CHARLES DE LINT
Charles de Lint is credited as having pioneered the contemporary fantasy genre. His ground-breaking 1984 urban fantasy novel, Moonheart, remains in print to this day, and enjoys the privilege of being Tor's best-selling trade paperback for their Orb line.With 65 books published to date (not including foreign editions and reprints), he has gained a reputation as a master in his field. Charles de Lint has been aptly described as a romantic, a believer in human potential. De Lint says he hopes his stories will encourage people to "pay attention to how many special things there are in the real world." He regards his greatest artistic achievement as "the moment when a reader tells me that something I've written has inspired them to go out and create something of their own. Or that the story has helped them through a difficult time or prompted them to help others.

DANIEL MERRIAM
A modern master of surrealism and romantic fantasy, Daniel Merriam's paintings are dreams in full color that invite the viewer to join a journey into the imagination, where the worlds of reality and fantasy collide in an explosion of color, shapes and symbolism. Daniel's exquisite watercolors and drawings have captured the hearts and curiosities of collectors worldwide. His unique visions are layered with colorful imagery in a style he calls esthetic dada, reclaiming the territory of romance and dreams for both classical and contemporary art lovers alike. His books include 'The Art of Daniel Merriam: The Impetus of Dreams" published in 1998, "The Art of Daniel Merriam: The Eye of The Dreamer" was released in 2007.The artist's latest book,"Daniel Merriam: Taking Reality By Surprise" was published this year. In a very rare convention appearance, Daniel will present a slideshow of his art, participate in panels, greet guests and sign his books and prints at his booth which will feature a display of his art.

BROM
From his earliest memories Brom has been obsessed with the creation of the weird, the monstrous, and the beautiful. At the age of twenty, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. Since that time Brom has been working feverishly for every facet of the genre, from novels (Michael Moorcock, Terry Brooks, R.A.Salvatore, E.R. Burroughs), Role-playing (TSR, White Wolf, WOTC), comics (DC, Chaos, Dark Horse), Games (Doom2, Heretic, Diablo2, World of Warcraft), and film (Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Galaxy Quest, Ghosts of Mars, Scooby Doo, Van Helsing). Brom's powerful and haunting visions can be found in his two art books "Darkwerks" and "Offerings" and also his illustrated novel "the Plucker". Most recently, Brom has turned his hand to writing a series of illustrated novels. His first novel "The Plucker" (a twisted children's book for adults) has over 100 paintings and received numerous nominations and was awarded a Chesley. His latest edition "The Devil's Rose" (a western set in Hell) is due out summer of 2007. Brom is currently kept in a dank cellar somewhere in the drizzly Northwest. There he subsists on poison spiders, centipedes, and bad kung-fu flicks. When not eating bugs, he is ever writing, painting, and trying to reach a happy sing-a-long with the many demons dancing about in his head.

AMY BROWN
Since beginning her career in 1992, Amy Brown has emerged as one of the most popular faery artists in the world, with two international best-selling books and thousands of licensed products sold internationally. With her childhood love of Brian Froud and Alan Lee's classic book, "Faeries," as an early inspiration, Amy brings a playful, mischievous and contemporary attitude to her depictions of faery that has been widely reflected in popular culture.

RAVEN GRIMASSI
Raven Grimassi is a Neo-Pagan scholar and award-winning author of over fourteen books on Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-Paganism. He has been devoted to the study and practice of witchcraft for over forty years. Raven is co-founder and co-director of the Fellowship of the Pentacle, a modern Mystery School tradition of pre-Christian European beliefs and practices. Grimassi’s background includes training in old forms of European witchcraft as well as Brittic Wicca, the Pictish-Gaelic tradition, and Celtic Traditionalist Witchcraft. Raven was also a member of the Rosicrucian Order, and studied the Kabbalah through the First Temple of Tifareth under Lady Sara Cunningham. His early magical career began in the late 1960s and involved the study of works by Julius Evola, Franz Bardon, Gareth Knight, Kenneth Grant, Dion Fortune, William Gray, Austin Spare, William Butler, Israel Regardie, Eliphas Levi, and William Barrett.

