A Round Table discussion on the world of Cozy Fantasy in LitRPG, Progression Fantasy, Xianxia, Wuxia, and Gamelit. With guest host Madix-3 from the CritRPG Podcast.

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Madix-3 is the host of the CritRPG Podcast, a One-Stop-Shop for everything LitRPG, Progression Fantasy, and Royalroad.  Madix-3 has interviewed some of the biggest names in genre, and his podcast is a must-listen for anyone who likes terrible puns and a good time.

Casualfarmer has written the beloved Cozy Fantasy Xianxia Beware of Chicken that follows Jin, a North American farm boy who suddenly finds himself in mythical china. He just wants to farm, but his farm animals keep awakening as kung fu spirit beasts. 

Haylock Jobson is the author of the comedy LitRPG Heretical Fishing featuring an Australian man who finds himself in a magical world forsaken by the gods when all he wants to do it fish. A Cozy Fantasy about annoying cultists, outsmarting the fish, and alienating oneself.

Mystic Neptune is the author of the RomCom LitRPG I Ran Away To Evil where the Heroine arrives to fight the Dark Lord but gets invited in for tea instead. A Cozy Fantasy adventure that throws tropes out the window and embraces everyone finding their own Happily Ever After.

FlossinDune is an avid daydreamer and fan of tabletop role playing games. His Cozy Fantsy, Isekai, LitRPG Courier Quest, is about a young man summoned to another world - for a vacation. 

Tips and Tricks on navigating the world of publishing. We have speakers from all types of publishing; traditional, indie, kindlevella, web serials and different writing platforms. With guest host S Usher Evans, an internationally bestselling indie author and the recipient of the 2019 Florida Author Project Young Adult Book of the Year .

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S Usher Evans is an internationally bestselling and award winning indie author who has published over 30 titles since 2014, and has become well known in the genre for The Weary Dragon Inn Series, a Cozy Fantasy about an amnesiac innkeeper who solves mysteries in the fantasy village of Pigsend.

Rebecca Thorne is a USA Today, Indie, and Sunday Times Bestselling author who's Tomes & Tea Series has become a staple of the genre. She is widely known for her helpful advice on Tiktok and she has a fierce passion for educating new writers about writing and publishing, and new developments in the industry.

Campfire is a platform for book lovers and storytellers. Whether you're there to explore new worlds or create them, get started for free. Campfire has an extensive list of Cozy Fantasy titles, and great opportunities to Cozy Fantasy authors. 

JP Rindfleisch IX is the author of the Kindlevella Mosswood Apothecary, a lgbt+ Cozy Fantasy love story following Rowan Mosswood, a botanical alchemist sent to research the magical depletion in a town called Frostfern Valley. 

Boghag and Fantasy Customer Service Tiktok sensation, Hedge Bette.

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Hedge Bette has that chaotic Millenial resume and all the awkward social anxiety of a very tall girl who talked too much about dragons for too long as a kid. She's been a waitress, a teacher, a vice principal, an executive assistant, a brand manager, a graphic designer, and she's currently starting her own bakery, naturally. She also did a stint as a clockwork doll in a professional Steampunk interactive performance group, but who hasn't? Currently writing two books - a retelling of Vasilisa the Beautiful, which is one of the traditional Baba Yaga fairytales, and an absurd satire of the Fantasy Romance genre suggested by some videos she made on TikTok.

Autumn Harvey (she/her) grew up in the rural midwestern United States, imagining magical worlds as she roamed the forest. Those worlds grew into stories through her literature and writing degree and a decade of librarianship. Currently, Autumn is immersed in creating inclusive, cozy fantasies. Autumn also enjoys gardening, crocheting, crafting, gluten-free baking, and making endless lists. 

Enjoy a lesson on how to make Galettes with Hedge Bette!

A Round Table discussion on the Romance Fantasy and Fantasy Romance in Cozy Fantasy. With guest host Jess Galaxie! She is the author of The Graveyard Trees Duology, a content marketing manager by day, and a D&D player by night.

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Jess Galaxie is known for her book, Feathers of Dawn, about a non-binary dragon who absconds with a retired dragon hunter and their unlikely but heartwarming tale. It's a Cozy Fantasy, with dragons!

Heather Fawcett is the New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestselling author of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries series. She is Canadian, and her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and somehow all include dragons in one form or another. 

L.L. Starling is a writer by day (free-range, forest-dwelling swamp witch by night), and her Cozy Fantasy The Chronicles of Between is her first fantasy series. 

