Your Kindle Is Now Full: A Guide to the Amazing Authors of Denver Comic Con

Denver Comic Con this past weekend was an amazing, inspiring and utterly awesome experience. There are too many great memories and interactions to pick any one favorite, but a definite highlight for me was meeting and chatting with some very cool local book authors. Some we were able to sit down with formally and do interviews and some we just chatted up at their booths, or on the con floor. Look for our in-depth interviews soon, and keep your eyes peeled for all of our upcoming reviews of the novels, comics and short stories we picked up at Con. For now, here’s a list of the talented and engaging book authors we met this past weekend, to give you a taste of what we’ll be reading for the next, well, ever. We’ll do comic book writers separately, because there are a lot. We hope you find someone or something on the list that’s right up your alley!

Amalie Howard– Amalie writes super cool YA across a lot of different genres, playing with the themes of identity, self acceptance and the occasional fighting of demons. Like you do. I’m starting with Bloodspell and Alpha Goddess, two of her stand alone titles, but she writes series as well, if you want to dive into something longer.

Sue Duff– Sue is the author of the ongoing YA series, The Weir Chronicles. Of a planned 5 book series, the first 2 are available now. The Weir Chronicles has magic and mystery set in our modern-day world of cell phones and social media. Her imagination is as deep as her commitment to her characters. If you’re into illusion, earth sciences and trying to save the world from destruction, this might be the series for you!

Gail Wagner– Gail writes a series for young adults about demon fighting leprechauns. Do I really need to say more? Who doesn’t love demon fighting leprechauns? On the off-chance that’s not your thing, Gail also has a series starting with Let Her Sleep about dreams, love and the raging battle between Good and Evil. I think it doesn’t have any leprechauns, though.

Amanda Strong– I plan to start reading Amanda’s books with her series The Monsters Among Us. Because I like things that are scary and mysterious. I think this series just might keep me guessing. If paranormal romance with angels and demons is more up your alley, I say check out her other series The Watchers Men, starting with The Awakener. That one is for sure going on my list too. Right after I’m finished with letting Hidden Monster scare the crap outta me.

DelSheree Gladden– Relationships are so complicated when you’re young, especially when one of you is invisible. I’m excited to check out Delsheree’s Aerling series. Delsheree clearly has a love for all things supernatural, and I’m betting anyone with a hankering for something out of this world will find something they like in Delsheree’s collection. She has, I believe, 5 series started and available to date.

Dan Wells– Dan writes about teenagers who, among other things, might be serial killers or have to save the world after the apocalypse. You know, typical kid stuff. He also has non YA books for a twist on all YA, all the time vibe of this post. I’m excited to get started with the Partials series, because I can’t say no to the end of world, and after that, I plan to read The Hollow City about a man who finds out that some of the monsters he thinks he’s hallucinating are totally real.

Bonnie Burton– Bonnie is the author of the absolutely fabulous Star Wars Craft Book, which is fun for all ages. I’m going to be diving into her non-fiction book Girls Against Girls, which while geared towards YA readers, I think is going to be valuable information for any age. She also does about a million other things that are awesome and if I listed them all, we’d be here all day.

What all these fantastic authors we met this weekend have in common is this: They’re awesome, they’re passionate about what they write, they had no problem with us fawning over them all weekend at Con and they were all about as kind and lovely as you want a human to be. And I’m not just saying that cause they gave me bookmarks and stickers and googly eyes. I’m saying it because I love people who love books, and these people love books.

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