2016 Guest listings

These guests took part in Nine Worlds 2016. Please email guest@nineworlds.co.uk with any updates or corrections.

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Writer, poet, occasional musician

Writer and Broadcaster

Alasdair Stuart

Journalist, podcaster, RPG designer

Alex Lamb

Author, researcher, improv

Alex Watts

Ali Baker

Lecturer and fan

Singer songriter

Author, Course Leader and editor

Neurodiverse media critic

Dark fantasy and horror author

Historical fantasy author

Novelist and Blogger

Anne Perry

Editor, Hodder & Stoughton

Arkady

Writer / artist / musician

Queer, Geek, Feminist, Anthropologist(ish)

Bex Levene

Author, games writer, editor

Caroline Bressey

Academic and curator

Dating agency founder

Catherine Baker

Lecturer in 20th century history

Catherine Johnson

Historical YA author

Catherine Sangster

Geek lexicography and pronunciation

Gothic / ghost author

Star Wars & student activism

Charlie Oughton

Vaudevillian storyteller, shenanigan enthusiast

Gaming journalist, podcaster, writer

SF/Fantasy/YA author

Ciaran

Fantasy writer, fandom, feminism

Clair Le Couteur

Researcher, artist, composer

Academic witchcraft specialist

Danie Ware

sardonic fantasy author, SFF publicist

SF / Historical Fiction Author

London-based fantasy author

Duke Mitchell Film Club

Rare & extraordinary films

Ed Fortune

Literary Editor, Starburst

Edward Cox

Writer, historian, queen of selfies

SFF author, podcaster

Ancient and Mediaeval History

Screen studies teacher and researcher

Academic, anthropologist and author

Frank Voss

Angry social justice rogue

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Geek culture journalist and critic

Historian and curator

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy and RPG Author

George Sandison

Author and Editor

Jack-of-all-trades

Activist, Geek, Immigrant

Gillian Redfearn

Publishing Director, Gollancz

Social Gaming Collective

Animation and comics

Hannah

Games tester, cinematography geek

Comedian. Presenter. Songwriter. Geek

Black feminist geek

Helen Kenwright

Writer, feminist, writing-enabler

Howard Hardiman

comics artist, dachshunds

Jackson Griffiths

MC Luke Skywalker

Jade R

Enthusiastic Aspiring Actor

High fantasy author

Games Designer and Consultant

Author, Scriptwriter, likes VHS horror

Epic fantasy author

Jillian Scudder

Research Fellow; runs Astroquizzical

John J Johnston

Egyptologist, classicist and cultural historian

Gay romance author, inveterate fanboy

Digital heritage games writer

Josie Wood

Queer feminist history graduate

Academic research and teacher

Katherine Cross

Gaming journalist, Lin Beifong enthusiast

Kitty

Lann_The_Cleverest

Fanfic writer, problematic fave

Journalist activist feminist troublemaker nerd

Award-winning author

Lisa Burscheidt

Baker Street Babe, podcaster

SFFH and non-fiction author

Author, Classicist, Larper

Game Dev, Artist, Queer Nerd

Purveyors of feminist punnage

Marguerite Kenner

Editor / host of Cast of Wonders

Author, journalist, TV presenter, podcaster

Doctoral researcher tending to pun

Mel Barron

Cat support and fangirl

Mia Violet

Queer blogger, academic, comic nerd

Editor, Bookseller, Professional Geek

Author, DJ, musician

Porn Researcher

Nemo (Nina) Martin

Nonbinary dramatic writer, snail photographer

Gamer / Maker / Naval Architect

Nina Allan

Nny

Oliver Langmead

Olivia Huntingdon-Stuart

Classicist, Francophile, Editor at NEO

Narrative editor, pun slayer

Ollie

Fanworks' Emma Frost

Olwen “Wol” Lachowicz

Enby writer, designer, performer

Hugo nominated SFF author

Pen Tynan

LARP accessibility

Phil Dyson

Historian & Fan

Playing Rapunzel

Folk and filk duo

Quen Took

Aspiring children's writer, hobbit extraordinaire

Ranjani Natarajan

Six to Start producer

Reni Eddo-Lodge

Writer and journalist

Ro Smith

SFF writer, philosopher

FemTube founder

Novelist, poet, activist

Author. Adventurer. Gamer. Petrolhead

DJ and punk / metal musician

Sami

Non-binary punk and science nerd

Filmmaker, feminist, fantasy enthusiast

Sebastien De Castell

Swashbuckling fantasy author

Penny Westerns, liquor bootlegger

Stephanie Saulter

Speculative Fiction Author

Sue Tingey

SF poet / playwright

Taylor Driggers

PhD student and church geek

7-piece steampunk space pirate band

Spec-fic writer & lecturer

Tom Hunter

Clarke Award Director

Tom Lloyd

Tom Toner

Vanessa Thompsett

Writer and geek

Viktoriya

Feminist, petrolhead, blogger

Xueting Christine Ni

Translator, writer, speaker of China

Yen Ooi

Author and publishing consultant