERA was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last fifteen years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings. Her Dreamers series has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist and has been featured in The TODAY Show on NBC, Entertainment Weekly, OPRAH Magazine, NPR, Library Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. She’s a trauma therapist in New York City, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Adriana did a Read For Pixels panel session on writing Romance in the age of #MeToo on March 13^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Adriana at https://adrianaherreraromance.com/. 

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Alafair Burke

ALAFAIR BURKE is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including the standalone thrillers The Ex, Long Gone and If You Were Here, and the Ellie Hatcher series: All Day and a Night, Never Tell, 212, Angel’s Tip, and Dead Connection. She is also the coauthor of the Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she is now a professor of criminal law and lives in Manhattan.

Alafair did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 10th, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Alafair at http://alafairburke.com/.

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Alan Baxter

ALAN BAXTER is a multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy. He’s also a martial arts expert, a whisky-soaked swear monkey, and dog lover. He creates dark, weird stories among dairy paddocks on the beautiful south coast of NSW, Australia.

Alan did a live reading and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 17^th, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alan at www.alanbaxter.com.au. You can follow him on Twitter at @AlanBaxter

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Alastair Reynolds

ALASTAIR REYNOLDS was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. Revelation Space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs, and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.

Alastair did a live reading and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time, on September 4^th, 2022 (Sunday).

Learn more about Alastair at www.alastairreynolds.com.

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Alaya Dawn Johnson

ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON is a Nebula award-winning short story writer and the author of seven novels for adults and young adults. Her most recent adult novel, Trouble the Saints, is out from Tor books. Her debut YA novel The Summer Prince was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and the follow-up Love Is the Drug was awarded the Andre Norton Award. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including Asimov’s, F&SF and A Phoenix First Must Burn. She lives in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Alaya did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on March 5^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about Alaya at http://www.alayadawnjohnson.com/.

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Alex Segura

ALEX SEGURA is a writer of novels, comics, and podcasts. His work includes the twice Anthony Award-nominated Pete Fernandez Mystery series, The Black Ghost comic book, the Lethal Lit podcast, and Archie Meets The B-52s. His latest novel, Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, arrives on August 4 from Disney Books.

Alex did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 18^th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Alex at www.alexsegura.com. 

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Alexandra Monir

ALEXANDRA MONIR is an author and a recording artist. Suspicion is her third novel, following her previous books Timeless and Timekeeper, all published by Delacorte Press. Alexandra lives in Los Angeles, where she is working on her next novel, blogging for the Huffington Post, and composing an original musical. Her music is available on iTunes.

Alexandra did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 14th 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alexandra at alexandramonir.com.

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Alexandra Sokoloff

ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF is the bestselling, Thriller Award-winning and Bram Stoker and Anthony Award-nominated author of eleven supernatural, paranormal and crime thrillers. The New York Times has called her “a daughter of Mary Shelley” and her books “Some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre.” As a screenwriter she has sold original suspense and horror scripts and written novel adaptations for numerous Hollywood studios (Sony, Fox, Disney, Miramax), for producers such as Michael Bay, David Heyman, Laura Ziskin and Neal Moritz.

Alexandra did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 10.30 AM New York Time on March 5th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alexandra at www.alexandrasokoloff.com.

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Aliette de Bodard

ALIETTE DE BODARD is an engineer, a writer, and a keen amateur cook. Her love of mythology and history led her to speculative fiction early on. She is the author of The House of Shattered Wings, the first Dominion of the Fallen Novel, plus numerous short stories, the Aztec noir trilogy Obsidian and Blood, and the award-nominated On a Red Station, Drifting, a space opera based on Vietnamese culture. She has won two Nebula Awards and a Locus Award.

Aliette did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 4.00pm Paris Time on March 19th, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Aliette at http://aliettedebodard.com/.

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Alisha Rai

ALISHA RAI writes award-winning emotionally complex contemporary romance novels and is frequently sought as a speaker on a range of topics covering romance and media. Her books have been named Best Books of the Year by NPR, Washington Post, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, Kirkus, Bustle, and Cosmopolitan Magazine and her novels have won the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for erotic and contemporary romance.

Alisha did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 30th 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alisha at www.alisharai.com.

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Alison Goodman

ALISON GOODMAN lives in Australia and is the award-winning author of six novels including her most recent release The Dark Days Pact, the second in a Regency supernatural trilogy, and EON and EONA, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology. She is currently preparing the third Dark Days novel for publication and embarking on her PhD.

Alison did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 22^nd 2018 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alison at www.darkdaysclub.com.

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Alison Littlewood

ALISON LITTLEWOOD’s first novel, A Cold Season, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Other titles include Mistletoe, The Hidden People, The Crow Garden and The Unquiet House. She wrote The Cottingley Cuckoo and the forthcoming The Other Lives of Miss Emily White as A. J. Elwood.

Alison did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time/10.30am ET, on March 19^th, 2023 (Sunday).

Learn more about Alison at www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk. 

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Alma Alexander

ALMA ALEXANDER’s life so far has prepared her very well for her chosen career. She was born in a country which no longer exists on the maps, has lived and worked in seven countries on four continents (and in cyberspace!), has climbed mountains, dived in coral reefs, flown small planes, swum with dolphins, touched two-thousand-year-old tiles in a gate out of Babylon. She is a novelist, anthologist and short story writer who currently shares her life between the Pacific Northwest of the USA (where she lives with her husband and two cats) and the wonderful fantasy worlds of her own imagination.

Alma did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 8th 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Alma at www.almaalexander.org.

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Alwyn Hamilton

ALWYN HAMILTON was born in Toronto and grew up in a small town in France, before leaving to study History of Art at King’s College. She made use of her degree working for an auction house and now lives in London. Alwyn’s New York Times-bestselling debut, Rebel Of The Sands, was published in 16 territories. Alwyn was named the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award winner for Best Debut Author. Her next book, The Notorious Virtues releases in May 2020.

Alwyn did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time (10.30am EST) on March 1st, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Alwyn at https://www.alwynhamilton.com/. 

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Alyssa Sheinmel

ALYSSA SHEINMEL is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults including R.I.P. Eliza Hart, Faceless and Second Star. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Haunting of Sunshine Girl and its sequel, The Awakening of Sunshine Girl. She lives in New York City. Follow Alyssa on Instagram and Twitter @AlyssaSheinmel or visit her online at alyssasheinmel.com.

Alyssa did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on March 13^th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Alyssa at https://www.alyssasheinmel.com.  

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Alyson Noel

ALYSON NOËL is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Soul Seeker series, the Immortals series, the Riley Bloom series, and eight previous novels for St. Martin’s Press. She lives in Laguna Beach, California, where she is at work on her next book.

Alyson did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 7.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 20th 2014 (Saturday).

Learn more about Alyson at www.alysonnoel.com.

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Amanda Bouchet

AMANDA BOUCHET is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy romance and space opera romance. She was a Goodreads Choice Awards top 10 finalist for Best Debut in 2016 with her first novel, A Promise of Fire. For more about Amanda’s books with equal parts adventure and kissing, connect with her online:

Amanda did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time/10.30am ET,  March 20^th, 2022 (Sunday).

Learn more about Amanda at www.amandabouchet.com.

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Andrea Cremer

ANDREA CREMER is the New York Times and international bestselling author of the Nightshade series and INVISIBILITY (with David Levithan). Her latest series, THE INVENTOR’S SECRET, bridges fantasy and history in a steampunk vision of the 19th century. Prior to becoming a full-time novelist, Andrea Cremer was a professor of history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Learn more about Andrea at www.andreacremer.com.

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Ann Aguirre

ANN AGUIRRE is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens. She lives in sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. She writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults and teens.

Ann did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 16^th 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Ann at www.annaguirre.com.

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Anna Smith Spark

ANNA SMITH SPARK is the author of the critically acclaimed, Gemmell and BSF awards shortlisted Empires of Dust grimdark epic fantasy series The Court of Broken Knives, The Tower of Living and Dying and The House of Sacrifice (HarperVoyager UK / Orbit US/Can). Her favourite authors are Mary Renault, R Scott Bakker and M. John Harrison. Previous jobs include English teacher, petty bureaucrat and fetish model. You may know her by the heels of her shoes.

Anna did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.00pm UK Time/10am EST on September 8th, 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Anna at www.courtofbrokenknives.org.  

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Anna Stephens

ANNA STEPHENS is the author of the Godblind trilogy, Godblind, Darksoul, and Bloodchild. A literature graduate, Anna loves all things speculative, from Doctor Who and Firefly to classic Hammer and Universal horror films and beyond. As a beginner in Historical European Martial Arts, with a focus on Italian longsword, and a second Dan black belt in Shotokan Karate, she’s no stranger to the feeling of being punched (or stabbed) in the face, which is more help than you would expect when writing fight scenes.

Anna did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time (10.30am EST) on March 8^th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Anna at https://anna-stephens.com/.  

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Anne Bishop

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for the Black Jewels trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, the Novels of the Others, and the World of the Others novels—including Wild Country and Lake Silence. She lives in upstate New York.

Anne did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 13^th, 2022 (Sunday)

Learn more about Anne at https://www.annebishop.com/.

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Arkady Martine

ARKADY MARTINE is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, narrative and rhetoric, risk communication, and the edges of the world. She is currently a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation, energy grid modernization, and resiliency planning. Her debut novel, A Memory Called Empire, won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Arkady grew up in New York City, and after some time in Turkey, Canada, Sweden, and Baltimore, lives in New Mexico with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.

Arkady did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 5^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Arkady at https://www.arkadymartine.net/.

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Bec McMaster

BEC MCMASTER is the award-winning author of the London Steampunk romance series, and paranormal romance series’: the Dark Arts, and the Burned Lands. She has been nominated for RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance for Heart of Iron (2013), won RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance with Of Silk And Steam (2015), and Forged By Desire was nominated for a RITA award in 2015. The series has received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, with Heart of Iron named one of their Best Romances of 2013. She’s addicted to travel, and loves setting her books in foreign places, or dark worlds.

Bec did a Read For Pixels panel session on writing Romance in the age of #MeToo on March 13^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Bec at https://becmcmaster.com/. 

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Beth Cato

Nebula-nominated BETH CATO is the author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the new Blood of Earth Trilogy from Harper Voyager. Her newest novel is Call of Fire. She’s a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband and son.

Beth did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 4^th 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Beth at www.BethCato.com.

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Beverly Jenkins

BEVERLY JENKINS is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature and was featured both in the documentary “Love Between the Covers” and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for multicultural romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Salon, and NPR.

Beverly did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 24^th 2018 (Saturday).

Learn more about Beverly at www.beverlyjenkins.net.

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Bradley P. Beaulieu

BRADLEY P. BEAULIEU is the author of Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, a sweeping, Arabian Nights-style tale about a young woman who rises up to challenge the cruel kings of the desert. Brad’s novels have garnered many accolades, including over twenty “Best Books of the Year” for Twelve Kings in Sharakhai.

Brad did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on September 15^th, 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Bradley at https://quillings.com/.  

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Brandon Sanderson

BRANDON SANDERSON’s novels include the Mistborn books, The Stormlight Archive—which includes his most recent instant bestseller Oathbringer—The Rithmatist, and Steelheart, among others. He completed the final volumes of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and is published in 35 languages. Brandon also teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University.

Brandon did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 1^st 2018 (Saturday).

Learn more about Brandon at www.brandonsanderson.com.

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Brian McClellan

BRIAN MCCLELLAN is an American epic fantasy author from Cleveland, Ohio. Brian’s novels include the Powder Mage Trilogy, Gods of Blood and Powder, and the Valkyrie Collections. Brian now lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, Michele, where he writes books and nurses a crippling video game addiction.

Brian did a live reading and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 4^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Brian at https://www.brianmcclellan.com/.  

