Balticon 52 - Program Schedule
Can't wait to be back at Balticon this Memorial Day weekend, and am sharing my full program schedule below. The convention and all of the events are at the Renaissance Inner Harbor hotel. This is a special convention for me. Balticon was the first convention I attended as a pro, heading down to meet up with Elizabeth Moon the year she won the Compton Crook Award for best first novel for Sheepfarmer's Daughter, which is about to be reissued in a 30th anniversary trade paperback edition , with a new introduction from Elizabeth. Last year's Balticon was where I sat down in the Renaissance, read the opening page of Nick Martell's The Kingdom of Liars, and knew instantly that I'd found a great new author, ultimately doing my best deal ever for a debut author. Balticon has done a great job keeping with the times, broadening its program to appeal to a wide range of ages and a wide range of interests, all unified by their love of science fiction and fantasy in all its