On Saturday, during the panel “New Faces of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror” the audience asked if the panelists could post the names that they were mentioning. Here is the list recommended by the panel. If you have any questions or additions of your own, please post them in the comments.
Panel: New Faces of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
These exceptional writers may still be in the early stages of their career, but already we catch glimpses of greatness. Let’s name names — and talk about what makes them so special.
Panelists as shown above: David Anthony Durham, Peter V. Brett, Paul Di Filippo (M), Kelly Link, Laird Barron
This list includes a mixture of new writers as well as under-read writers that the panelists wanted to share. Happy reading!
- Mike Allen
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Nathan Ballingrud
- Simon Bestwick
- Allyson Bird
- Nadia Bulkin
- Matt Cardin
- Maille Chapman
- Blake Charlton
- Michael Cisco
- Andrew Cox
- Steven Duffy
- David Anthony Durham
- James Enge
- Gemma Files
- Matthew Fox
- Richard Gavin
- Stephen Graham Jones
- Michael Grant
- Kevin Hearne
- N.K. Jemison
- Paul Jessup
- Nicholaus Kaufmann
- Alice Kim
- Margo Lanagan
- John Langan
- Livia Llewelyn
- Nick Mamatas
- Gary McMahaon
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Peter Orullian
- Joseph Pulver
- Robert Reddick
- Beth Revis
- Ian Rogers
- Karen Russell
- Ken Scholes
- Simon Strantzas
- Anna Tambour
- Paul Tremblay
- Don Tumasonis
- Genevieve Valentine
- Jean-Christophe Valtat
- Kaaron Warren
- Marly Youmans
Also, two authors who’ve been active for quite a while but are under read: Wilum Pugmire and Don Webb.
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