Ms Diana L. Paxson

Author

Participates in 7 items

Diana L. Paxson has been been writing fantasy and appearing on the program since the first Baycon. She has written 29 novels and many short stories, and is best known for the Westria novels, her historical fantasies, and for taking over the Avalon series from Marion Zimmer Bradley (most recently, SWORD OF AVALON). She also edited SWORD AND SORCERESS XXI, was a judge for the Pagan Fiction Contest, and edits the Asatru journal, IDUNNA. She also writes non-fiction, most recently, /THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO POSSESSION, DEPOSSESSION AND DIVINE RELATIONSHIPS/. She lives at Greyhaven, a large, multi-generational house full of books, computers and guests, in Berkeley.

Sessions in which Ms Diana L. Paxson participates

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

13:30

Longevity Of The Craft

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Heather Rose Jones (Moderator)

Peter Beagle (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

15:00

Witch-hunts and Watch-lists

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Moderator)

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Jean Batt (Participant)

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

11:30

Dystopia and disaster reactions: do we rebuild civilization or go feral?

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Anne Killpack (Moderator)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

13:00

High Fantasy

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Peter Beagle (Participant)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Big, beautiful and bold. What is compelling about high fantasy and why is it formative for so many in our community? Authors of high fantasy discus...