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Brigid Kemmerer

BRIGID KEMMERER is the New York Times bestselling author of dark and alluring Young Adult novels like A Curse So Dark and Lonely, More Than We Can Tell, and Letters to the Lost (Bloomsbury), as well as paranormal YA stories like The Elemental Series and Thicker Than Water (Kensington). A full time writer, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her husband, her boys, her dog, and her cat. When she’s not writing or being a mommy, you can usually find her with her hands wrapped around a barbell.

Brigid did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on March 6^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Brigid at https://brigidkemmerer.com/.   

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Carol Goodman

CAROL GOODMAN is the NY Times Bestselling author of twenty-four novels and winner of the Hammett Prize and two-time winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family and teaches literature and writing at The New School and SUNY New Paltz.  Her latest novel is The Stranger Behind You.

Carol did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 23^rd, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Carol at https://carolgoodman.com/. 

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Caroline Kepnes

CAROLINE KEPNES is the author of You, Hidden Bodies and Providence. She has worked as a pop culture journalist for Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer on 7th Heaven, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. The Lifetime TV series You is based on her first book. The second season follows the sequel, Hidden Bodies. Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts she now writes full-time and lives in Los Angeles.  Her next book is forthcoming from Random House.

Caroline did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 10^th 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Caroline at www.carolinekepnes.com.

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Carrie Vaughn

CARRIE VAUGHN is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels and over eighty short stories. She’s best known for the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series about a werewolf who hosts a talk radio advice show for supernatural beings — the series includes fourteen novels and a collection of short stories — and the superhero novels in the Golden Age saga. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award, various RT Reviewer Choice Awards — winning for Best First Mystery for Kitty and The Midnight Hour — and won the 2011 WSFA Small Press award for best short story for “Amaryllis.”

Carrie did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 9^th 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Carrie at www.carrievaughn.com.

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Charlaine Harris

CHARLAINE HARRIS is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse fantasy/mystery series, the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series, and Midnight Crossroad, the first Midnight, Texas, novel. She has lived in the South her entire life.

Charlaine did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 7.30pm Chicago Time, March 15th 2015 (Sunday).

Charlaine also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Mysteries and Thrillers in the age of #MeToo  at 8.30pm EST, March 28th, 2020 (Saturday)

Charlaine also took part in The Pixel Project’s Survivor Stories Blog Interview campaign, speaking out about her experience as a rape survivor.

Learn more about Charlaine at www,charlaineharris.com.

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Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint is the author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children’s books. Renowned as one of the trailblazers of the modern fantasy genre, he is the recipient of the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Pine awards, among others. Modern Library’s Top 100 Books of the 20th Century poll, conducted by Random House and voted on by readers, put eight of de Lint’s books among the top 100. Charles’ latest book, THE WIND IN HIS HEART, was released on September 19th, 2017.

Charles did an interview with The Pixel Project about why he supports efforts to end violence against women and donated goodies for fundraising.

Learn more about Charles at www.charlesdelint.com.

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Charlie N. Holmberg

CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG is the WSJ and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Paper Magician and Spellbreaker series. She’s a RITA finalist and Whitney Award winner, including the 2020 Novel of the Year for Adult Fiction. Charlie is the 2020 Author of the Year for the League of Utah Writers.

Charlie did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 18^th, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Charlie at https://charlienholmberg.com/.

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Christina Lauren

CHRISTINA LAUREN is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates and brain-twins, Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling authors of the Beautiful Bastard series. Some of their books have kissing. Some of their books have A LOT of kissing.

Christina Lauren did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 21st 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Christina Lauren at www.ChristinaLaurenBooks.com.

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Chloe Liese

CHLOE LIESE writes romances reflecting her belief that everyone deserves a love story. Her stories pack a punch of heat, heart, and humor, and often feature characters who are neurodivergent like herself. When not dreaming up her next book, Chloe spends her time wandering in nature, playing soccer, and most happily at home with her family and mischievous cats. She is the author of the self-published Bergman Brothers series, and Two Wrongs Make a Right, her traditional publishing debut with Berkley.

Chloe did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 12^th, 2023 (Sunday).

Learn more about Chloe at www.chloeliese.com. 

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Christopher Golden

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Snowblind, Tin Men, Dead Ringers, and Of Saints and Shadows. With Mike Mignola, he co-created two cult favorite comic book series, Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. His latest novel is the adventure-thriller Ararat. Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world.

Christopher did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm New York Time on September 30th, 2016 (Friday).

Christopher also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Horror in the age of #MeToo  at 8.30pm EST, September 27th, 2019 (Saturday)

Christopher also took part in The Pixel Project’s 30 For 30 Father’s Day Blog campaign to speak out about the role of dads in helping to stop violence against women.

Learn more about Christopher at www.christophergolden.com.

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Chuck Wendig

CHUCK WENDIG is a novelist, screenwriter and game designer. He’s the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, The Cormorant, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He is co-writer of the short film Pandemic, the feature film HiM, and the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. Wendig has contributed over two million words to the game industry. He is also well known for his profane-yet-practical advice to writers, which he dispenses at his blog, terribleminds.com, and through several popular e-books, including The Kick-Ass Writer, published by Writers Digest. He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, tiny human, and two dogs.

Chuck did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.00pm New York Time, September 14th 2014 (Sunday).

Learn more about Chuck at www.terribleminds.com.

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Cinda Williams Chima

CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA grew up with talking animals and kick-butt Barbies. She nearly failed first grade because she was always daydreaming instead of listening. By junior high, she was writing novels in class, which were often confiscated. Cinda believes in the magic of books. Books took her from first grade failure to first generation college graduate to college professor to New York Times best-selling author of The Heir Chronicles and the Seven Realms quartet. These days, she daydreams on the page. Her latest novel, The Sorcerer Heir, releases 10.21.14.

Cinda did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.00pm New York Time, September 27th 2014 (Saturday).

Learn more about Cinda at www.cindachima.com.

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Claire Legrand

CLAIRE LEGRAND is the New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn. She is also the author of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, Some Kind of Happiness, and Winterspell, among others. Claire lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Claire did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST (on March 14^th, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Claire at https://www.claire-legrand.com/. 

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Claudia Gray

CLAUDIA GRAY has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, a disc jockey, and an extremely poor waitress. Her lifelong interests include old houses, classic movies, vintage style, and history. Claudia’s home is in New Orleans, is more than 100 years old, and is painted purple. Claudia is super excited to be writing a new Star Wars novel, Bloodline: New Republic, coming March 2016.

Claudia did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 13th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Claudia at www.claudiagray.com.

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Colleen Gleason

COLLEEN GLEASON is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author who has written everything from vampire hunters to dystopian romance, to steampunk, historical romance, and mysteries with a supernatural flair. All of Colleen’s books feature strong heroines experiencing fast-paced adventures, danger, mystery, and of course, romance. But at the core of each story is the belief that every woman deserves a partner who accepts her for her strengths as well as her weaknesses—and vice versa. Colleen lives in the midwest United States with her family and two dogs, and is always working on her next book.

Colleen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 5th 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Colleen at www.colleengleason.com.

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Colleen Houck

New York Times Bestselling Author COLLEEN HOUCK is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction, and romance. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter before switching careers to become an author. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

Colleen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 25th, 2016 (Friday).

Learn more about Colleen at www.colleenhouck.com.

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Cornelia Funke

CORNELIA FUNKE is an internationally bestselling, multiple-award-winning author, best known for writing the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, and The Thief Lord. The Thief Lord, her first book to be translated into English, immediately entered the New York Times bestseller list, where it climbed to the #2 position and spent more than twenty-five weeks. It also appeared on the USA Today bestseller list and won the prestigious Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children’s book of the year; the Book Sense Book of the Year Award; and many other accolades. Deeming her “a unique talent,” Time magazine included Cornelia on its “Time 100,” an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Cornelia currently lives with her family in Los Angeles, California, in a house full of books.

Cornelia did a live reading and Q&A session for the Pixel Reveal Launch Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 22nd 2014 (Saturday)

Learn more about Cornelia at www.corneliafunke.com

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Dan Wells

DAN WELLS writes in a variety of genres, from dark humour to science fiction to supernatural thriller. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is the author of the​ ​Partials series, the John Cleaver series. and his newest book Bluescreen, the first book in the MIRADOR series. He has been nominated for ​a​ Hugo​, a Whitney,​ and​ a​ Campbell Award and has won two Parsec Awards for his podcast Writing Excuses​, as well as a Hugo award for his writing​.

Dan did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 4.30PM Los Angeles Time on September 9th, 2016 (Friday).

Dan also took part in The Pixel Project’s 30 For 30 Father’s Day Blog campaign to speak out about the role of dads in helping to stop violence against women.

Learn more about Dan at www.thedanwells.com.

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Daniel H. Wilson

DANIEL H. WILSON is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as The Andromeda Evolution, The Clockwork Dynasty, and Amped. He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Masters degrees in Machine Learning and Robotics. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.

Daniel did a live reading and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 11^th, 2022 (Sunday).

Learn more about Daniel at https://www.danielhwilson.com/.

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Dana Cameron

Whether writing SF/F/H, noir, historical fiction, thriller, or traditional mystery, DANA CAMERON draws from her expertise in archaeology. Her work has won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards and earned an Edgar Award nomination. The Emma Fielding mysteries were optioned by Muse Entertainment; Site Unseen debuted in 2017 (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel).

Dana did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 18^th 2018 (Sunday).

Dana also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Mysteries and Thrillers in the age of #MeToo  at 8.30pm EST, March 28th, 2020 (Saturday)

Learn more about Dana at www.danacameron.com.

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Darynda Jones

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DARYNDA JONES has won numerous awards for her work including a prestigious RITA®, a Golden Heart®, and a Daphne du Maurier. As a born storyteller, she grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike. Darynda lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys.

Darynda did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 20th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Darynda at www.daryndajones.com.

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Daryl Gregory

DARYL GREGORY writes genre-mixing novels, stories, and comics. His most recent novel is Spoonbenders, a Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award finalist. Other novels include Harrison Squared, Afterparty, Pandemonium, and the World Fantasy Award- winning short novel We Are All Completely Fine. His stories are collected in Unpossible and Other Stories.

Daryl did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on September 6^th, 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Dary at https://darylgregory.com/.

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David D. Levine

DAVID D. LEVINE is the author of Andre Norton Award winning novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016), sequel Arabella and the Battle of Venus (Tor 2017), and over fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story “Tk’Tk’Tk” won the Hugo, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Tor.com, numerous Year’s Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic.

David did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 30^th 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about David at https://www.daviddlevine.com/.

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Delilah S. Dawson

DELILAH S. DAWSON is the award-winning author of the Blud series, including Wicked as They Come, Wicked After Midnight, and Wicked as She Wants, winner of the RT Book Reviews Steampunk Book of the Year and May Seal of Excellence for 2013. Her next book is Servants of the Storm, a YA Southern Gothic Horror set in Savannah, GA, followed in 2015 by a pre-dystopian called HIT about teen assassins in a bank-owned America. Delilah is also the author of several short stories, comics, and a playable world in Storium. She lives in Florida with her family.

Delilah did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 12th 2014 (Friday).

Learn more about Delilah at www.whimsydark.com.

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Derek Landy

DEREK LANDY is the author of the award-winning Skulduggery Pleasant series and a bunch of Marvel comics. He lives in Ireland, where he collects movie props and various cats. Also a particularly stupid dog.

Derek did a live discussion and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm Ireland/UK Time, on September 12^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Derek at http://www.skulduggerypleasant.com/. 

