ConQuesT 54

Kansas City’s Original Fan-Run Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Noon, June 2, 2023 — 5:00p, June 4, 2023

Hilton Kansas City Airport

CONQUEST 54 INFO & REGISTRATION

GUESTS OF HONOR

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL

Author | Guest Of Honor

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SARA FELIX

Artist | Guest Of Honor

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JANCI PATTERSON

Author | Guest Of Honor

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FAN GUESTS OF HONOR

Pros and Cons Cosplay

Fan | Guests Of Honor

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Photo of Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man,The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov’s, Uncanny, and several Year’s Best anthologies.

Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. She lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters.

Visit maryrobinettekowal.com

Sara Felix: Artist Guest of Honor Sara Felix is a Hugo award winning mixed media artist. She creates abstract space art in inks and acrylics with touches of resin. She has designed two Hugo Awards, for MidAmericon II, and co-designed the base with Vincent Villafranca for Worldcon 76.

She has also designed three of the Lodestar Awards. Sara works on a number of conventions, most recently she designed the logo for Glasgow in 2024 as well as the label for their gin bottle, the tartan, and many other pieces for the convention.

During the pandemic Sara started a weekly tiara series for Tiara Tuesdays. She has made over 200 tiaras for the weekly series as well as commissions. She also does a weekly tiara giveaway on the Facebook group, Concellation, which has more than 40,000 members.

She is the president of ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, and is one of the editors of the Journey Planet fanzine. Her daughter, Eva, has a YouTube channel that Sara runs, called "Eva Eats Everything," where both girls try a lot of different foods…. as long as they aren’t spicy or pickled.

Photo of Janci Patterson Janci Patterson writes romantic comedy, epic fantasy, young adult urban fantasy, and contemporary young adult novels. She has co-authored several books with Brandon Sanderson, including novellas in his Skyward series and the final installment of Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians. She is also honored to have co-authored novels with James Goldberg, Lauren Janes, and Megan Walker.

Janci has a master's degree in creative writing from BYU, and lives in Orem, Utah with her family. When she's not writing, she can be found customizing Barbie dolls, playing geek games of all kinds, and watching reality TV.

Pros and Cons Cosplay are twin Master-level cosplayers from the Midwest who have a strong understanding of cosplay construction, cosplay competition and diversity, equity, and inclusion. They have competed and won numerous awards for cosplay craftsmanship and performance and focus on complex builds with multiple design elements including needlework, foamwork, wig styling, and intricate detailing.

They are dedicated to making the cosplay community a safe and inclusive space for all, and work personally and professionally on developing inclusive cosplay contest policies, educating the community on bystander intervention techniques, social justice and inclusion in the cosplay and costuming community.

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