Olivia Atwater writes whimsical historical fantasy with a hint of satire. Her Cozy Fantasy Regency Faerie Tales is just one of her many series. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her fantastic, prose-inspiring husband and her two cats.

Kimberly Lemming is on an eternal quest to avoid her calling as a main character. When she's not running from fate, she can be found writing diverse fantasy romance Mead Mischief series. Or just shoveling chocolate in her maw until she passes out on the couch. 

Tips and Tricks on writing a cozy fantasy world. We have a panel of authors who are known for their beautiful worlds and all the vibes. They will have helpful tips on how to capture the elusive cozy vibe in your own esthetic. With guest host Casey Blair, a bestselling author of adventurous, feel-good fantasy novels with ambitious heroines and plenty of banter.

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Casey Blair is a bestselling author of the completed series Tea Princess Chronicles, a Cozy Fantasy series full of magic tea, friendship, and lifting people up even when the odds seem impossible.

R.K. Ashwisk By day, she herds cats in the animation industry. By night, she writes, bakes, and herds her literal cat around her living room. She is the author of A Rival Most Vial and The Stray Spirit.

Bree Paulsen is a SoCal writer and illustrator who loves spooky monsters, fashion history, and all things autumnal. Her graphic novel, Garlic and the Vampire, received a starred review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, which called it “folkloric…a down comforter of a graphic novel.”

S.L. Rowland is a nomad. He loves traveling and has road-tripped coast to coast three times over with his Shiba Inu, Lawson. His Tales of Aedrea series is a delight of small-scale stories, low-stakes adventure, and Cozy Fantasy come to life within an epic, high-fantasy realm.

Sarah Beth Durst Sarah Beth Durst is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including her Cozy Fantasy release The Spellshop. She's been awarded an American Library Association Alex Award, as well as a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award!

Tea Room meets Tavern in this delightful cooking show hosted by Meg and Cob CopperSpoon.

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Meg's Tea Room is a cozy space to rest between adventures and discover comforting stories as you settle in for a cup of tea with your magical proprietor, Meg.

The CopperSpoon Inn and Tavern is a virtual tavern run by a tavernkeep known as Cob CopperSpoon. Well, that's her tavern persona at least, Cob CopperSpoon is a character created by Emily, the real life, mundane human woman who runs a fantasy tavern.

A Round Table discussion on Cozy Fantasy that balance a bit of mystery. With guest host Nathaniel Webb.

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Nathaniel Webb is an author and musician best known as the founder Wyngraf, a publishing house dedicated to Cozy Fantasy. He wrote the Cozy Fantasy novel Bard City Blues, and he has sold numerous short stories in genres ranging from steampunk to sword & sorcery.

Sylvie Cathrall writes stories of hope and healing with healthy doses of wonder and whimsy. Her novel, A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a whimsical epistolary Cozy Fantasy set in a mystical underwater world with mystery and heart-warming romance.

Wren Jones is an indie author who loves to create stories that bring joy and comfort to readers. And she wear a lot of figurative and literal hats. Her passion is crafting novels that pair well with a cup of tea or a glass of wine and make you feel like you're hanging out with a group of old friends. Her book Practical Potions and Premeditated Murder is a cozy escape for lovers of true crime (without all the horror) and fantasy (without all the fantastical horror). 

Megan Banner is a USA Today bestselling award-winning author of the charming Hart and Mercy series. The series is a macabre and humorous romantic Cozy Fantasy, with a dash of mystery, a few nefarious plots, and a lot of small town drama. 

A.J. Lancaster lives in a house with two cats and a wide variety of houseplants, where she writes and indie publishes romantic, whimsical Cozy Fantasy books. Her works feature a little mystery, a sentient estate, practical leads, faeries. A Rake of His Own is a standalone m/m Cozy Fantasy romance and murder mystery, set in the Stariel world. 

Tips and Tricks on writing a cozy fantasy. We have award winning panelist's, traditional and indie published, and a special guest who is going to offer what not do to when writing cozy. With guest host J.A. Collignon is a Canadian author based out of the prairies, who loves everything fantasy, and most often can be found on her couch with a thick fantasy book in hand.

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J. A. Collignon is a Canadian fantasy author and content creator who has two queer Cozy Fantasy books published in the Arrowmount Books series. She will be coming out with more stories to cozy up with soon!

Travis Baldree is American author, audiobook narrator, and video game designer. His Cozy Fantasy novel Legends & Lattes is a beloved staple is a founding staple in the genre and won a Goodreads Choice, Nebula and Hugo award! His prequel Bookshops & Bonedust is just as cozy.

