Fantasy Sci-Fi Author (she/her)

Jenny Stuart

Surrounded by animals and books from a young age with a love for dinosaurs and fantasy, it was probably inevitable that I would eventually fall in love with the dragons of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. These were the books that also inspired me to become a fiction author, and at thirteen, I created the dragon Ma'Konti (Muh-KON-tee) who has lived in my head ever since and whose story I am now ready to tell along with many others.Ma'Konti may be the heart dragon that inspired me to pursue a career as a writer, but my actual practice of the craft came about when I started writing fanfiction at sixteen. Eventually, my fanfiction writing led me to meeting and befriending Zander with whom I share my dreams and fears and without whom I doubt I'd have the courage to take this next step in our author journeys.When I'm not planning emotionally devastating character arcs or going down a research rabbit hole of worldbuilding, I enjoy plenty of other hobbies to balance my creative work such as reading, movies, crochet, sewing, drawing, baking, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Fantasy Fiction Sci-Fi Author (they/them)

Zander Kahdoma

A fantasy author since the ripe old age of nine, I have since expanded into sci-fi and romance in recent years. As a child, I was introduced to fantasy fiction through Brian Jacques Redwall and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series, and my appetite only grew from there. In sixth grade, my English teacher read my report in front of the class as an example of great writing, and from there I decided that I wanted to become a professional author. I began to participate yearly in NaNoWriMo, wrote and self-published my first novel, The Hurricane's Eye, as my high school senior project, began planning my own heart dragon novel, and have since worked to perfect my craft through writing and sharing fanfiction based on my favorite obsessions.Jenny and I found each other through these same obsessions, and over the course of our friendship discovered we each shared a heart dragon story; novels we had been either passively or actively working on over the course of most of our lives based around the lives of a dragon and their human companion. It is with Jenny's help that I have finally jumped the hurdle that has held me back from completing my heart dragon stories, and without her, I wonder if I ever would have gotten to the point where I feel I am finally capable of writing it to its full potential.Outside of writing, I love gardening, drawing, taking care of what feels like a zoo, raising an incredible little with my partner, playing Magic the Gathering, cooking, and singing.

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