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Diane Chamberlain

DIANE CHAMBERLAIN is the international best-selling author of 23 novels published in more than twenty-five languages. Her complex stories combine intrigue and suspense with engrossing family drama. Two of her novels, The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and Necessary Lies, were Target Bookclub Picks and her most recent novel, The Silent Sister, made the USA Today Bestseller List. Diane received her master’s degree in clinical social work from San Diego State University. Prior to her writing career, she was a hospital social worker and a psychotherapist in private practice. She lives in North Carolina with her partner, photographer John Pagliuca, and her shelties, Keeper and Cole.

Diane did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 13th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Diane at www.dianechamberlain.com .

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Elizabeth Bear

ELIZABETH BEAR is the multiple Hugo award winning author of over twenty-five books and a hundred short stories. She specialises in science fiction and fantasy. Recent works include Karen Memory and the Eternal Sky sequence.

Elizabeth did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 7th 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Elizabeth at www.elizabethbear.com.

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Elizabeth Lim

ELIZABETH LIM grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was raised on a hearty diet of fairy tales, myths, and songs. Before becoming an author, Elizabeth was a professional film and video game composer, and she still tends to come up with her best book ideas when writing near a piano. An alumna of Harvard College and the Juilliard School, she now lives in New York City with her husband and her daughter. Spin the Dawn (book 1 in the Blood of Stars duology) was her first original novel. Her forthcoming books include the Six Crimson Cranes duology, expected summer 2021 and summer 2022, respectively.

Elizabeth did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EDT, on March 26^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about Elizabeth at https://www.elizabethlim.com/. 

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Ellen Hopkins

ELLEN HOPKINS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout, Perfect, Tilt, and Smoke, as well as the adult novels Triangles and Collateral. RUMBLE is her latest book. Ellen lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative designed to help highly motivated young people build solid career paths toward a more positive future.

Ellen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 6th 2014 (Saturday).

Learn more about Ellen at www.EllenHopkins.com or go to www.VentanaSierra.org.

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Eugen Bacon

EUGEN M.BACON, MA, MSc, PhD, is African Australian, a computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing. Her novella Ivory’s Story was shortlisted in the 2020 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards. Her work has won, been shortlisted, longlisted or commended in national and international awards, including the Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant, Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards and Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans. Bacon’s work has appeared in literary and speculative fiction publications worldwide, including BSFA, Fantasy Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Bloomsbury and The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction.

Eugen did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 25^th, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Eugen at https://eugenbacon.com/. 

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Evan Winter

EVAN WINTER is a Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, and Locus best selling speculative fiction writer whose current series opener, The Rage of Dragons, is one of TIME magazine’s 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME.

Evan did a live reading and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 25^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Evan at http://evanwinter.com/.

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Faith Hunter

New York Times Bestselling author FAITH HUNTER writes three series: the Jane Yellowrock series, dark urban fantasy novels featuring Jane, a Cherokee Skinwalker; the Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban fantasy / post apocalyptic series and role playing game featuring Thorn St. Croix; and the Soulwood series featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram.

Faith did an interview with The Pixel Project about why she supports efforts to end violence against women and donated goodies for fundraising.

Learn more about Faith at www.faithhunter.net.

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Fonda Lee

FONDA LEE is the author of Jade City, which was a Nebula Award Finalist and named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Her award-winning young adult science fiction novels include Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire. Fonda is a recovering corporate strategist, black belt martial artist, and an action movie aficionado living in Portland, Oregon.

Fonda did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 29^th 2018 (Saturday).

Learn more about Fonda at www.fondalee.com. 

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Fran Wilde

FRAN WILDE’s novels and short stories have been nominated for three Nebula awards and two .Hugos, and include her Andre Norton- and Compton-Crook-winning debut novel, Updraft, its sequels, Cloudbound and Horizon. She writes for publications including The Washington Post, Tor.com, Clarkesworld, iO9.com, and GeekMom.com. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook, and at franwilde.net.

Fran did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm New York Time on September 23^rd 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Fran at www.franwilde.net.

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Genevieve Valentine

GENEVIEVE VALENTINE is the author of Persona and of the critically acclaimed novel Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, which won the Crawford Award for Best novel, as well as a nomination for the Nebula Award and the Romantic Times Best Fantasy of the Year. Her short fiction has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. She lives in New York City.

Genevieve did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 22nd, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Genevieve at www.genevievevalentine.com.

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Guy Gavriel Kay

GUY GAVRIEL KAY is the international bestselling author of many novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014, Kay was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages.

Guy did an interview with The Pixel Project about why he supports efforts to end violence against women and wrote two drabbles especially for the Read For Pixels campaign.

Learn more about Guy at http://brightweavings.com/ggk/.

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Gregg Hurwitz

GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times bestselling author of 15 thrillers, most recently, ORPHAN X. His novels have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into 27 languages. He is also a New York Times Bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin). Additionally, he’s written screenplays for or sold spec scripts to many of the major studios, and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. Gregg resides in Los Angeles.

Gregg did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on October 1st, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Gregg at www.gregghurwitz.net.

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Hillary Monahan

HILLARY MONAHAN is the New York Times bestselling author of Mary: The Summoning and, under the Eva Darrows name, the critically acclaimed The Awesome and Belly Up.  Hillary writes everything from horror and comedy to SFF and romance, for young adult and adult audiences alike. 2020 sees her twelfth novel in print.

Hillary did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Horror in the age of #MeToo at 8.30pm EST, September 27th, 2019 (Saturday)

Learn more about Hillary at https://www.facebook.com/HillaryMonahan.Author/.

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Isaac Marion

ISAAC MARION was born near Seattle in 1981 and has lived in and around that city ever since. He began writing in high school and self-published three novels before finally breaking through with Warm Bodies. He currently divides his time between writing, playing obscure instruments in obscure bands, and exploring the country in a 1977 GMC motorhome named Baleen.

Isaac did a live reading and Q&A session for the Pixel Reveal Launch Google Hangout Sessions at 7.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 8th 2014 (Saturday)

Isaac also did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 23rd, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Isaac at www.isaacmarion.com

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Jacqueline Carey

JACQUELINE CAREY is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Kushiel’s Legacy series of historical fantasy novels and The Sundering epic fantasy duology. An avid reader, Jacqueline began writing fiction as a hobby in high school. After receiving B.A. degrees in psychology and English literature from Lake Forest College, she took part in a work exchange program and spent six months working in a bookstore in London. While living abroad, the desire to write professionally emerged as a driving passion. Upon returning she embarked in earnest on a writing career, which came to fruition a decade later. During this time she worked at the art center of an area college, gaining a strong background in the visual arts. Jacqueline enjoys doing research on a wide variety of arcane topics, and an affinity for travel has taken her from Finland to Egypt to date. She currently lives in west Michigan, where she is a member of the oldest Mardi Gras krewe in the state.

Jacqueline did a live reading and Q&A session for the Pixel Reveal Launch Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 28th 2014 (Friday).

Jacqueline also did a second live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 3rd, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Jacqueline at www.jacquelinecarey.com

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James A. Moore

JAMES A. MOORE is the bestselling and award winning author of over forty-five novels, thrillers, dark fantasy and horror alike, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, The Seven Forges series, Blood Red, the Serenity Falls trilogy (featuring his recurring anti-hero, Jonathan Crowley) and his most recent novels, The Tides of War series (The Last Sacrifice, Fallen Gods, and the Gate of the Dead) and Avengers: Infinity. In addition to writing multiple short stories, he has also edited, with Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, the British Invasion anthology for Cemetery Dance Publications.

James did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on September 14^th, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about James at www.jamesamoorebooks.com. 

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Jane Green

JANE GREEN is the author of fifteen New York Times bestselling novels, including Tempting Fate. Initially known for writing about single thirty-somethings, Green has graduated to more complex novels that explore the concerns of real women’s lives, from marriage (The Other Woman) to motherhood (Another Piece of My Heart) to, most recently, midlife crises (Family Pictures and Tempting Fate). Most weekends see her cooking in her home in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and their blended family.

Jane did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 20th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Jane at http://janegreen.com/.

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Jasper Fforde

JASPER FFORDE has been writing in the Comedy/Fantasy Genre since 2001 when his novel ‘The Eyre Affair’ debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. Since then he has published ten more books, several of them bestsellers, and counts his sales in millions. He lives and works in Wales.

Jasper did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 3.00pm UK Time, September 21st 2014 (Sunday).

Learn more about Jasper at www.jasperfforde.com.

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Jay Kristoff

JAY KRISTOFF is a #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of LIFEL1K3, THE NEVERNIGHT CHRONICLE and THE ILLUMINAE FILES. He is the winner of five Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over half a million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6’7 and has approximately 12,000 days to live. He does not believe in happy endings.

Jay did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time on September 21^st 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Jay at www.jaykristoff.com.

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Jaye Wells

JAYE WELLS is a USA Today-bestselling author of urban fantasy and speculative crime fiction. Raised by booksellers, she loved reading books from a very young age. That gateway drug eventually led to a full-blown writing addiction. When she’s not chasing the word dragon, she loves to travel, drink good bourbon and do things that scare her so she can put them in her books.

Jaye did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 29th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Jaye www.jayewells.com.

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Jeannie Lin

JEANNIE LIN is a USA TODAY bestselling author who started writing her first book while working as a high school science teacher in South Central Los Angeles. Her stories are inspired by a mix of historical research and wuxia adventure tales. Jeannie’s groundbreaking historical romances set in Tang Dynasty China have received multiple awards, including the Golden Heart for her debut novel, Butterfly Swords. Jeannie also writes an Opium War steampunk series, the Gunpowder Chronicles.  Her historical erotica series, Princess Shanyin, is written under the pen name Liliana Lee.

Jeannie did a Read For Pixels panel session on writing Romance in the age of #MeToo on March 13^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Jeannie at http://www.jeannielin.com. 

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Jeffe Kennedy

JEFFE KENNEDY is an award-winning author whose works include novels, non-fiction, poetry, and short fiction. She has won the prestigious RITA® Award from Romance Writers of America (RWA), has been a finalist twice, been a Ucross Foundation Fellow, received the Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, and was awarded a Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

Jeffe did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 19^th, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Jeffe at https://jeffekennedy.com/home.

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Jenn Lyons

JENN LYONS was a graphic artist and illustrator for 20 years before working as a video game producer on projects ranging from indie projects and slot-machine games to AAA titles for EA. In 2020, she was nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her five-book Chorus of Dragons fantasy series began with The Ruin of Kings.  Visit her online at www.jennlyons.com or follow her on Twitter.

Jenn did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 2^nd, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Jenn at www.jennlyons.com.

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Jen Williams

JEN WILLIAMS is a fantasy author from London. Her Copper Cat and Winnowing Flame trilogies have picked up four British Fantasy Award nominations between them, and in 2018 The Ninth Rain won the Best Fantasy Novel award. She’s also partly responsible for the creation of the Super Relaxed Fantasy Club and is partial to mead, if you’re buying.

Jen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 3.00pm UK Time on March 17th 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Jen at http://sennydreadful.co.uk.

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Jennifer L. Armentrout

#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

Jennifer did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 20th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Jennifer at www.jenniferarmentrout.com.

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Jennifer Crusie

JENNIFER CRUSIE is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty novels (including Anyone But You, Maybe This Time, Crazy for You, and Agnes and The Hitman), one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives in a cottage in New Jersey surrounded by deer, bears, foxes, and dachshunds, where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.

Jennifer’s long-form Read For Pixels blog interview was published in March 2020.

Learn more about Jennifer at https://jennycrusie.com/.

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Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author who prowls the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea. Last Strand, book #19 in her Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series, will be released March 16 2021. Jennifer is also the author of The Crown of Shards, Section 47, Gargoyle Queen, Bigtime, and other fantasy series. She has written more than 40 books, along with numerous novellas and stories.