SmilingSatyr is the author of the popular Royal Road novel Friendly Neighborhood Wizard, about a wizard who returns from academy life to his village and becomes the local Mr. Fix-it. 

Amy Yorke is the author of The Good and the Green, a romantic Cozy Fantasy with deep personal stakes wrapped in the comfort of warm tea, feisty felines, and good friends. It is the first novel in the planned four-novel series The Wilderise Tales.

Marshall J. Moore is the award-winning author of the cozy pirate fantasy Son of a Sailor and its sequel, Prisoners of a Pirate Queen, the Rites of Resurrection trilogy of necromancy murder mysteries, and the illustrated children's book Postcards From a Lake Monster. When he’s not writing you can find him coaching Muay Thai at his gym or reading with a cat in his lap.

Enjoy an afternoon of fantasy music from famous musicians and renfaire performers from across North America. 

A special welcome to our panelists!

Nathaniel Webb is an author and musician best known as the founder Wyngraf, a publishing house dedicated to Cozy Fantasy. He wrote the Cozy Fantasy novel Bard City Blues. His music biography Marillion in the 1980s was a bestseller for Sonicbond Publishingand he has sold numerous short stories in genres ranging from steampunk to sword & sorcery.

Regan Hicks has a career as a singer/songwriter, producing original music and folk covers on all major streaming platforms and social media with over 30k followers. Her cover of the traditional folk song Jubilee is out, and her debut album Dear Folks will be coming out soon!

Drake Oranwood is a singer, songwriter, producer, lutenist, and medieval enthusiast who brings modern sensibilities to original songs set long ago and far away. He has two CD's, Hidden Gold and Sing for the East. He has served as Queen’s and Consort’s Bard for the East Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and as a general in the First Bardic War.

Avelyn the Bard is a singer and song writer, writing songs about medieval life, fantasy books, and cats.  She has won multiple awards in the SCA for her music prior to branching out into the music of filk and fandom. She is a slacker who will someday get around to putting out a CD, but it’s just too darn cozy around here!

A Round Table discussion on paranormal Cozy Fantasy and all things witchy. Tis the season for magic, so pull out your spellbooks and brew something delicious while we chat. 

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Auralee Wallace is the US National bestselling author of the Evenfall Witches B&B Mysteries, the first book being In The Company of Witches. Her novels are known for their compelling mysteries and magical Cozy Fantasy esthetic.

Sangu Mandanna is the national bestselling author who wrote the delightfully enchanting A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and more recently A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping. 

Sydney J. Sheilds is a swamp creature who evolved to hold a pen. She is also a Sunday Times, USA Today & Indie Bestselling Author! Her cottagecore Cozy Fantasy novel The Honey Witch follows a beekeeping witch cursed to never find true love.

Delemhach is the author of the delightfully whimsical series, The House Witch. A heartwarming and humorous blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery featuring a witch with domestic powers and the royal household he serves . . . dinner.

Tips and Tricks on the fine art of novella and short story writing with a Cozy Fantasy esthetic. With guest host Marie Cardno, whose adorable sapphic short stories have won hearts.

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Marie Cardno is the author of How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) from the Monster Girlfriend series. Her first book is about a sweet, low-heat F/F sapphic romance between a witch scientist and a shape-shifting Cthulhu monster. HEA guaranteed!

Selina Eckert is the author of the delicious and delightful Pie-Jinks series all about autumn, small towns, friendship, magical hijinks, and most of all, pie. She is also the creator and moderator of Fireside Fantasy, a community of cozy fantasy readers, and a player in the CritHippo DnD podcasts.

Coyote JM Edwards is a cozy fantasy author who loves flowers, Starbucks, sushi and fountain pens. She has won hearts with her Cozy Fantasy coffee shop talk novellas Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk and Lollipop Monster Shop. 

Belina Kroll writes and illustrates Victorian Cozy Fantasy books and stories, featuring Bridgerton vibes with less spice and more ghosts. Treat yourself to a nice chuckle, starting with Haunting Miss Trentwood. 

Liz Delton writes and lives in New England, with her husband and sons. She has four cozy fantasy novellas in the Seasons of Soldark series. World-building is her favorite part of writing, and she is always dreaming up new fantastic places. She loves drinking tea and traveling. When she’s not writing or reading, you can find her baking in the kitchen, out in the garden, or narrating books on her podcast, Fictional Bookshop.

Bindery has taken the publishing world by storm and are coming on to talk about the acquisitions side of the journey and how to market a cozy fantasy. Our Host, Shira Schindel, has 15 years of industry knowledge. 

