Valerie Estelle Frankel
Participates in 7 items
Valerie Estelle Frankel has won a Dream Realm Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and a USA Book News National Best Book Award for her Henry Potty parodies. She's the author of 50 books on pop culture, including Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How and Sherlock: Every Canon Reference You May Have Missed in BBC's Series 1-3. Her books often focus on women's roles in fiction, from heroine's journey guides like Buffy and the Heroine's Journey to books like Women in Game of Thrones. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, she's a frequent speaker at conferences. Explore her research at vefrankel.com.
Sessions in which Valerie Estelle Frankel participates
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- Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, and Self-Promotion: How to Do it All Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Valerie Estelle Frankel has done all three, from successful query letters, book proposals, and finding an agent to formatting her own advanced revi...
- Lecture
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Heroine's Journey Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey, the idea that every man thr...
- Lecture
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Harry Potter: Still Recruiting Party Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Harry Potter: Still Recruiting has just been released from Zossima Press. Through interviews and a...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- The Real Deathly Hallows and Harry Potter's Origins Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- The Thirteen Hallows of Britain in Arthurian Legend, included an invisibility cloak and a surcoat, that, like the Sorting Hat, could identify th...
- Lecture
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- The Pantheon Among Hogwarts Professors Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- All pantheons of ancient mythologies have similar archetypes. The Hogwarts teachers as they sit along their long table reflect these archetypes,...
- Lecture
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Is Azkaban Like the Can? Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- The proposed presentation will explore how conditions at Azkaban relate to current prison circumstances in the United States. Appalling conditio...
- Lecture
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Names and Symbols in the Hunger Games Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s roses and Peeta’s bread? As with series like Harry Potter...
- Lecture