STEPHANIE TAYLOR-GRIMASSI
Stephanie Taylor-Grimassi is a 3rd degree initiate of a Celtic Traditionalist system of Wicca, and is a 3rd degree initiate of Italian Witchcraft (the Arician Tradition). She is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Stephanie has studied, taught, and used the magical arts as tools of transformation throughout her lifetime. She is also a professional Tarot reader, astrologer, and a teacher of Old World Witchcraft through the Fellowship of the Pentacle.
Stephanie is the co-author and co-creator of the divination and teaching systems The Well Worn Path Oracle kit (2005) and The Hidden Path Oracle Kit, (2007). She currently lives in New England with her husband (author Raven Grimassi) and divides her time between operating Raven's Loft cyber store, teaching workshops, managing the House of Grimassi project, co-directing the Mystery School known as the Fellowship of the Pentacle, and developing the Ash, Birch & Willow training system of Old World witchcraft.

JESSICA MACBETH
JESSICA MACBETH has worked closely with Brian Froud for many years and is the author of the acclaimed, international best-selling book and card set, THE FAERIES' ORACLE. and MOON OVER WATER and SUN OVER MOUNTAIN, two guides to meditation, imagery and self-discovery. She lives Port Townsend, WA.

TOBY FROUD
Toby Froud made his film debut at an early age, while playing a baby stolen by the Goblin King (performed by David Bowie) in the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth, a feature film that was designed by Toby's parents, Brian Froud and Wendy Froud. Growing up in England surrounded by painters, sculptors, filmmakers, actors, and puppeteers, Toby soon discovered that he had a talent for all of these things himself. Talent runs in the family. His father is a world-reknown "fairy painter," his mother is an accomplished sculptor, his maternal grandfather was the German-American sculptor Walter Midener, and his grandmother, Peggy Midener, is a painter and collage artist in Michigan. Interested in both visual and performance arts, Toby studied filmmaking and special effects techniques in London. He also apprenticed at the Muppet workshop in New York City, and on the set of the Lord of the Rings films in New Zealand. His performance skills include stiltwalking and fire-juggling, and puppetry, talents which he has put to use at Faerieworlds and Faeriecon events, as well as in many other fine productions for the last 9 years. Toby currently works at Laika film studios in Portland, Oregon.

JAN BOZARTH
Jan Bozarth was raised in an international family in Texas in the sixties, the daughter of a Cuban mother and a Welsh father. She danced in a ballet company at eleven, started a dream journal at thirteen, joined a surf club at sixteen, studied flower essences at eighteen, and went on to study music, art, and poetry incollege. As a girl, she dreamed of a life that would weave these different interests together. Her dream came true when she grew up and had a big family and a music and writing career. Jan is now a grandmother and writes stories and songs for young people. She often works with her own grown-up children, who are musicians and artists in Austin, Texas. (Sometimes Jan is even the fairy godmother who encourages them to believe in their dreams!) Jan credits her own mother, Dora, with handing down her wisdom: Dream big and never give up. Jan is also a pioneer in entertainment, specializing in the creation of highly honored and nationally acclaimed entertainment products for thirty years including music, home video, family and children's programming through her tenure with CBS-FOX, MCA, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, Esquire Magazine, and others. As an independent creator of family and children's programming, she has developed, guided, designed, or produced more than 14 home video programs, 3 original stage musicals, 15 CD-ROM games, online games and learning products, and 4 original music CD's. She is the author of the highly popular middle grade fantasy fiction series, The Fairy Godmother Academy published by Random House. She divides her time between Austin, TX, Marfa, Texas and Los Angeles, CA where she develops television, film and transmedia properties. For more information, please visit www.fairygodmotheracademy.com.

