Marcon 47 Panelists

Marcon would like to thank our Panelists for taking the time each year to share their knowledge and experiences with our members. Time and time again they step up to entertain and educate us with their wit and vast stores of information.
Attention: If you are listed on this page you have been listed as a panelist and will be scheduled. Our Programming department is hard at work juggling people to fit everyone into time slots. If your schedule does not show anything scheduled or not as many as you signed up for, please be patient with us. Schedules will be sent out by May8th.


Renee Alper (schedule)


Mowgli Assor (schedule)
Mowgli Assor is a member of Thee Dyskworlde Players.

Laura Bickle (schedule)
Laura Bickle is the author of the urban fantasy novels EMBERS and SPARKS, urban fantasies from Pocket-Juno Books. Writing as Alayna Williams, she's also the author of DARK ORACLE and ROGUE ORACLE. She lives in Ohio with her chief muse, where they are owned by a herd of barely-reformed feral cats.

Jason Paul Bundy (schedule)
Jason Bundy left this spot blank, so I'm going to fill it for him. Jason Bundy is a big scary monster. Rawr (insert cute kitten here).

Faye Clark (schedule)
My name is Faye Clark, and I have been doing chainmail for about five years. I’m an anthropology and archaeology undergraduate at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, where I am an officer in the Asian Cultures Club and working to start the Prometheus Club, which deals with recreating prehistoric technology.

Judith Conly (schedule)
Judith Conly does not fear the fuzzy.

Robb J Cupp (schedule)
From the daun of time he has come; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of Marcon 46; when the few who remain will battle to the last.

Charles Ebert (schedule)
Chuck Ebert makes his living as a librarian in Durham, NC. In March he had his first short story published in Aoife's Kiss. He also writes a movie review blog called The Other Ebert at http://theotherebert.wordpress.com/

Mark Evans (schedule)
Mark Evans is. That's it, he just is. No plans or goals to be otherwise.

Benjamin Geraci (schedule)
Ben Geraci is a 6th grade Social Studies teacher in Covington, KY. He has been doing historical reenacticg for 8 years. He does everything from Ancient Roman to WWI German Stormtrooper and can speak about 3-4 different accents when doing his reenacting.

Maura Heaphy (schedule)
Maura Heaphy, Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University, teaching Science Fiction and fiction writing. Author: Science Fiction Authors: A Research Guide (2008), 100 Most Popular Science Fiction Authors (2010) Upcoming: SF chapter, Genreflecting: Guide to Popular Reading Interests and 100 Most Popular Fantasy Authors. (Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, California).

Anna Herbst (schedule)
Anna Herbst defies description.

Claude L. Mcdonald (schedule)
Claude McDonald IS the occasional random thought.

Mark Meece (schedule)
as "Londo the Cable Guy" is back at marcon after a whirlwind tour of Risa, the Zocalo, Primm, Nevada, and most Outlet Shopping Malls for his "Londo Times Six Tour." He is looking forward to entertaining his fabulous fans at Marcon 46!

Vicki Meece (schedule)
As everyone knows, Vicki Meece is a big Farscape fan. She not only enjoys watching the show, but she also enjoys writing Farscape Fanfic and has posted a few on a Farscape board. She also enjoys when she is able to spend time with her Farscape friends from around the world. She has also started writing other fanfic. The most recent she's been working on is from the 1987-1989 CBS TV show Beauty and the Beast.

Regina M Parker (schedule)
Regina Parker really doesn't what to know what the red stuff is in the bottom of the lifeboat.

Kt Pinto (schedule)
Writer of vampires, super heroes and teen angst (not all at one time… usually) KT is striving to earn enough money so she can one day own a foster care farm for puppies of all ages. Help her achieve her goal by buying all of her books! Ktpinto.com

Jodi Post (schedule)
Jodi is a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy and anime. She is also an avid collector of all things unicorn. She is a long time attendee of Marcon and a member of Psi Phi Columbus.

Steven L Post (schedule)
Steve is a fan of MST3K, anime, big space battles, and epic board games. He started his computer geekness in the late 1970s when he programmed Mastermind on punch cards. He is a long time attendee of Marcon and a member of Psi Phi Columbus.

Brendan Pratt (schedule)


Stella Price (schedule)
The older of the Price sisters, Stella has been a retail slave, tour manager, ice cream slinger, model and barrista but now spends her days at home creating worlds for people to escape into. With her sister she’s written over 24 books and some of the lesser known races including weresnakes and Satyrs. She’s the convention director for Authors After Dark, the cheapest and largest con in Romance fandom. You can check her work at www.stellaandaudra.com

David Romans Jr (schedule)
David Romans: Transplant from Las Vegas Nevada. In addition to participating in SCA combat for many years I have also done historical reenactment which includes; Imperial Roman Army legionary and officer impressions, American Western Frontier Gunfighter, Middle Ages Muscovite Streltzi (Russian Musketeer), WWII Red Army soldier, Cold War-Era Soviet Forces, and Yugoslav War-Era Serbian Chetnik. I have a working knowledge of the Russian language and am a fan of horror, science fiction, classical and neo-film noir.

Robert Savage (schedule)
Paul Savage is a supporting member of the Midwest Anime Guys.

Lucy A. Snyder (schedule)
Lucy A. Snyder is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Spellbent and Shotgun Sorceress and of the collections Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. For more infomration, visit her website: www.lucysnyder.com.

William A Thomasson (schedule)
Bill Thomasson is a medical writer assisting researchers with their papers and grant applications (which have been described as the real science fiction) but has a broad interest in all areas of science and futurology. He is also, as someone who advancing age has left legally blind, interested in all disability issues.

Michelle Turchiano (schedule)
This is Michelle’s third year as a panelist for Marcon. When she is not swooning of Dean Winchester while watching Supernatural, Michelle enjoys writing fanfiction, cosplaying, and karaoke.

Tim Waggoner (schedule)
Tim Waggoner has published over twenty novels and two short story collections. He teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program. Visit him on the web at www.timwaggoner.com.

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