Wall Street Journal’s bestselling author Kathleen Baldwin and award-winning author Liese Sherwood-Fabre team up for an insiders’ look at "Winning the Con Game.” As more authors seek to reach readers through direct sales, one nontraditional arena often overlooked are conventions (cons) which attract enthusiasts who might very well enjoy your book—if they knew about it. These two authors (fresh from the Texas Author Con) will discuss finding cons, setting goals for the event, and “working” the con to attract new, lifelong readers of your books.

Wall Street Journal, 1# Barnes & Noble, and Amazon bestselling author Kathleen Baldwin writes stories woven with rich colors and sparkling threads of love, humor, and light. Her books delight readers around the globe, with more than 650,000 copies sold worldwide—a Japanese publisher even made one of her books into a manga and the Stranje House series is under option for film.

Liese Sherwood-Fabre knew she was destined to write when she got an A+ in the second grade for her story about Dick, Jane, and Sally’s ruined picnic. Her fiction has such awards as a finalist in RWA’s Golden Heart contest and a Pushcart Prize nomination. A recognized Sherlockian scholar, her essays have appeared in newsletters, the Baker Street Journal, and Canadian Holmes.