CAROLYN TURGEON
Born in Michigan, Carolyn Turgeon wrote her first novel at the age of eight. She is now the author of three (more) novels: "Rain Village," published in 2006, "Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story," which came out in 2009, and this year's "Mermaid," a retelling of the original little mermaid story by Hans Christian Andersen. Her next book, "The Next Full Moon," comes out in January 2012 and is about a 12-year-old girl who discovers her mother was a swan maiden. Carolyn also runs the mermaid blog, iamamermaid.com, and is editing the new Mermaids special edition magazine, set to debut in January from the publishers of Faerie Magazine. She's currently working on her next fairytale novel and a non-fiction book about mermaids and mermaid culture. She lives between Pennsylvania and New York.

JULIE KAGAWA
Julie Kagawa is an American author, best known for writing the Iron Fey series consisting of four books: The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen and The Iron Knight. In April, her second series, Blood of Eden, will be released. The first book is called The Immortal Rules Julie lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, two obnoxious cats, one Australian shepherd who is too smart for his own good and the latest addition, a hyperactive papillon.

D.C. GRACE
D.C. Grace is the author of The Guardians series and the Amethyst Dragon series. She has been fascinated with all things supernatural since childhood, and wrote her first vampire story at the ripe old age of nine. She is well studied in all aspects of Native American culture, as well as early Pagan and Celtic histories and cultural practices. When she's not trying out a new recipe or digging into a good book, D.C. can be found driving her daughters around town in her Mom Cab. She's also a lover of music, and has passed that trait on - she and her three daughters engage in serious games of music trivia. D.C. lives just outside Louisville, KY. She shares a home with her daughters, two crazy kitties and a neurotic Chihuahua. She considers herself lucky they let her live with them. And yes, she does believe in faeries...

JEN DELYTH
Welsh artist Jen Delyth is one of the most highly respected contemporary Celtic artists in the world. Her debut book Celtic Folk Soul - Art, Myth & Symbol illuminates the beauty, power and spirit of nature expressed through the ancient language of Celtic art and symbol: the voice of the Folk-Soul. The Celtic tradition has its own ancient roots back into the cultures of the Neolithic and Paleolithic peoples who came before them. It continues to evolve and is - most important to many working today - a Living Tradition. Artist Jen Delyth is part of this living tradition. She creates original Celtic paintings and illustrations which explore the language of myth and symbol inspired by Celtic folklore and the spirit within nature. Her work is informed by the folk motifs and symbols of the ancient Celts, but woven through her experience and vision as a woman of the twenty-first century. Born in the Welsh borderlands of the Wye valley, and raised in the industrial heartlands of south Wales, and a small village on the edge of the Gower Penninsula, Jen Delyth was surrounded by landscapes that have inspired poets and artists throughout the ages. Her childhood was spent exploring the lovely Welsh hills and stunning coastal beaches and coves with her family. This early connection to the natural world has played an integral role in her development as an artist. Drawing from ancient metaphors and integrating the visual motifs and language of Celtic patterning into original new designs, Jen Delyth finds the symmetry of form and symbol that expresses living archetypes. Her work is stylistically contemporary, iconographic, reflecting spiritual and philosophical roots which embody universal themes that reflect her love of nature and Celtic symbolism.

LISA MANTCHEV
Lisa Mantchev is the author of the young adult fantasy trilogy, The Théâtre Illuminata. Published by Feiwel & Friends, the series includes the Andre Norton award-nominated EYES LIKE STARS (2009,) PERCHANCE TO DREAM (2010,) and SO SILVER BRIGHT (2011.) Her short fiction has also appeared in venues like Clarkesworld, Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine and Strange Horizons. She makes her home on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state with her husband, children, and house of hairy dogs. You can read more about her at www.theatre-illuminata.com

JEET-KEI LEUNG
Jeet-Kei Leung is a riveting presenter on the subject of "Transformational Festivals" with his talk at TEDxVancouver 2010 quickly going viral on-line. A key creator and organizer in B.C.'s tribal dance culture and the founder of 'Intention', a 5-day New Years Celebration which just held its 13th year, Jeet-Kei brings a depth of insight and revelation to his eloquent articulation of the vital festival culture blossoming on the west coast and internationally. Jeet-Kei also performs music as the DJ named Mazeguider, regularly taking dancefloors on an alchemical journey of joy, ecstatic union and release.

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