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LibertyCon 38 Guests of Honor

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Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Literary Guest of Honor

Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series. His other work includes the Extinction Cycle series, the Trackers series, and the Orbs series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster planning and mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion–writing. When he isn’t writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his wife, their dogs, and a house full of books.

Nicholas Sansbury Smith Literary GoH

John Kovalic

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Artist Guest of Honor

John Kovalic is an award-winning cartoonist, game designer and writer. His works appeared everywhere from the NEW YORK TIMES to ROLLING STONE and DRAGON MAGAZINE. His world of geeky goodies includes DORK TOWER – one of the very first webcomics, debuting online in 1996.
 

John was a co-founder of Out of the Box Games, and helped in the creation of the revolutionary party game, APPLES TO APPLES. John is also responsible for the look of the fan-favorite perennial best-seller MUNCHKIN card game. He’s drawn more than 7,000 cards for the game. 

John Kovalic Artist GoH
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Becky Rench

STEM Guest of Honor

Astrobiology Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. She leads the ICAR and PSTAR. Additionally, she is the Program Scientist for MSL (Curiosity) and New Horizons.

Becky Rench STEM GoH

HP and Jacob Holo

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Masters of Ceremonies

HP is the author of the "Monster Punk Horizon" series, and Jacob has written 15 books, including the bestselling Gordian Division series (with David Weber)

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Terry Brooks

Special Guest of Honor

Terry Brooks is the bestselling author of the Shannara, Landover, Word/Void, and Viridian Deep series, and was hand-selected by George Lucas to write the novelization of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Terry Brooks Special GoH
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