Meet Tor Authors at the Tucson Festival of Books

Want to hear The Tiger’s Daughter author K. Arsenault Rivera talk about epic lands beyond Middle-earth and Westeros? Get tips from L.E. Modesitt, Jr. about creating complex fantasy worlds like the Recluce universe? Have Annalee Newitz answer your pressing questions about whether the future is dystopian? (She wrote Autonomous, she would know.) A bevy of Tor/Forge and Tor.com Publishing authors will be at the Tucson Festival of Books from March 10-11 to touch upon these and other topics! Click through for the complete schedule, including panels and signings.

Saturday, March 10

• Hot Off the Press
  Location: Student Union Bookstore (lower level)
  Author: Candice Fox, Nancy Kress
  Time: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

• Beyond Middle Earth & Westeros
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
  Author: K Arsenault Rivera
  Time: 10:00 AM – 11:100 AM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signings Ares – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Spies, Assassins, and Special Ops
  Location: Student Union Santa Rita
  Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  Tor.com Author: Myke Cole
  Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)

• Workshop: Your Opening Scene
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 141
  Author: Nancy Kress
  Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

• Creating Fantastic Characters
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
  Author: K Arsenault Rivera
  Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Is the Future Dystopian?
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
  Authors: Annalee Newitz, Kristen Simmons
  Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Inventing Complex Fantasy Worlds
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
  Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  Authors: Myke Cole (Tor.com), L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
  Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

Sunday, March 11

• Real Science and Science Fiction
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 130
  Author: Nancy Kress
  Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Robots, Droids, and Artificial Intelligence
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 150
  Authors: Annalee Newitz
  Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Science Fiction and Society
  Location: Integrated Learning Center Room 130
  Author: Kristen Simmons
  Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  Signing Area: Sales & Signings Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

• Get Your Book Out There!
  Location: Koffler Room 218
  Panelist: Patty Garcia
  Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00PM

For more information, check out the Tucson Festival of Books website.