Jennifer did a live discussion and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on March 12^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about Jennifer at https://www.jenniferestep.com/.  You can follow her on Twitter at @Jennifer_Estep

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Jim C. Hines

JIM C. HINES is the author of eleven fantasy novels, including the Magic ex Libris series, the Princess series of fairy tale retellings, the humorous GOBLIN QUEST trilogy, and the FABLE LEGENDS tie-in BLOOD OF HEROES. He’s an active blogger about topics ranging from sexism and harassment to zombie-themed Christmas carols, and won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. He lives with his wife and two children in mid-Michigan.

Jim did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 26th 2015 (Saturday).

Jim also took part in The Pixel Project’s 30 For 30 Father’s Day Blog campaign to speak out about the role of dads in helping to stop violence against women.

Learn more about Jim at www.jimchines.com.

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Jo Walton

JO WALTON is the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winning author of thirteen novels, three poetry collections, one short story collection and two books of abour older SF. She comes from Wales but lives in Montreal where the food and books are much better. Her next novel, Lent, will be out in May 2019.

Jo did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 1st 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Jo at www.jowaltonbooks.com.

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Jodi Meadows

JODI MEADOWS wants to be a ferret when she grows up and she has no self-control when it comes to yarn, ink, or outer space. Still, she manages to write books. She is the author of the Incarnate Trilogy, the Orphan Queen Duology, and the Fallen Isles Trilogy (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen), and a coauthor of My Lady Jane (HarperTeen).

Jodi did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 25th 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Jodi at www.jodimeadows.com.

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Joe Hill

JOE HILL is the author of the New York Times bestsellers NOS4A2, HORNS, and HEART-SHAPED BOX, and the Eisner-award winning comic book series, LOCKE & KEY. He often can be found running his mouth on Twitter: @joe_hill

Joe did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 5th 2014 (Friday).

Learn more about Joe at www.joehillfiction.com.

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Jonathan Maberry

JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times bestseller, a five-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, and a comic book writer for IDW, Marvel and Dark Horse. He is the author of PATIENT ZERO, ROT & RUIN, THE NIGHTSIDERS, DEAD OF NIGHT and many novels; and his comics include MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN, CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA, V-WARS and BAD BLOOD. Several of his books are in development for TV and film.

Jonathan did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 11th 2015 (Friday).

Jonathan also took part in The Pixel Project’s 30 For 30 Father’s Day Blog campaign to speak out about the role of dads in helping to stop violence against women.

Learn more about Jonathan at www.jonathanmaberry.com .

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Josephine Angelini

JOSEPHINE ANGELINI is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in theatre, with a focus on the classics. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives in Los Angeles with her screenwriter husband, their baby girl, and three shelter cats. Her debut series, Starcrossed, Dreamless, and Goddess, (Harper Teen) are all international bestsellers and have garnered the praise of various major publications, including the LA Times, and have twice won the Reader’s Choice Awards in Germany. The final book in the WorldWalker Trilogy, Witch’s Pyre, (Feiwel and Friends, Macmillan) will be out in the US in September.

Josephine did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 10th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Josephine at www.josephineangelini.com.

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Julia Quinn

JULIA QUINN is the author of eighteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, which reached #1 on the mass market paperback fiction list. She  is a graduate of Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges and briefly attended Yale School of Medicine before deciding to pursue a full-time writing career. She sold her first book, Splendid, at the age of 24 and has been working with the same editor and publishing house for her entire career. Her books have been translated into 32 languages and her most popular series, The Bridgertons, is currently in production by Shondaland as a Netflix series with the first season, The Duke and I, released on Christmas day 2021.

Julia did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PDT, on March 21^st, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Julia at https://juliaquinn.com/.  

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Julie Czerneda

Canadian SF/ fantasy author JULIE E. CZERNEDA is published by DAW Books. The former biologist is an award-winning pioneer in SF in the classroom, scientific literacy, and a proponent of non-traditional careers for women. Out this fall: “The Only Thing to Fear” and Search Image, followed by an anthology set in her Clan Chronicles series: Tales from Plexis. www.czerneda.com

Julie did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm New York Time on September 16^th 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Julie at www.czerneda.com.

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Juliet Marillier

JULIET MARILLIER is an award-winning writer of historical fantasy. She was born in Aotearoa New Zealand, and now lives in Australia. Among her works are the Sevenwaters, Blackthorn & Grim, and Warrior Bards series. Part hedge druid, part crazy dog lady, Juliet loves mythology, folklore and strong, complex characters.

Juliet did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 5^h, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Juliet at https://www.julietmarillier.com/

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Juliet E. McKenna

JULIET E. MCKENNA has always loved history, myth and other worlds. Author of fifteen epic fantasy novels, starting with The Thief’s Gamble, she also writes diverse shorter fiction, reviews SF&Fantasy, and teaches creative writing. Her most recent publication is ‘The Green Man’s Heir’, a modern fantasy rooted in British folklore.

Juliet did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 4.00pm UK Time on September 2^nd 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Juliet at www.julietemckenna.com.

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Kami Garcia

KAMI GARCIA is the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures & Dangerous Creatures Novels & the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and Bram Stoker Award nominated novel Unbreakable, and the sequel Unmarked, in the Legion series. Beautiful Creatures has been published in 50 countries and translated in 39 languages. The film adaptation of Beautiful Creatures released in theaters in 2013, from Warner Brothers.

Kami did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 6th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Kami at www.KamiGarcia.com or go to www.TheLegionSeries.com.

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Karen Chance

KAREN CHANCE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Cassie Palmer novels and the Midnight’s Daughter series. She has lived in France, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, but always comes back to America.

Karen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 11th, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Karen at www.karenchance.com.

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Karen Odden

USA Today bestselling author KAREN ODDEN received her PhD in English from NYU, writing her dissertation on Victorian literature, and taught at UW-Milwaukee before writing fiction. Her award-winning mysteries are all set in 1870s London. Her fifth, Under a Veiled Moon (2023), featuring Michael Corravan, a former thief turned Scotland Yard Inspector, has been nominated for a Lefty Award. She divides her time between Phoenix, Arizona and Park City, Utah.

Karen did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 10th, 2023 (Friday).

Learn more about Karen at www.karenodden.com 

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Karen Rose

Award winning, internationally bestselling romantic suspense author KAREN ROSE earned her degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland. She lived in Cincinnati and worked in the engineering field for years before she began writing novels in 2003. Rose currently lives in Florida. Connect with her online at karenrosebooks.com, and facebook.com/KarenRoseBooks.

Karen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 12th, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Karen e at www.karenrosebooks.com.

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Kass Morgan

KASS MORGAN is the author of the New York Times bestselling THE 100 book series. She attended Brown University, studying English and History, and later earned a Master’s at Oxford in 19th century literature. She now lives in New York City.

Kass did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on October 1st, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kass on Goodreads.

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Kat Cho

KAT CHO is a YA author who loves to incorporate her Korean heritage in her writing, especially if it involves describing food. She loves anything that encourages nerding out, including reading, K-dramas, K-pop and anime. She’s the author of Wicked Fox and Vicious Spirits (Putnam/Penguin).

Kat did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 4^th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Kat at http://katchowrites.com/.

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Kat Howard

KAT HOWARD writes novels, short stories, and comics, usually in the realm of dark fantasy. Her most recent novel, An Unkindness of Magicians, won an Alex Award. She teaches in the MFA program at Western Colorado University and lives in New Hampshire.

Kat did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on March 21st, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Kat at http://www.kathowardbooks.com/. 

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Kate Elliott

KATE ELLIOTT has been writing stories since she was nine years old, which has led her to believe that writing, like breathing, keeps her alive. Her twenty-four science fiction and fantasy books include COLD MAGIC, SPIRIT GATE, KING’S DRAGON, JARAN, and her YA debut COURT OF FIVES. A new epic fantasy, BLACK WOLVES, will be published in November. She lives in Hawaii with her spouse, paddles outrigger canoes, and nurses along an aging Schnauzer.

Kate did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 18th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Kate at www.kateelliott.com.

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Kathryn Purdie

KATHRYN PURDIE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Burning Glass series and the Bone Crier’s Moon duology. Her love of storytelling began as a young girl when her dad told her, in his own words, the story of To Kill a Mockingbird while they listened to the film score together. A lover of art in all forms, Kathryn also enjoys singing and playing the guitar. Her husband is equally artistic. They keep busy raising three rambunctious and creative children.

Kathryn did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 30^th, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Kathryn at https://kathrynpurdie.com/.

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Kelley Armstrong

KELLEY ARMSTRONG has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers’ dismay. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.

Kelley did a live reading and Q&A session for the Pixel Reveal Launch Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm EST, March 14th 2014 (Friday).

Kelley also did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels campaign at 8.30pm EST, March 8th 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kelley at www.kelleyarmstrong.com

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Kellye Garrett

KELLYE GARRETT’s Hollywood Homicide, about a semi-famous, mega-broke black actress, won the Anthony, Agatha and Lefty for best first novel. It’s also one of BookBub’s “Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time.” The second, Hollywood Ending, was featured on the TODAY show’s Best Summer Reads of 2019 and was nominated for both Anthony and Lefty awards. She serves on Sisters in Crime’s national board.

Kellye did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 5th, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Kellye at https://kellyegarrett.com/. 

Ken Liu

A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, KEN LIU is the author of The Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (The Grace of Kings (2015), The Wall of Storms (2016), and a forthcoming third volume) and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (2016), a collection.

Ken did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 1st, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Ken at http://kenliu.name.

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Kendare Blake

KENDARE BLAKE is the New York Times bestselling author of the YA fantasy Three Dark Crowns. She has written several other novels and short stories, including Anna Dressed in Blood, the Goddess War series and more. She currently lives in Washington with her husband and their many pets.

Kendare did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 4th, 2017 (Saturday).

Kendare also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Violence Against Women in YA Fantasy in the age of #MeToo at 8.30pm EST, March 7th, 2020 (Saturday)

Learn more about Kendare at www.kendareblake.com.

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Kennedy Ryan

KENNEDY RYAN is a RITA® Award Winner and Top 25 Amazon Bestseller who writes about women from all walks of life, empowering them and placing them firmly at the center of each story and in charge of their own destinies. Her heroes respect, cherish and lose their minds for the women who capture their hearts. She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. Kennedy’s writings have appeared in Modern Mom Magazine, Frolic Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive director of a foundation serving Atlanta Autism families, she has appeared on several media outlets as an advocate for families living with autism.

Kennedy did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on March 27th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Kennedy at http://kennedyryanwrites.com/. 

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Keri Arthur

KERI ARTHUR, the New York Times bestselling author of the Outcast, Souls of Fire, Dark Angels, and Riley Jenson Guardian series, has written more than thirty books. She’s been nominated in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards and has won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for urban fantasy. She lives with her daughter in Melbourne, Australia.

Keri Arthur did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 12th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Keri at www.keriarthur.com.

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Kevin Hearne

KEVIN HEARNE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Druid Chronicles and the forthcoming STAR WARS: HEIR TO THE JEDI. He hugs trees, loves doggies, and lives with his wife and daughter in Colorado.

Kevin did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.00pm New York Time, September 28th 2014 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kevin at www.kevinhearne.com

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Kimberly Belle

KIMBERLY BELLE is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including The Personal Assistant (11.29.22), The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows. Her books have been published in more than in a dozen languages and have been optioned for film and television. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, Belle divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam.

Kimberly will be doing a live discussion and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 25^th, 2023 (Saturday).

Learn more about Kimberly at www.kimberlybellebooks.com . 

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Kimberly Derting

KIMBERLY DERTING is the author of the award-winning THE BODY FINDER series, THE PLEDGE trilogy, and THE TAKING and THE REPLACED (the first two books in THE TAKING trilogy). Her books have been translated into 15 languages, and both THE BODY FINDER and THE PLEDGE were YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selections. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where the gloomy weather is ideal for writing anything dark and creepy.

Kimberly did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 6th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kimberly at www,kimberlyderting.com.