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Shira Schindel, Acquisitions Director, Bindery
Shira began her career in literary agenting and subsequently worked in the startup and audiobook arenas across her 15-year career in publishing. She led print and audio acquisitions at Blackstone Publishing, managed licensing and distribution partnerships for Audible, and was a founding hire at multiple early-stage publishing startups, including Litographs and Radish Fiction. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Jaysen Headley is a Content Creator on Tiktok, Instagram, and Youtube known as Ezeekat. He big believer in celebrating diverse voices in books, games and other media. He loves to encourage readers, young and not-so-young, on their reading journeys. He lives with his husband and two cats, who you will for sure see on his page from time to time. As a tastemaker on bindery, Jaysen selected and published his first book this year, House of Frank, by Kay Sinclaire.

Kay Synclaire is the youngest of five children and the proud aunt of twelve. Kay attended Philadelphia University before working in caretaking roles as a nurse assistant and preschool teacher. Kay currently lives in Philadelphia, with her sister, who is the coauthor of her 2022 collection of short stories, The Strange Accounts of Germantown and Other Peculiar Phenomena. House of Frank is her debut novel.

Meg Hood is a Content Creator on Tiktok and Instagram known as Meg’s Tea Room, where she loves to share a cup of tea and discuss cozy fantasy stories that warm the heart. Her bindery community fosters kindness and the love of fantasy literature. She joined Bindery as a tastemaker, and has just begun the journey of publishing a Cozy Fantasy written by Deston.

Deston “D.J” Munden is a fantasy and science fiction author with a Bachelor’s in Game Art and Design. Deston loves video games (Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, and League of Legends), anime, comic books, and fantasy/scifi novels. He lives in the woods of North Carolina near the Outer Banks with his brother and biggest fan (only an hour away from his mom and his dad).  

Special Guest's Rebecca Thorne and ThinkTwice are famous in their fields for sharing what they've learned about the publishing industry. Come listen to them talk about how things work from the other side, and take away tips and tricks on how to navigate the publishing world. 

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Rebecca Thorne is a USA Today, Indie, and Sunday Times Bestselling author who's Tomes & Tea Series has become a staple of the genre. She is widely known for her helpful advice on Tiktok and she has a fierce passion for educating new writers about writing and publishing, and new developments in the industry.

ThinkTwice is well known for his Adventure packed LitRPG Progression Fantasy, Mark of the Crijik about an unexpected hero unlocking the secrets of magic and a System that may not be as trustworthy as it seems. Thinktwice is also known for his incredibly detailed free guides to publishing on reddit. 

Our final panel features stories that focus on crafting - alcohol in this case. Come and share a hearty cheers as they review some drinks, and discuss writing crafting in a relaxed end-of-con panel. Our host is Herman Steuernagel, who has interviewed many Cozy Fantasy authors on his The Greatest Podcast in the Multiverse

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Herman Steurnagel is the author of The Bartender Between Worlds, a Cozy Fantasy featuring cocktails and a fun trip through the multiverse.

JollyJupiter is the author of the bestselling series Beers & Beards, a comedy that focuses on teaching readers how to brew while making them laugh at dwarven antics and dad jokes.

James Ghoul is the original brewing LitRPG author, and his popular Bronze Rank Brewer series just landed on audible starring himself as the narrator! 

S.L. Rowland is a nomad. He loves traveling and has road-tripped coast to coast three times over with his Shiba Inu, Lawson. His Tales of Aedrea series is a delight of small-scale stories, low-stakes adventure, and Cozy Fantasy come to life within an epic, high-fantasy realm.

Drinks to be determined

r/CozyFantasy has offered Ask Me Anything text-based panels for select authors leading up to HearthCon! As such, every weekend for the four weeks leading up to the event, there will be Ask Me Anything with some amazing Cozy Fantasy authors! 

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Karryn Nagel is the author of The Gus Chronicles, a Cozy Fantasy featuring lgbtq+ representation, positive masculinity, and a baby gargoyle! 

Harmon Cooper is a bestselling author of LitRPG who released his Cozy Fantasy The Cosy Abyss series. Book one is the beginning for one warrior as he encounters adventure, friendship, and romance in the afterlife in the epic first book of this cozy LitRPG. 

Gryffin Murphy has written a fun and sweet fairy-talesque Cozy Fantasy in Love At First Lance, about Brigid, who joins the games for his sisters hand in marriage with one goal: to outwit unworthy suitors. And she is prepared to throw any villainous contender from the running.

J Penner is the author of the heartwarming and romantic Cozy Fantasy that will leave you hungry for more! The Adenashire series features standalone stories A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic and A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons with more to come! 

Drinks to be determined