Guests 
Guests of Honor
Guests of Honor
What separates a Guest of Honor from an Attending Guest? Well, to put it simply, we feel that those who deserve the title have either put out work in recent times or have a total body of work that have pushed them to the cream of the crop in their respective fields of interest. To annoint these individuals "Guests of Honor" is to acknowledge that effort and their contributions to said fields.
The following is our current Guest of Honor list for MidSouthCon 28. Click on each name to learn a bit more about every Guest of Honor and what makes them special!
Author Co-Guest of Honor
Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin is the author of more than one hundred novels, 47 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. He has over 20 million books in print in thirty languages. By any measure, he is one of the most popular writers currently working in the science fiction genre.
Author Co-Guest of Honor
Rebecca Moesta
Rebecca Moesta (pronounced MESS-tuh) wanted to be an author since her early teens, but it wasn't until 1991 that she began writing in earnest. Her solo novels include Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Little Things (2002) and three novels in the Junior Jedi Knights series.
Artist Guest of Honor
Billy Tackett
Award winning artist Billy Tackett hasn’t always been referred to as “The Creepiest Artist In America”. With humble beginnings in rural KY, the darkness came a-callin’ early on. His fondness for Famous Monsters of Filmland over Little Golden Books hinted at a dark future to come.
Comics Guest of Honor
Gail Simone
Gail Simone is an American comics writer who has written for the DC titles Birds of Prey and The All-New Atom. She penned Wildstorm's Gen13 reboot and Welcome To Tranquility, and is currently writing Wonder Woman and Secret Six.
Gaming Guest of Honor
James Ernest
2003 Vangaurd Award winner James Ernest founded Cheapass Games in 1996. Through this company, James has published more than 100 original games including Origins Award winning titles Kill Doctor Lucky, Give Me The Brain, Button Men, and BRAWL
. James has also done freelance game design for Wizards of the Coast, Microsoft, GAMES Magazine, and many others.
Editor Guest of Honor
Lou Anders
A 2008/2007 Hugo Award nominee, 2007 Chesley Award nominee and 2006 World Fantasy Award nominee, Lou Anders is the editorial director of Prometheus Books' science fiction imprint Pyr
Multimedia Guest of Honor
Marc Gunn
Marc Gunn is Celtic American Musician and Podcaster. Good food, good drink and good company. Folk ballads, Irish drinking songs, fantasy, Sci Fi, and cats on the autoharp. Embrace independent Celtic music.
Special Guest of Honor
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn is the leading pioneer of the current paranormal genre and is a #1 bestselling and award-winning US writer of both fiction and nonfiction.
Toastmistress
Lee Martindale
A traditional bard tells two categories of tales: those of his or her own crafting and those learned from other bards, both contemporary and those who have come before. Lee keeps that tradition by being both a writer and an editor.