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE is an award-winning poet, playwright, and novelist. The Mercies is her first novel for adults. Her bestselling works for children include The Girl of Ink & Stars and have won numerous awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year and the Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year. They have also been shortlisted for prizes such as the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Best Story Award and the Foyles Book of the Year Award. Kiran lives by the river in Oxford, with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, and their rescue cat, Luna.

Kiran will be doing a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time, on March 7^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kiran at https://www.kiranmillwoodhargrave.co.uk/. 

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Kristen Britain

KRISTEN BRITAIN is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Green Rider series. She lives in an adobe house in the high desert of the American Southwest beneath the big sky and among lizards, hummingbirds, and tumbleweeds. Kristen can be found online at kristenbritain.com.

Kristen did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 3rd, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Kristen at www.kristenbritain.com.

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Kristin Cast

KRISTIN CAST is a #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author who teamed with her mother to write the wildly successful House of Night series. She has editorial credits, a thriving t-shirt line, and a passion for all things paranormal. When away from her writing desk, Kristin loves going on adventures with her friends, family, and significant other, playing with her French Bulldogs, and discovering new hobbies.

Kristin did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 10th, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Kristin at www.kcastauthor.com.

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch

New York Times bestseller KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH uses several pen names, including Kris Nelscott for mystery. The first (and so far only) female editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she has written about women’s issues for more than thirty years. Her two most popular sf series, The Diving Universe and The Retrieval Artist are under option for TV; her Kris Nelscott Smokey Dalton series is in development for a major motion picture. Find out more at .

Kristine did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on September 13th, 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Kris at www.kriswrites.com.  You can follow her on Twitter at @kristinerusch.

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Laini Taylor

LAINI TAYLOR is the New York Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy: Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Days of Blood & Starlight, and Dreams of Gods & Monsters, and the companion e-novella, Night of Cake & Puppets. She is also the author of the Dreamdark books, Blackbringer and Silksinger, and the National Book Award finalist Lips Touch: Three Times. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter Clementine. Her website is lainitaylor.com.

Laini did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 24th, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Laini at www.lainitaylor.com.

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Laura Anne Gilman

LAURA ANNE GILMAN is the author of more than twenty novels, including the Nebula award-nominated The Vineart War trilogy.  Her newest project is  the Devil’s West series from Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, beginning with 2015’s Endeavor award-nominated Locus-bestseller SILVER ON THE ROAD, and continuing with 2017’s THE COLD EYE. She has also dipped her pen into the mystery field as well, writing as L.A. Kornetsky (Collared, Fixed, Doghouse, and Clawed). A member of the writers’ digital co-op Book View Cafe, she continues to write and sell short fiction in a variety of genres, including her new story collection, DARKLY HUMAN.

Laura did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm PST, March 22nd 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Laura Anne at www.lauraannegilman.net.

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Lauren Beukes

LAUREN BEUKES is the author of The Shining Girls, Broken Monsters, Zoo City and Moxyland. Her books have been translated into 26 languages, won major literary, horror, science fiction and mystery prizes and been optioned for film adaptations. She also writes comics, screenplays and journalism. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Lauren did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 4.00pm Johannesburg Time, March 22nd 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Lauren at www.LaurenBeukes.com.

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Lauren Oliver

LAUREN OLIVER is the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren’s bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by AwesomenessTV; a major motion picture adaptation of Before I Fall was announced by Open Road Films in 2016. A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU’s MFA programme, Lauren Oliver is also the co-founder of content development company Paper Lantern Lit.

Lauren did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 11^h 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Lauren at www.laurenoliverbooks.com.

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Lauren Willig

LAUREN WILLIG is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty works of historical fiction, including Band of Sisters, The Summer Country, the Pink Carnation series, and three novels co-written with Beatriz Williams and Karen White.  An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in history from Harvard and a JD from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband, two young children, and vast quantities of coffee.

Lauren did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 12^th, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Lauren at https://laurenwillig.com/.

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Laurie R. King

LAURIE R. KING is the New York Times bestselling author of 22 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (from The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, named one of the 20th century’s best crime novels by the IMBA, to 2015’s Dreaming Spies). She has won or been nominated for an alphabet of prizes from Agatha to Wolfe, been chosen as guest of honor at several crime conventions, and is probably the only writer to have both an Edgar and an honorary doctorate in theology. She was inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars in 2010, as “The Red Circle”.

Laurie did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 27th, 2016 (Sunday).

Laurie also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Mysteries and Thrillers in the age of #MeToo  at 8.30pm EST, March 28th, 2020 (Saturday)

Learn more about Laurie at www.laurierking.com.

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Leanna Renee Hieber

Award-winning, bestselling author LEANNA RENEE HIEBER writes Historical Fantasy novels for Tor and Kensington Books such as the Strangely Beautiful saga, The Eterna Files trilogy and The Spectral City series. A classically trained actress featured in film and television, Leanna created and tours a one-woman show portraying 19th century designer Clara Driscoll.

Leanna did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, March 15th 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Leanna at www.leannereneehieber.com.

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Leigh Bardugo

LEIGH BARDUGO is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the GRISHA Trilogy: SHADOW AND BONE, SIEGE AND STORM, and RUIN AND RISING. She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and most recently, makeup and special effects. These days, she’s lives and writes in Hollywood where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band. Her new book, Six of Crows, arrives fall 2015.

Leigh did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 19th 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Leigh at www.bardugo.com.

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Leigh Perry (Toni L.P. Kelner)

TONI L.P. KELNER is the author of eleven mystery novels: eight Laura Fleming mysteries and three Where are they now? mysteries. Both series are available as audio books and e-books. Kelner is also the author of numerous short stories, and co-edits bestselling urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Their most recent are Games Creatures Play and Dead But Not Forgotten. Kelner has won the Agatha Award and an RT BookClub Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been nominated multiple times for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer. As LEIGH PERRY, she writes the Family Skeleton series for Berkley Prime Crime.

Leigh did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EDT, on March 27^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Leigh (Toni) at https://www.leighperryauthor.com/.  

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Lisa Shearin

LISA SHEARIN is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Raine Benares novels, a comedic fantasy adventure series, as well as the SPI Files, which is best described as Men in Black meets the X Files. Lisa is a voracious collector of fountain pens, teapots, and teacups, both vintage and modern. She lives on a farm in North Carolina with her husband, four spoiled-rotten retired racing greyhounds, and enough deer and woodland creatures to fill a Disney movie.

Lisa did an interview with The Pixel Project about why she supports efforts to end violence against women and donated goodies for fundraising.

Learn more about Lisa at www.lisashearin.com.

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Liz Williams

LIZ WILLIAMS writes science fiction and dark fantasy including the Fallow Sisters series and the Detective Inspector Chen series. Her novels are published by Bantam Spectra and Open Road in the USA and by Tor Macmillan and New Con Press in the UK. She has published a book on the history of Paganism in Britain, Miracles of Our Own Making, Modern Handfasting with Llewellyn, and is working on a new book on folklore.

Liz did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time/10.30am ET, on March 26^th, 2023 (Sunday).

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Lynn Flewelling

Once upon a time in the magical wilds of Maine there was a little girl—who would someday be known as LYNN FLEWELLING—who would not, could not stop pretending. When she grew up she pretended her way into the Nightrunner series and The Tamír Triad, and all was well. Lynn’s work appears in a dozen languages. Born in northern Maine, Lynn is happily transplanted in Redlands, California, with her husband and too many animals.

Lynn did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on March 2^nd 2018 (Friday).

You can catch up with Lynn on Facebook and follow her on Twitter at @LynnFlewelling.

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Maria Lewis

MARIA LEWIS is an author, journalist and screenwriter based in Sydney, Australia. Her best-selling debut novel Who’s Afraid? was published in 2016, followed by its sequel Who’s Afraid Too? in 2017, which was nominated for Best Horror Novel at the Aurealis Awards in 2018. Who’s Afraid? is being developed for television by the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning Hoodlum Entertainment. Her Young Adult debut, It Came From The Deep, was released globally on October 31, Halloween, 2017 and is a twist on The Little Mermaid meets Creature From The Black Lagoon. Her fourth book, The Witch Who Courted Death, was released on Halloween, 2018 and won Best Fantasy Novel at the Aurealis Awards in 2019. Her fifth novel set within the shared supernatural universe – The Wailing Woman – was released in November, 2019.

Maria did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on March 20th, 2020 (Friday) | 12.00pm Melbourne Time, March 21^st, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Maria at https://www.marialewis.com.au/. 

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Marie Brennan

MARIE BRENNAN is the World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated author of several fantasy series, including the Memoirs of Lady Trent, the Onyx Court, the Wilders series, the Doppelganger duology, and the Varekai novellas, as well as more than fifty short stories. More information can be found at.

Marie did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 7^th 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Marie at www.swantower.com.

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Marie Lu

MARIE LU writes young adult novels and has a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, she was born in 1984. Before she became a full-time writer, she was an artist in the video game industry. She graduated from the University of Southern California in ’06 and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she spends her time stuck in traffic. Legend is her first novel.

Marie did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 28th 2015 (Saturday).

Learn more about Marie at www.marielu.org.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca

MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, author of the Maradaine Saga: Four parallel series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called Maradaine.  This includes The Thorn of Dentonhill, A Murder of Mages,  The Holver Alley Crew and The Way of the Shield.  His work also appeared in Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction and Rick Klaw’s anthology Rayguns Over Texas. He also has had several short plays produced.  He lives in Austin with his family.

Marshall did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on September 28th, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Marshall at http://mrmaresca.com.

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Martha Wells

MARTHA WELLS is the author of over a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Books of the Raksura series, Star Wars: Razor’s Edge, and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as short stories, nonfiction, and YA fantasy. Her books have been published in seven languages.

Martha did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 17th, 2016 (Saturday).

Martha also took part in The Pixel Project’s Survivor Stories Blog Interview campaign, speaking out about her experience as a stalking survivor.

Learn more about Martha at www.marthawells.com.

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Martina Boone

MARTINA BOONE is the acclaimed author of the romantic Southern Gothic Heirs of Watson Island series, including COMPULSION and PERSUASION which are out now, and ILLUSION which will be releasing October 2015. She was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English, which is what she blames for her mad love of words and fairy tale settings.

Martina did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8:30 PM New York Time on March 4th, 2016 (Friday).

Learn more about Martina at www.MartinaBoone.com.

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Mary Robinette Kowal

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL is the author of The Glamourist Histories series of fantasy novels and a three time Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. Mary, a professional puppeteer, lives in Chicago. Visit her online at maryrobinettekowal.com.

Mary did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8:30 PM New York Time on March 25th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Mary at www.maryrobinettekowal.com.

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Mary SanGiovanni

MARY SANGIOVANNI is the author of the THE HOLLOWER trilogy (the first of which was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award), THRALL, CHAOS, CHILLS, and the forthcoming SAVAGE WOODS, and the novellas FOR EMMY, POSSESSING AMY, THE FADING PLACE, and NO SONGS FOR THE STARS and the forthcoming A QUIET PLACE AT WORLD’S END, as well as the collections UNDER COVER OF NIGHT, A DARKLING PLAIN, the forthcoming NIGHT MOVES, the forthcoming A WEIRDISH WILD SPACE, and numerous short stories. She has been writing fiction for over a decade, has a Masters in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and is a member of The Authors Guild and Penn Writers.

Mary did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8:30 PM New York Time on March 3rd, 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Mary at www.marysangiovanni.com.

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Maurice Broaddus

MAURICE BROADDUS is a community organiser and teacher whose work has appeared in magazines like Lightspeed Magazine, Weird Tales, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Asimov’s, Cemetery Dance, Uncanny Magazine, with some of his stories having been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. His books include The Knights of Breton Court, Buffalo Soldier, Pimp My Airship, and The Usual Suspects.

