It looks good on the page, but how does it SOUND? Join some of the world’s best science fiction and fantasy authors and performers as they shed light on the unique and creative ways that words come alive through Audible performances. What makes an incredible audiobook? How does writing specifically for audio affect the creative process? How can narration and sound design transform a great story into a mind-blowing audio experience? What amazing feats can writers achieve in audio that aren’t possible in other mediums? Do authors make words deliberately difficult to pronounce to make things harder for their narrators? Emily Andras (Wynonna Earp), Mary Robinette Kowal (The Lady Astronaut series), Ray Porter (the Bobiverse series, Project Hail Mary), R.A. Salvatore (The Legends of Drizzt), John Scalzi (Starter Villain, Constituent Service), and Dennis E. Taylor (The Bobiverse series) join forces to reveal all. There’s more to imagine when you listen.

An author pours their heart and soul into a work of fiction over the course of years only to encounter a one-word review on social media: “Meh.” Hear these authors read some of their most vexing negative reviews aloud in a fun and light-hearted session showing how important it is for creators to develop an impenetrable suit of armor.

NYCC is thrilled to welcome critically acclaimed and bestselling author V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, The Fragile Threads of Power) to New York City for an intimate conversation about the creative process and the life of a writer.

Tor Publishing Group publishes some of the greatest sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and horror books around. This panel will shine a spotlight on some of the exciting upcoming titles that Tor, Tor Teen, Tordotcom Publishing, Nightfire, and our newest imprint, Bramble, have to offer. Join the book lovers from the Tor teams as they share a sneak peek at new and upcoming books that you will definitely have to add to your TBR list. Attendees will be given free new and upcoming books as they leave.

Join bestselling and critically acclaimed fantasy authors as they discuss their careers, their approach to writing, and their new books.

Nightfire brings together some of the most talented and twisted horror writers today. Come and hear how Sunny Moraine (Your Shadow Half Remains), Chuck Tingle (Bury Your Gays), Johnny Compton ( Devils Kill Devils), Brom (Evil in Me), and C.J. Leede (American Rapture) are going to keep you on the edge of your seat with their bone-chilling books that mix body horror, psychological terror, thrills and twists, and take the reader through the depths of the darkest shadows of society. Moderated by Delilah Dawson (It Will Only Hurt for a Moment).

Bestselling and critically acclaimed fantasy authors will lead the audience through a collaborative process of imagining and building a new world.

Rules were meant to be broken, and genres were meant to be mashed—or however the saying goes. Leave your ideas of conventional genre at the door and join Tor and LitHub’s Voyage into Genre Podcast host Drew Broussard as he sits down with genre legends TJ Klune, Chuck Tingle, R.R. Virdi, Sara Raasch and Olivie Blake as to talk fantasy, romance, horror, and everything in between.