MULTIVERSE 2024 GUESTS OF HONOR
Justina Ireland is the award winning and New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Dread Nation, Deathless Divide, Rust in the Root and Ophie’s Ghosts.
Her Marvel comics work has featured a range of characters from Deadpool to Misty Knight to Spider-Man and she is also the author of several Star Wars books and one of the story architects of Star Wars: The High Republic.
In her spare time she writes for TV. You can find her work wherever great books are sold and you can find her on Instagram as @justina.ireland or at her website justinaireland.com.
Defying all odds is what #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn McQueen writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon does best. Rising from extreme poverty as a child that culminated in being a homeless mother with an infant, she has become one of the most popular and influential authors in the world (in both adult and YA fiction), with dedicated legions of fans known as Paladins–thousands of whom proudly sport tattoos from her numerous genre-defying series.
Since her first book debuted while she was still in college, she has placed more than 80 novels on the New York Times list in all formats and genres, including manga and graphic novels, and has more than 70 million books in print worldwide. Her current series include: Dark-Hunters®, Chronicles of Nick®, Deadman’s Cross™, Eve of Destruction™, Nevermore™, Lords of Avalon® and The League®.
Over the years, her Lords of Avalon® novels have been adapted by Marvel, and her Dark-Hunters® and Chronicles of Nick® are New York Times bestselling manga and comics and are #1 bestselling adult coloring books. Join her and her Paladins online at QueenofAllShadows.com and www.facebook.com/mysherrilyn.
Lauren is an Emmy Award-Winning illustrator and Art Director who has worked for companies such as Google, Marvel, Electronic Arts, Wizards of the Coast, Zynga, and Amazon Games. She uses her love of storytelling and whimsy to draw viewers into her world by immersing them in a realm of fantasy and whimsy. She loves representing the union of nature and humanity, of motion in one image.
Upon receiving her MFA from the Savannah College of Art Design, she went on to break into the animation and gaming industries, with credits on shows such as the Archer, The League, and Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and on games such as The Simpsons: Tapped Out and Words with Friends. She currently works at Wizards of the Coast as a Digital Art Director.
As an advocate of inclusion and equity in the gaming and animation industries, Lauren actively pursues outreach and mentorship at schools, colleges, conventions, and through her co-hosted podcast, Painted in Color (http://youtube.com/c/PaintedinColor)
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