Maurice did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 13^th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Maurice at http://mauricebroaddus.com/.

Max Gladstone

MAX GLADSTONE has been thrown from a horse in Mongolia and nominated twice for the John W Campbell Best New Writer Award. Tor Books published FOUR ROADS CROSS, the fifth novel in Max’s Craft Sequence (preceded by THREE PARTS DEAD, TWO SERPENTS RISE, FULL FATHOM FIVE, and LAST FIRST SNOW) in July 2016. Max’s game CHOICE OF THE DEATHLESS was nominated for a 2013 XYZZY Award, and his short fiction has appeared on Tor.com and in Uncanny Magazine.

Max did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 11th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Max at www.maxgladstone.com.

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Maya Rodale

MAYA RODALE began reading romance novels in college at her mother’s insistence. She is now the bestselling and award winning author of numerous smart and sassy romance novels. A champion of the genre and its readers, she is also the author of the non-fiction book Dangerous Books For Girls: The Bad Reputation Of Romance Novels, Explained and a frequent contributor to NPR Books, The Huffington Post, Bustle and more. Maya lives in New York City with her darling dog and a rogue of her own.

Maya did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on March 22nd, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Maya at http://www.mayarodale.com/.  

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Meg Cabot

MEG CABOT was born in Indiana during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign, but has been working hard ever since to give herself a happy ending. Her books for both adults and tweens/teens have included multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, selling well over 25 million copies worldwide. Her PRINCESS DIARIES series has been published in more than 38 countries and was made into two hit films by Disney. Meg’s numerous other award-winning books include the Mediator series and the Heather Wells mystery series. Meg Cabot (her last name rhymes with habit, as in “her books can be habit forming”) currently lives in Key West with her husband.

Meg did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 27th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Meg at www.megcabot.com.

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Meg Gardiner

MEG GARDINER is the award-winning author of fifteen thrillers. Her novels have been bestsellers in the U.S. and internationally, and have been translated into more than 20 languages. China Lake won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. UNSUB won the 2018 Barry Award for Best Thriller. The 2020 President of Mystery Writers of America, Meg lives in Austin.

Meg did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 6^th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Meg at http://meggardiner.com/.

Melissa Caruso

MELISSA CARUSO is the author of the Swords and Fire trilogy, an adult fantasy series of intrigue and magic from Orbit Books, as well as the forthcoming Rooks and Ruin trilogy, also from Orbit. She is a fantasy writer, tea drinker, larper, mom, and all-around geek. Despite being born on the summer solstice and going to school in an old mansion with a secret door, she has yet to develop any known superpowers.

Melissa did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 12^th, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Melissa at https://melissacaruso.net/.

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Michelle Hodkin

MICHELLE HODKIN grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan before writing her first novel, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, in 2011. It was a 2011 YALSA Reader’s Choice selection, and the sequel, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list when it was published in 2012. The last book in the trilogy, The Retribution of Mara Dyer, will be published on November 4, 2014. The Mara Dyer books have been published in fifteen countries. When she is not writing, which isn’t very often, she can usually be found prying strange objects from the jaws of one of her three rescued pets.

Michelle did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 5th 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Michelle at www.michellehodkin.com.

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Michelle Sagara

New York Times bestselling author MICHELLE SAGARA writes as both Michelle Sagara and Michelle West; she is also published as Michelle Sagara West (although the Sundered books were originally published under the name Michelle Sagara). Reading is one of her life-long passions, and she is sometimes paid for her opinions about what she’s read by the venerable Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. No matter how many bookshelves she buys, there is Never Enough Shelf space. Ever. She lives in Toronto with her long-suffering husband and her two children, and to her regret has no dogs.

Michelle did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM Toronto Time on March 17th, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Michelle at www.michellesagara.com.

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Mimi Matthews

MIMI MATTHEWS is a USA Today bestselling author who writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning proper Victorian romances. Her novels have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and Shelf Awareness, and her articles have been featured on the Victorian Web, the Journal of Victorian Culture, and in syndication at BUST Magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes a retired Andalusian dressage horse, a Sheltie, and two Siamese cats.

Mimi did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 31^st, 2023 (Friday).

Learn more about Mimi at https://www.mimimatthews.com/. 

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Molly Harper

MOLLY HARPER is the author of the popular Jane Jameson series and Naked Werewolf series. She worked for six years as a reporter and humour columnist for The Paducah Sun. Her reporting duties included covering courts, school board meetings, quilt shows, and once, the arrest of a Florida man who faked his suicide by shark attack and spent the next few months tossing pies at a local pizzeria. Molly lives in Western Kentucky with her family.

Molly did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on March 10^th 2018 (Saturday).

Learn more about Molly at www.mollyharper.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @MollyHarperAuth.

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Molly Tanzer

MOLLY TANZER is the author of Creatures of Will and Temper (2017), Creatures of Want and Ruin (2018), and the forthcoming Creatures of Charm and Hunger (Spring 2020). She is also the author of the weird western Vermilion, and many short stories. For more information about her critically acclaimed fiction, and her editorial projects, please visit her website, mollytanzer.com. She resides in Longmont, Colorado.

Molly did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00 PM Los Angeles Time on March 29th, 2019 (Friday).

Learn more about Molly at www.mollytanzer.com.

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Nalini Singh

NALINI SINGH is the New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter and Rock Kiss series. Though she’s traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland, and the temples of Japan, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her the most. She’s beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer. Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand.

Nalini Singh did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 19th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Nalini at www.nalinisingh.com.

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Namina Forna

NAMINA FORNA is a young adult novelist based in Los Angeles, and the author of the epic fantasy YA novel The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US when she was nine and has been traveling back and forth ever since. Namina loves building fantastical worlds and telling stories with fierce female leads.

Namina did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time, on September 18^th, 2022 (Sunday).

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Naomi Hirahara

NAOMI HIRAHARA is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional mystery series. Her first historical mystery is Clark and Division, which won a Mary Higgins Clark award. A former journalist with The Rafu Shimpo newspaper, Naomi has also written numerous non-fiction history books and a middle-grade novel, 1001 Cranes.

Naomi did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 24^th, 2023 (Friday).

Learn more about Naomi at www.naomihirahara.com. 

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Nghi Vo

NGHI VO is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, a Locus and Ignyte Award finalist and the winner of the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her next novella in the Singing Hills Cycle, Into the Riverlands will be out this fall from Tor.com Publishing.

Nghi did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 10^th, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Nghi at https://nghivo.com/. 

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Nicky Drayden

NICKY DRAYDEN is a systems analyst from Austin, Texas, and when she’s not debugging code, she’s detangling plot lines and mixing metaphors. Her debut novel, The Prey of Gods is set in a futuristic South Africa brimming with demigods, robots, and hallucinogenic hijinks

Nicky did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST on September 21st, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Nicky at www.nickydrayden.com.  

Paul Tremblay

PAUL TREMBLAY is the author of DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL’S ROCK, the award winning A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS. A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS, THE LITTLE SLEEP, and the forthcoming THE FOUR (summer 2018). His essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and numerous “year’s best” anthologies. Paul is on the board of directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts, has a master’s degree in Mathematics, and has no uvula.

Paul did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8:30 PM New York Time on September 16th, 2016 (Saturday).

Paul also took part in The Pixel Project’s 30 For 30 Father’s Day Blog campaign to speak out about the role of dads in helping to stop violence against women.

Learn more about Paul at www.paultremblay.net.

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P.C. Cast

#1 NY Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author PC CAST has more than 20 million books in print in over 40 countries as she writes multiple bestselling YA series. PC is a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. Her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers’ Best, and the Laurel Wreath. When she isn’t writing she can be found at her favorite yoga studio, or hanging out with her daughter and a close group of friends. She loves travel, craft beer, good wine and awesome vegan food – not necessarily in that order. Ms. Cast’s picture is (c) Stark Photography.

P.C. did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 10th, 2017 (Friday).

P.C. also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Violence Against Women in YA Fantasy in the age of #MeToo at 8.30pm EST, March 7th, 2020 (Saturday)

PC also took part in The Pixel Project’s Survivor Stories Blog Interview campaign, speaking out about her experience as a rape survivor.

Learn more about P.C. at www.pccastauthor.com.

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Pintip Dunn

PINTIP DUNN is a New York Times bestselling author of YA fiction and a two-time winner of the RITA® award. Her books have been translated into four languages, and her titles include the Forget Tomorrow series, The Darkest Lie, Girl On The Verge, Star-Crossed, Malice, and Dating Makes Perfect.

Pintip did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 26^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Pintip at http://www.pintipdunn.com/.  

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R.F. Kuang

R. F. KUANG resides in the UK, where she is pursuing an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge on a Marshall Scholarship. Her debut fantasy epic THE POPPY WAR is a Crawford Award winner and a Nebula, Goodreads Choice, and Compton Crook finalist.

Rebecca did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.00pm UK Time/10.00am EST on September 22nd, 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Rebecca at https://rfkuang.com/. 

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RJ Barker

RJ BARKER grew up reading whatever he could get his hands on, and has always been ‘that one with the book in his pocket’. As well as his debut epic fantasy novel, Age of Assassins, RJ has written short stories and historical scripts which have been performed across the country. He has the sort of flowing locks any cavalier would be proud of.

RJ did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time (10.30am EST) on September 6^th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about RJ at https://www.rjbarker.com/.

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Rachel Vincent

RACHEL VINCENT is the bestselling author of the SHIFTERS, SOUL SCREAMERS, & UNBOUND series, a former English teacher, and an eager champion of the Oxford comma. She shares her home in Oklahoma with two cats, two teenagers, and her husband, who’s been her # 1 fan from the start. Rachel is older than she looks and younger than she feels, and she remains convinced that writing about the things that scare her is the cheapest form of therapy—but social media is a close second.

Rachel did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 26th, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Rachel at www.rachelvincent.com.

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Rebecca Roanhorse

REBECCA ROANHORSE is a Nebula and Hugo Award-winning speculative fiction writer and the recipient of the 2018 Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her short fiction has also been a finalist for the Sturgeon, Locus and World Fantasy awards. Her novel Trail of Lightning (Book 1 in the Sixth World Series) was selected as an Amazon, B&N, Library Journal, and NRP Best Books of 2018, among others, and is a Nebula, Hugo, and Locus award finalist for 2019.  Book 2 in the Sixth World Series, Storm of Locusts, has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist.

Rebecca did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 23rd, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Rebecca at www.rebeccaroanhorse.com.

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Rhys Bowen

RHYS BOWEN is the New York Times and #1Kindle bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness historical mysteries as well as several internationally bestselling historical novels. A transplanted Brit, she now divides her time between California and Arizona.

Rhys did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EDT, on March 14^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Rhys at https://rhysbowen.com/.  

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Richard K. Morgan

RICHARD K. MORGAN is the award-winning author of The Dark Defiles, The Cold Commands, The Steel Remains, Black Man, Woken Furies, Market Forces, Broken Angels, and Altered Carbon, a New York Times Notable Book that won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2003. Altered Carbon is now a Netflix series. Market Forces was also optioned and won the John W. Campbell Award in 2005. Richard has lived and worked in Madrid, Istanbul, Ankara, London and Glasgow. He now lives in back the UK with his Spanish wife Virginia and son Daniel, about five miles from where he grew up – a bit weird that, but he’s dealing with it.

Richard did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 4.00pm UK Time on September 9^th 2018 (Sunday).

Learn more about Richard at www.richardkmorgan.com.

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Rick Yancey

RICK YANCEY is the author of fifteen novels and a memoir. His books have been published in over thirty languages and have earned numerous accolades and awards from around the world. His young adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was named a “Best Book of the Year” by Publishers Weekly and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, Rick received a Michael L. Printz Honour for THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST. His latest novel, THE 5th WAVE, the first in an epic sci-fi trilogy, made its worldwide debut in 2013, and will soon be a major motion picture for GK Films and Sony Pictures.

