An Evening with David Sedaris April 23, 2025 7:30pm -- 9:00 pm Location: McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University Back by popular demand, David Sedaris, one of America’s preeminent humor writers, returns to share his trademark sardonic wit and incisive social critiques. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is […]
Everyone is a fan of something, and FAN EXPO Dallas is a place to celebrate all things pop culture. Get an autograph or a photo with your favorite guest then get the inside scoop about your favorite movies and TV shows at our celebrity panels! Watch professional comic artists battle it out in our popular […]
Taylor Jenkins Reid June 5, 2025 7:30 PM Reid will be speaking at the Dallas Museum of Art - Arts & Letters Live In conversation with Susan Ayotte Norman, SMU Location: First United Methodist Church Atmosphere, the thrilling new novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program. Joan Goodwin, obsessed with stars […]
Yearly scifi/fantasy/horror convention in Dallas, Texas.
P-CON SciFi Fantasy LitCon--ATTENDING! Sept. 19-21, 2025 Holiday Inn DFW South 14320 Centre Station Dr, Fort Worth, TX, 76155 Welcoming P-Con Guest of Honor David Weber! Join us September 19-21, 2025 at the Holiday Inn DFW South to meet renowned author David Weber. P-Con is excited to include David Weber as a Guest of Honor this year. […]
DFW Writers Conference Oct 4-5, 2025 Hurst Conference Center 1601 Campus Dr Hurst, Texas 76054 More than 300 attendees, 90+ classes, panels and workshops, 13 agents and editors, and a full weekend of networking. Featured guests: Keynote speaker: Carly Watters, Senior Literary Agent at P. S. Literary. Keynote speaker: Kelly Bishop. Special guest: Ari Tison
FenCon -- Attending! February 20-22, 2026 New hotel venue, stay tuned for more info FenCon is a literary science fiction and fantasy convention with quite a lot of filk programming, some science programming, an outstanding collection of guests, an art show, a charity auction, a short story contest, a writers workshop, our signature FenCon Cabaret, […]
Bestsellers are bestsellers for a reason. Bestselling authors use their writing toolbox and skills to create a fascinating story. In this class, we will analyze bestselling authors and see how they created their bestseller and apply those techniques to our own. Bestseller here we come!
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Your readers crave the essential elements that make their favorite genres irresistible—and it’s your job to deliver them brilliantly. Genre fiction thrives on tropes: those familiar yet powerful building blocks that readers expect and love. Master these elements, and you’ll have the tools to craft stories that satisfy genre expectations while standing out from the crowd. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to identify, adapt, and elevate classic genre tropes to create fiction that keeps readers hungry for more.
She’s running from the darkness. But what lurks inside her is darker.
The debut novel from award-winning author Pat Hauldren explores questions of who we think we are vs the truth of who we are, and the price we pay no matter the path taken.
Life is not simple for Zarachiel, freshly escaped from her drug-dealing foster parents in deep South Texas. In Dallas, she stays off the grid. She finds a new family in Gracie, from whom she leases an extra bedroom, and Katie, Gracie’s four-year-old daughter.
The cartel attacks just as Zarachiel makes contact with her biological father. They want what she stole from them.
Amid chaos and survival for both her and her new family, Zarachiel discovers her true nonhuman self as she fights for her freedom and the freedom of humanity.
