Meg Elison

Author

Red

Participates in 6 items

Meg Elison is a science fiction author and feminist essayist. Her series, The Road to Nowhere, won the 2014 Philip K. Dick award. She was a James A. Tiptree Award Honoree in 2018. In 2020, she is publishing her first collection, called “Big Girl” with PM Press and her first young adult novel, “Find Layla” with Skyscape. Meg has been published in McSweeney’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fangoria, Uncanny, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and many other places. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. Find her online, where she writes like she’s running out of time. megelison.com @megelison

Sessions in which Meg Elison participates

Friday 12 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

7:00 PM

Family: Embracing Groups on the Edges of Sci Fi Fandom

1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Panel

Mr. Vito Pandolfo, LLC (Moderator)

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

Joey Froehlich (Participant)

Tom Seymour, Criminal Minds (Participant)

9:00 PM

After Dark: Writing Sex Scenes (21+)

1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Christine Amsden (Moderator)

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

Mr. Adrian Matthews (Participant)

Marguerite Reed (Participant)

Learn when to use sex scenes and how to make them enhance your story, not drag it down with awkwardness. Those with minor badges will not be all...

Saturday 13 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Star Trek and Today's Audiences

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Gateway Center - Salon 6

Panel

Mr Paul Hahn, Washington University Libraries (Moderator)

Jim Yelton, Geek Universe with Jim Yelton/Midnight Entertainment (Participant)

Matthew Edward Munro Wagenblast (Participant)

Wyatt Weed, Pirate Pictures (Participant)

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

12:00 PM

Role Playing Meets Real Life

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D

Panel

Mr. Vito Pandolfo, LLC (Moderator)

Brent Chumley, The Art of Brent Chumley (Participant)

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

5:00 PM

What Made You Want to Write?

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Van Allen Plexico (Moderator)

Marguerite Reed (Participant)

Henry Melton, Wire Rim Books (Participant)

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

Mr Michales Joy (Participant)

Sunday 14 October, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

Author Reading with Meg Elison, Jan Gephardt, and Lettie Prell

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Meg Elison, Red (Participant)

Mrs. Jan Gephardt Sherrell, Weird Sisters Publishing LLC (Participant)

Lettie Prell (Participant)