Rick did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 13th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Rick at www.RickYancey.com.

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Rin Chupeco

RIN CHUPECO is a nonbinary Chinese Filipino writer born and raised in the Philippines. They are the author of several speculative young adult series, including The Bone Witch, The Girl from the Well, The Never-Tilting World, and Wicked as You Wish, and of the new adult gothic vampire fantasy series Silver Under Nightfall. Formerly a graphic designer and technical writer, they now write fiction full-time and live with their partner and two children in Manila.

Rin did a live discussion and Q&A for their Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 16^th, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Rin at https://www.rinchupeco.com/ .

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Robert J. Sawyer

ROBERT J. SAWYER is the author of Hugo Award-winner Hominids, Nebula Award-winner The Terminal Experiment, and John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winner Mindscan, plus Starplex, Frameshift, Factoring Humanity, Calculating God, Humans, Rollback, and Wake, all of which were Hugo finalists. Other awards: China’s Galaxy Award for “Most Popular Foreign SF Writer;” three Japanese Seiun Awards for Best Foreign Novel (for End of an Era, Frameshift, and Illegal Alien); fourteen Canadian Aurora Awards; plus Analog’s Analytical Laboratory Award, Science Fiction Chronicle’s Reader Award, and the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, all for best short-story of the year. His latest novel is Red Planet Blues.

Robert did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 7th 2014 (Sunday).

Learn more about Robert at www.sfwriter.com.

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Romina Garber

ROMINA GARBER is a New York Times and international bestselling author whose books include Lobizona & the ZODIAC series. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Miami, Florida, Romina landed her first writing gig as a teen—College She Wrote, a weekly Sunday column for the Miami Herald that was later picked up for national syndication—and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She is a graduate of Harvard College and a Virgo to the core.

Romina did a live discussion and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 9^th, 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Romina at www.rominagarber.com.

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Roseanne A. Brown

ROSEANNE A. BROWN was born in Kumasi, Ghana and raised in central Maryland. She holds a Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Maryland, where she was also a TA for the school’s Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House program, and was later an assistant English teacher in Japan. She currently lives outside of Washington D.C.. Her first series is the A Song of Wraiths and Ruin duology.

Roseanne did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 17^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about Roseanne at https://roseanneabrown.com/. 

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Roshani Chokshi

ROSHANI CHOKSHI is the New York Times bestselling author of Aru Shah and The End of Time, The Star-Touched Queen, A Crown of Wishes and The Gilded Wolves. Her work has been nominated for the Locus and Nebula awards, and has frequently appeared on Best of The Year lists from Barnes and Noble, Buzzfeed and more. Chokshi lives in Georgia, but doesn’t have much of a Southern accent. Alas. Her next book, The Silvered Serpents, will be released in September 2020.

Roshani did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.00pm EST on March 15th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Roshani at https://www.roshanichokshi.com/. 

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S.A. Chakraborty

S.A. CHAKRABORTY is a speculative fiction writer from New York City. Her debut, The City of Brass, is the first book in The Daevabad Trilogy and has been short-listed for the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards. When not buried in books about Mughal miniatures and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and recreating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals for her family. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter at @SAChakrabooks where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art.

Shannon did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 9th, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Shannon at www.sachakraborty.com.

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SJ Rozan

SJ ROZAN is the author of eighteen novels and over seventy short stories, and editor of two anthologies. She has won multiple awards, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, Macavity; Japanese Maltese Falcon; and the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award.

SJ did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EDT, on March 19^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about SJ Rozan at http://www.SJRozan.net. 

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SL Huang

SL HUANG is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. The author of the Cas Russell novels from Tor Books as well as the new fantasy Burning Roses, Huang is also a short fiction writer, with stories in Analog, F&SF, Nature, and numerous best-of anthologies. When not writing, Huang is a Hollywood stunt performer and firearms expert.

SL did a live reading and Q&A for their Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on September 10^h, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about SL Huang at https://www.slhuang.com/.  

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Sam Hawke

SAM HAWKE is a lawyer by day, jujitsu instructor by night, and full-time wrangler of two (no longer tiny) ninjas. Her debut epic fantasy, City of Lies, won the 2018 Aurealis Award (Best Fantasy Novel), the Ditmar Award (Best Novel), and the Norma K Hemming Award (long form) and its sequel, Hollow Empire, was released in December 2020. She lives in Canberra, Australia.

Sam did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 11^th, 2021 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sam at https://samhawkewrites.com/. 

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Sam J. Miller

SAM J. MILLER is the Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving (an NPR best of the year) and Blackfish City (a best book of the year for Vulture, The Washington Post, Barnes & Noble, and more – and a “Must Read” in Entertainment Weekly and O: The Oprah Winfrey Magazine). A recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and a graduate of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, Sam’s work has been nominated for the World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, John W. Campbell and Locus Awards, and reprinted in dozens of anthologies. A community organiser by day, he lives in New York City.

Sam did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 26^th, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sam at http://samjmiller.com/.

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Samantha Shannon

SAMANTHA SHANNON is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bone Season series. Film and TV rights have been acquired by Imaginarium Studios and her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. The Priory Of The Orange Tree is her fourth novel and her first outside of The Bone Season series. She lives in London.

Samantha did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time (10.30am EST) on September 20^th, 2020 (Sunday).

Learn more about Samantha at http://samantha-shannon.blogspot.com/. 

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Sara Raasch

SARA RAASCH has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Not much has changed since then — her friends still cock concerned eyebrows when she attempts to draw things and her enthusiasm for the written word still drives her to extreme measures. Her New York Times bestselling SNOW LIKE ASHES trilogy is available now from HarperCollins. It does not feature her hand-drawn pictures.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 2nd, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sara at sararaasch.tumblr.com.

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Sarah Gailey

SARAH GAILEY is a Hugo award winner who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe, and their fiction has been published internationally. Their novel, Magic for Liars, was an LA Times bestseller.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on September 11^th, 2020 (Friday)

Learn more about Sarah at www.sarahgailey.com.

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Sarah Kuhn

SARAH KUHN is the author of the Heroine Complex novels—a series starring Asian American superheroines. The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Her YA debut, I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. Additionally, she wrote Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and was a finalist for the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on March 6th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Sarah at http://www.heroinecomplex.com/. 

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Sarah J. Maas

SARAH J. MAAS is the New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series, as well The Assassin’s Blade, a collection of five Throne of Glassnovellas. The first book in her new series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, will be published in May 2015. A New York native, she now lives in Southern California. You can follow her on Twitter at @SJMaas or Facebook at facebook.com/throneofglass.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 8.30pm New York Time, September 19th 2014 (Friday).

Learn more about Sarah at sarahjmaas.com.

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Sarah Beth Durst

SARAH BETH DURST is the award-winning author of sixteen fantasy books for kids, teens, and adults, including The Stone Girl’s Story, Drink Slay Love, and The Queens of Renthia series. She won an ALA Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and has been a finalist for SFWA’s Andre Norton Award three times.

Sarah Beth did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30pm EST on September 14^th 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Sarah Beth at www.sarahbethdurst.com.

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Sarah Langan

SARAH LANGAN is the author of three novels and dozens of short stories. Her novel Audrey’s Door is under option with Octavia Spencer for adaptation, and her most recent story, “Night Nurse” is under option with Paramount. Her next novel GOOD NEIGHBORS is forthcoming from S&S in fall, 2020. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the filmmaker JT Petty, and two daughters.

Learn more about Sarah at www.sarahlangan.com. 

Sarah did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Horror in the age of #MeToo  at 8.30pm EST, September 27th, 2019 (Saturday)

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Sarah MacLean

SARAH MACLEAN is the New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestselling author of historical romance novels that have been translated into more than twenty languages, and a monthly columnist for the Washington Post. She is a leading advocate for the romance genre, and her support of romance and the women who read it earned her a place on Jezebel.com’s Sheroes list of 2014 and led Entertainment Weekly to call her “gracefully furious.” A graduate of Smith College & Harvard University, Sarah now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 16th, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sarah at www.sarahmaclean.net.

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Sarah Rees Brennan

SARAH REES BRENNAN is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling YA author of over a dozen books, both solo and co-written with authors including Kelly Link and Maureen Johnson. She was long-listed for the Carnegie for her first novel. She was born in Ireland by the sea and lives there now in the shadow of a cathedral, where she’s working on–among other things–her series of tie-in novels with the hit Netflix show Fate: the Winx Saga. Her most recent standalone novel, In Other Lands, is a tale of love, friendship and wings starring misandrist elves and the crankiest boy to ever stumble into a magic land and was a Lodestar Award and Mythopoeic Award finalist.

Sarah did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm Ireland/UK Time, on September 5^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Sarah at https://www.sarahreesbrennan.com/ 

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Scott Sigler

New York Times best-selling author SCOTT SIGLER is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. His works are available from Crown Publishing and Del Rey Books. In 2005, Scott built a large online following by releasing his audiobooks as serialized podcasts. A decade later, he still gives his stories away — for free — every Sunday at scottsigler.com. Scott is the co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League YA series.

Scott did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 25th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Scott at www.ScottSigler.com.

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Seanan McGuire

SEANAN MCGUIRE is the New York Times bestselling author of the October Daye urban fantasies, the InCryptid urban fantasies, and several other works both stand-alone and in trilogies or duologies. In case that wasn’t enough, she also writes under the pseudonym “Mira Grant.” Seanan was the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Feed (as Mira Grant) was named as one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2010. In 2013 she became the first person ever to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot.

Seanan did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 8th 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Seanan at www.seananmcguire.com and www.miragrant.com.

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Sebastien de Castell

SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL‘s acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series, The Greatcoats was shortlisted for both the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy and the Gemmell Morningstar Award. His YA fantasy series, Spellslinger, is published in more than a dozen languages. He spends his time writing, travelling, and going on strange adventures.

Sebastien did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 19^th, 2020 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sebastien at https://decastell.com/.

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Shannon Kirk

SHANNON KIRK is the multiple-award winning author of Method 15/33, which is optioned for film and an international bestseller, Viebury Grove, Gretchen, In the Vines, and The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall. She is a practicing attorney and former law professor in Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and son.Shannon writes in several genres: literary fiction, suspense/thriller, and young adult. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America.

Shannon did a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm EST, on September 25^th, 2020 (Friday).

Learn more about Shannon at https://shannonkirkbooks.com/.

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Shannon Mayer

SHANNON MAYER is the USA Today bestselling author of The Rylee Adamson Novels, The Elementals Series, The Venom Trilogy, and many other paranormal romance, urban fantasy, dystopian, mystery and suspense novels. She started writing when she realised she didn’t want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn’t exist.

Shannon did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 18th, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Shannon at www.shannonmayer.com.

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Sherrilyn Kenyon

New York Times bestselling author SHERRILYN KENYON is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre in which she writes. More than 60 million copies of her books are in print in more than one hundred countries. Her current series include The Dark-Hunters, The League, and Chronicles of Nick. Her Chronicles of Nick and Dark-Hunter series are soon to be major motion pictures.

Sherrilyn did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 7.30pm Chicago Time, March 1st 2015 (Sunday).

Learn more about Sherrilyn at www.sherrilynkenyon.com.

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Soman Chainani

SOMAN CHAINANI’s first book, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, has been translated into 25 languages across six continents, and will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Studios, produced by Joe Roth and Jane Startz.

Soman did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 15th, 2017 (Friday).

Learn more about Soman at somanchainani.net.

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Sonali Dev

SONALI DEV is a USA Today bestselling author who writes stories Mindy Kaling calls “hilarious and heartwarming.” Her novels have been named Best Books of the Year by Library Journal, NPR, the Washington Post, Kirkus, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar. She has won numerous accolades, including the American Library Association’s award for best romance, the RT Reviewer Choice Award, multiple RT Seals of Excellence, has been a RITA® finalist, and has been listed for the Dublin Literary Award. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, two visiting adult children, and the world’s most perfect dog.

