Guests of Honor

Moniquill Blackgoose is an enrolled member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe and a lineal descendant of Ousamequin Massasoit. She is an author, costumer, convention-goer, and activist currently living in Pawtucket, RI. Her works often explore themes of inequality in social and political power, consent, agency, and social revolution. She has blogged, essayed, and discussed extensively across many platforms the depictions of NDN and NDN-coded characters in sci-fi and fantasy, and would like to help other authors better understand how to produce respectful and well-thought-out indigenous characters and what the common pitfalls are in doing so. Her debut novel, To Shape a Dragon's Breath, won the 2024 Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

Sarah Morrison (she/her) is an award-winning fantasy illustrator and portrait artist. Working primarily with oil paint, she focuses on figurative works designed to inspire narrative, with attention towards faces and fabric. Escapism through fantasy has always been a central theme to her art, engaging her viewers with wonder and imagined stories. You can see her work at http://sarahmorrisonillustration.com/

Siobhan Flanagan is an historian by degree and taught a college level class on History through Science Fiction as an undergrad at UMASS, Amherst. She has published a short story under the name Sioban Krzywicki. Siobhan worked in many different roles in IT for decades. She’s been an SFF and comic collector and fan since she was 5, amassing a collection of over 5,000 books and over 40,000 comics. She is a trans, bi/pan, poly woman. Siobhan listens to a vast variety of music and has studied its history, participating in some of its subcultures and as a singer. She reads widely in the various sciences and study the history of science as well.

Siobhan helped run Readercon for seven years, three as conchair and one as assistant conchair. She also has done sound, logistics, signage, treasury, and was on the board. She ran a Fundraiser to purchase new sound equipment, hosted main evening events and fundraisers, gave away a departed fan's books at the con at their request, and DJ’d Readercon's dance in addition to pitching in wherever needed. She has moderated and been on panels at Arisia, Readercon, Worldcon, and Wiscon.