Mo*Con Special Guests

Danian Darrell Jerry

Danian Darrell Jerry, writer, educator, and emcee holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Memphis. He is a VONA (Voices of Our Nation) Fellow, a Fiction Editor of Obsidian, and a 2023 Volcanista of Under the Volcano Writer's Workshop. Danian founded Neighborhood Heroes, a youth arts program that employs comic books and literary arts to educate emerging readers. His writing appears in Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda, Fireside Fiction, Cracking the Wire During Black Lives Matter, Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Fiction, and Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of ‘Critical Race Theory.’

Special Guest Editor

Scott H. Andrews

Scott H. Andrews is a writer, musician, chemistry lecturer, writing teacher, and Editor/Publisher of the ten-time Hugo Award finalist fantasy magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies. His literary short fiction won a $1000 prize from the Briar Cliff Review, and his genre short fiction appeared in Space & Time and Ann VanderMeer’s Weird Tales. He has taught writing for Odyssey, Clarion West, Writefest, and Cat Rambo Academy. He has spoken on short fiction, secondary-world fantasy, editing, publishing, podcasting, D&D, and beer at regional, national, and international conventions, and he celebrates International Stout Day at least once a year.

Special Guest Agent

Bridget Smith

Bridget Smith joined JABberwocky as an agent in May 2019. She grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Brown University with a BA in anthropology in 2010. After graduation, she interned at Don Congdon Associates, worked at a secondhand bookstore, and read submissions for Tor.com. In 2011, she started as an assistant at Dunham Literary, and she remained there as an agent for nearly eight years. In her spare time, she runs, plays Irish fiddle, and co-hosts the publishing podcast Shipping & Handling with Jennifer Udden.