Sonali did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 11^th, 2023 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sonali at www.sonalidev.com. 

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Stephen Graham Jones

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES is the author of seventeen novels and six story collections. Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, a Bram Stoker Award, and four This is Horror Awards. Next up are The Only Good Indians and Night of the Mannequins. Stephen lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Stephen will be doing a live reading and Q&A for the Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PST on September 1st, 2019 (Sunday).

Learn more about Stephen at www.demontheory.net.

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Steven Erikson

STEVEN ERIKSON is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN series, including The Crippled God, Dust of Dreams, Toll the Hounds and Reaper’s Gale, have met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of 2000 by SF Site. He lives in Canada.

Steven did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 23rd, 2016 (Friday).

Learn more about Steven at www.steven-erikson.com.

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Sue Ann Jaffarian

SUE ANN JAFFARIAN is the author of three acclaimed mystery series, as well as other novels and short stories. Sue is a full-time nomadic writer, traveling the US while living in a camper van. Her most recent work includes Finding Zelda, the first book in a humorous series about a young woman’s adventures on the road, as well as the thrilling Dead Woman Driving serial novel.

Sue Ann did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on March 26^th, 2022 (Saturday).

Learn more about Sue Ann at https://sueannjaffarian.com/.  

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Sujata Massey

SUJATA MASSEY is an internationally best-selling mystery and historical fiction writer. Her most recent novel, The Bombay Prince, features Perveen Mistry, a woman lawyer working for justice for women in 1920s India. Sujata’s mystery fiction has won the Agatha, Macavity, Mary Higgins Clark and Bruce M. Alexander awards and is published in 20 countries.

Sujata did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 11^th 2022 (Friday).

Learn more about Sujata at https://sujatamassey.com/. 

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Susan Dennard

New York Times bestselling author SUSAN DENNARD has come a long way from small-town Georgia. As a marine biologist, she got to travel the world—six out of seven continents, to be exact (she’ll get to Asia one of these days!)—before she settled down as a full-time novelist and writing instructor. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and two dogs, and she is extremely active on social media. You can find her on her blog, Twitter, or the Misfits and Daydreamers, her weekly newsletter on all things books and writing.

Susan did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8:30 PM New York Time on September 25th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Susan at www.susandennard.com.

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Swati Teerdhala

SWATI TEERDHALA is the author of The Tiger at Midnight series, which has appeared on both Barnes and Noble and Book Riot’s Most Anticipated Novels lists. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BS in finance and BA in history, she tumbled into the marketing side of the technology industry. She’s passionate about many things, including how to make a proper cup of tea, the right ratio of curd-to-crust in a lemon tart, and diverse representation in the stories we tell. She currently lives in New York City.

Swati did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 17^th 2023 (Friday).

Learn more about Swati at www.swatiteerdhala.com. 

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Tad Williams

TAD WILLIAMS has held more jobs than any sane person should admit to—singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, worked in theater and television production, taught both grade-school and college classes, and worked in multimedia for a major computer firm. He is cofounder of an interactive television company, and is currently writing comic books and film and television scripts as well.

Tad did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 4th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Tad at www.tadwilliams.com.

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Talia Hibbert

Talia Hibbert is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who lives in a bedroom full of books. Supposedly, there is a world beyond that room, but she has yet to drum up enough interest to investigate. She writes steamy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalised identities need honest and positive representation.

Talia did a live discussion and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time / 10.30am ET, on March 6^th, 2022 (Sunday).

Learn more about Talia at https://www.taliahibbert.com/.

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Tami Hoag

TAMI HOAG is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books. There are more than forty million copies of her books in print in more than thirty languages. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has been a bestseller. She lives in Florida.

Tami did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 18th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Tami at www.tamihoag.com.

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Tamora Pierce

Based in Syracuse NY, TAMORA PIERCE is the New York Times bestselling writer of over 28 books of fantasy, most with girl heroes. She has also published short stories, articles, and comics. When she is not working or traveling, she and her family rescue local stray cats, argue about television shows, and try to extend taco night to every night of the week. The first book of her next Tortall series will be published in Summer of 2017, followed by THE SPY’S GUIDE TO TORTALL: FROM THE DESK OF GEORGE COOPER in Fall of the same year.

Tamora did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 18th, 2016 (Friday).

Tamora also did a live Read For Pixels panel session on writing Violence Against Women in YA Fantasy in the age of #MeToo at 8.30pm EST, March 7th, 2020 (Saturday)

Learn more about Tamora at www.tamora-pierce.com.

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Tananarive Due

Tananarive Due is an author, educator and screenwriter who has won an American Book Award, a British Fantasy Award and an NAACP Image Award. She teaches Afrofuturism and Black Horror at UCLA and in the creative writing MFA program at Antioch University Los Angeles. She has received a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Congress.

Tananarive did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00pm PST on September 28th 2018 (Friday).

Learn more about Tananarive at www.tananarivedue.com.

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Tasha Alexander

TASHA ALEXANDER is the daughter of two philosophy professors, growing up surrounded by books. She was convinced from an early age that she was born in the wrong century and spent much of her childhood under the dining room table pretending it was a covered wagon. Her first novel, And Only to Deceive, was published in 2005. She is the author of the long-running Lady Emily series as well as the novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She is currently in love with the Japanese editions of the Emily books.

Tasha did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 24^th, 2021 (Friday).

Learn more about Tasha at https://www.tashaalexander.com/. 

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Tasha Suri

TASHA SURI is an award-winning author, occasional librarian and cat owner. She has won the Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds) Award from the British Fantasy Society and has been nominated for the Astounding Award and Locus Award for Best First Novel. When she isn’t writing, Tasha likes to cry over TV shows, buy too many notebooks, and indulge her geeky passion for reading about South Asian history. She lives with her family in a mildly haunted house in London.

Tasha did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time, on March 21^st, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Tasha at https://tashasuri.com/

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Tessa Gratton

TESSA GRATTON has wanted to be a paleontologist or a wizard since she was seven. After traveling the world with her military family, she acquired a BA (and the important parts of an MA) in Gender Studies, then settled down in Kansas to tell stories about monsters, magic, and kissing. She’s the author of The Blood Journals Series and Gods of New Asgard Series, co-author of YA writing books The Curiosities and The Anatomy of Curiosity, as well as dozens of short stories available in anthologies and on merryfates.com. Her current projects include Season 2 of “Tremontaine” at Serial Box Publishing and The Queens of Innis Lear coming in 2018 from Tor.

Tessa did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on March 26th, 2017 (Sunday).

Learn more about Tessa at www.tessagratton.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @tessagratton.

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Therese Beharrie

THERESE BEHARRIE is a South African romance author of several acclaimed novels who takes pride in writing diverse characters and settings. Her books are often recommended for their heart and banter. She lives in Cape Town with her husband, her inspiration for every hero, and two adorable baby boys.

Amanda did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 2.30pm UK Time/9.30am ET, on March 5^th, 2023 (Sunday).

Learn more about Therese at www.theresebeharrie.com. 

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Tim Lebbon

TIM LEBBON is a New York Times-bestselling writer from South Wales. He’s had over forty novels published to date, as well as hundreds of novellas and short stories. His latest novels are the eco-horror Eden and The Last Storm. He has won several awards, and his work has been adapted for the big screen.

Tim did a live discussion and Q&A for his Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 3.30pm UK Time / 10.30am ET, on September 25^th, 2022 (Sunday).

Learn more about Tim at https://www.timlebbon.net/.

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Tori Eldridge

TORI ELDRIDGE is the multi-awards nominated author of The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, and The Ninja Betrayed. Her shorter works appear in anthologies and the inaugural reboot of Weird Tales. She’s a Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist screenwriter and fifth-degree black belt ninja. Tori has performed on Broadway, television, and film.

Tori did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 6.00pm PT, on September 19^th, 2021 (Sunday).

Learn more about Tori at https://torieldridge.com/.  

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Vanessa Riley

Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author of Island Queen, A Good Morning America Buzz Pick. Riley’s historical novels showcase the hidden histories of Black women and women of color, emphasizing strong sisterhoods and dazzling multicultural communities. Her works encompass historical fiction, historical romance, and historical mystery and have been reviewed by the AAMBC, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Publisher Weekly, and the New York Times. She’s received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist.

Vanessa did a live reading and Q&A for her Read for Pixels YouTube Session at 8.30pm ET, on March 18^th, 2023 (Saturday).

Learn more about Vanessa at www.vanessariley.com. 

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Veronica Rossi

VERONICA ROSSI is a bestselling author of fiction for young adults. Her debut novel, UNDER THE NEVER SKY, was the first in a post-apocalyptic trilogy. The series appeared in the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists and was published in over 25 foreign markets. Her second series for young adults, beginning with RIDERS, is the story of four modern day teens who become incarnations of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and the prophetic girl who brings them together. Veronica is a lifelong reader and artist. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.

Veronica did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 3rd, 2016 (Saturday).

Learn more about Veronica at www.veronicarossi.com.

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Vicki Pettersson

VICKI PETTERSSON is a New York Times Bestselling author of the Signs of the Zodiac and Celestial Blues paranormal series, and the straight psychological thriller, SWERVE. She has a passion for writing women who defy the odds, who refuse to be silenced or stopped, and who won’t be written off. Her website is vickipettersson.com

Vicki did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on September 9th, 2017 (Saturday).

Learn more about Vicki at www.vickipettersson.com.

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Victoria Dahl

VICTORIA DAHL is the USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty-five romance novels and the winner of the prestigious American Library Association 2016 Reading List Award for outstanding genre fiction. She currently writes suspense as #1 Amazon bestseller Victoria Helen Stone.

Victoria did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 6.00PM Los Angeles Time on March 2nd, 2019 (Saturday).

Learn more about Victoria at www.victoriadahl.com.

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Victoria (V.E.) Schwab

VICTORIA (V.E.) SCHWAB is the product of a British mother, a Beverly Hills father, and a southern upbringing. She has a penchant for tea and BBC shows, and a serious and well-documented case of wanderlust. She is the author of eleven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling THIS SAVAGE SONG, the New York Times & USA Today bestselling A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC series, VICIOUS, and THE ARCHIVED.

Victoria did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read for Pixels Google Hangout Session at 8.30PM New York Time on September 4th, 2016 (Sunday).

Learn more about Victoria at www.victoriaschwab.com.

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G. Willow Wilson

G. WILLOW WILSON is a novelist and comic book writer. Her novel Alif the Unseen won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was a New York Times Notable Book. Her comic book series AIR (DC/Vertigo Comics) and MYSTIC: THE TENTH APPRENTICE (Marvel) were nominated for Eisner Awards. She currently writes the popular all-ages series MS. MARVEL for Marvel Comics. Willow lives in Seattle.

Willow did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 7.00pm Los Angeles Time, September 13th 2014 (Saturday).

Learn more about Willow at www.gwillowwilson.com

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Yasmine Galenorn

YASMINE GALENORN is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of urban fantasy/paranormal romance for Berkley: the Otherworld series, (aka Sisters of the Moon series), the upcoming spin-off series in the Otherworld altaverse–the Fly By Night series, and the upcoming Whisper Hollow paranormal romance/suspense series. She has also written a paranormal mystery series (the Chintz ‘n China series), a short-lived mystery series (the Bath & Body series) under the name of India Ink, and eight metaphysical nonfiction books. In April 2012, she won a Career Achievement Award in Urban Fantasy at the Romantic Times Convention.

Yasmine did a live reading and Q&A session for the Read For Pixels Google Hangout Sessions at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time, March 27th 2015 (Friday).

Learn more about Yasmine at www.galenorn.com.

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