Want to hear The Tiger’s Daughter author K. Arsenault Rivera talk about epic lands beyond Middle-earth and Westeros? Get tips from L.E. Modesitt, Jr. about creating complex fantasy worlds like the Recluce universe? Have Annalee Newitz answer your pressing questions about whether the future is dystopian? (She wrote Autonomous, she would know.) A bevy of Tor/Forge and Tor.com Publishing authors will be at the Tucson Festival of Books from March 10-11 to touch upon these and other topics! Click through for the complete schedule, including panels and signings.
Saturday, March 10
- Hot Off the Press
Location: Student Union Bookstore (lower level)
Author: Candice Fox, Nancy Kress
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Beyond Middle Earth & Westeros
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
Author: K Arsenault Rivera
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:100 AM
Signing Area: Sales & Signings Ares – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Spies, Assassins, and Special Ops
Location: Student Union Santa Rita
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tor.com Author: Myke Cole
Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
- Workshop: Your Opening Scene
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 141
Author: Nancy Kress
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Creating Fantastic Characters
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
Author: K Arsenault Rivera
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Is the Future Dystopian?
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
Authors: Annalee Newitz, Kristen Simmons
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Inventing Complex Fantasy Worlds
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Authors: Myke Cole (Tor.com), L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Sunday, March 11
- Real Science and Science Fiction
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 130
Author: Nancy Kress
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Robots, Droids, and Artificial Intelligence
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
Authors: Annalee Newitz
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Science Fiction and Society
Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 130
Author: Kristen Simmons
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
- Get Your Book Out There!
Location: Koffler Room 218
Panelist: Patty Garcia
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00PM
For more information, check out the Tucson Festival of Books website.
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