Nicholas Brendon, who received critical and popular acclaim for his portrayal of sensitive, wisecracking “Xander Harris” on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, turned to acting when his aspirations of playing professional baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury. Nicholas first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and series guest spots. Feeling slightly disenchanted… Read More

After attaining his BA in Political Science from Bucknell University, Mr. Hertzler served in the Federal government in an office of GSA created by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1972.   His interest in policy and planning regarding environmental protection continues to this day with his work in bio-mass energy development.  He is currently scripting… Read More

For five years on nightly network NBC-TV, Erin Gray was the American’s image of the ideal woman. Her “Kate” in Silver Spoons” managed to have it all –marriage, family, and business career. And for two years before that she had redefined our public image of the beauty with brains, when “Buck Rogers in the 25th… Read More

Before stepping into the wrestling and Hollywood spotlight, Robert grew up in a small French village in New Brunswick. As the oldest of three boys, it was very apparent that he was different from the rest of his age group. He was taller than anybody else, even his first grade teacher. He was a shy… Read More

Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers’ dismay. All efforts to make her produce “normal” stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales… Read More

*****Due to a scheduling conflict Kenneth Tam will be unable to attend. *****
Canadian writer Kenneth Tam is excited to return to Hal-Con for a second straight year. Born in St. John’s Newfoundland, and currently residing in Waterloo, Ontario, he is the author of more than twenty novels of science fiction and alternate history. Halifax is one of his favourite cities.

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist and novelist. In addition to five published novels, she has authored award-winning short stories, essays, critical reviews and non-fiction books, with works translated into several languages throughout the world.  Nina teaches university courses in science and environmental education; she regularly publishes in scientific journals and speaks at conferences throughout North… Read More

Marie Bilodeau is an Ottawa-based science-fiction and fantasy author.  Her space fantasy novel, Destiny’s Blood, was nominated for both the Aurora Awards and the Foreword Book Awards.  She is also the author of the Heirs of a Broken Land, a fantasy trilogy described as “fresh and exciting” by Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo award-winning author of… Read More

Matthew studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland and has worked with Transcontinental Publishing as well as student-youth magazine The Troubador. He has written eight novels for Engen Books, Black Womb, Transformations in Pain, Smoke and Mirrors, Roulette and Ghosts of the Past, Ignorance is Bliss, Becoming, and Infinity. An advocate… Read More

Ellen Curtis is a writer and web TV personality born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. She was ‘discovered’ at a Sci-Fi on the Rock II writing panel in 2008, and her first collection… Read More

Robert Louis Smith is a cardiologist in Tulsa, Oklahoma: his “day job” as he puts it, as Robert has been working on his writing from a young age. Smith began writing the novel in 2003 while studying at Tulane University in New Orleans—the city where the novel’s hero, Elliott, comes to discover his magical connection… Read More

D.C. Rhind is the author of the Calebra Fantasy Series and, more recently, the Agent Samurai, Vampire-Hunter Series. A Halifax area native, David returns to Hal-Con to launch Ronin: Outlaw Samurai, book 4 of his vampire series, which continues the adventures of Mike Cameron, intrepid C.S.I.S. Agent, code-named “Samurai.” In David’s words, “The series is… Read More

Darren Hann is an avid lover of science fiction often referred to locally as “That Star Trek Guy.” Along with being an entrepreneur, co-creator, and lead organizer of the Sci-Fi on the Rock for the past five years, Hann is a writer, producer and owner of his own production company Hann Made Productions. His writing… Read More

Chantal Boudreau is an accountant and mother of two, living with her family, by the sea in beautiful Sambro, Nova Scotia.  She writes and illustrates fantasy, dark fantasy and horror during her “spare” time. In addition to her CMA-MBA from Saint Mary’s University, she has an English degree from Dalhousie University.  Her novel, Fervor, is… Read More

John Hillman (also known by his pen name J.A. Slade) is a fiction author based out of Dartmouth, N.S. He is an alumnus of the Creative Writing program at Dalhousie University and the author of Muse, a bloody, light-hearted mess of a vampire novel set in Halifax. Though most of his work in university involved… Read More

John Paladin is a former radio Disc Jockey, has had two records on the country charts, has acting credentials in radio commercials, TV commercials, and movies. He was a drummer in two country bands and has worked with Dave Dudley, Bobby Bare, Jack Scott and many others. He currently owns Paladin Productions, Inc., his own… Read More

Between 1983 and 2000 Geof was a comic book artist and writer for Marvel, DC, and Broadway Comics. Major titles  he worked on include: (at Marvel) Spider-man, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the King, Namor, Dr. Strange, The ‘Nam, Sword of the Swashbucklers, and (at DC) Suicide Squad. In 1997 Geof launched his own title called… Read More

Originally a visual arts teacher at the North Toronto Collegiate Institute, artist Steve McNiven parlayed a chance trip to the San Diego Comic Convention into a life-changing event. Armed with only his portfolio at the famed annual exhibition, McNiven’s burgeoning skills earned him a position at CrossGeneration Comics. McNiven’s unmistakable talents quickly garnered him a… Read More

Darwyn Cooke is a graphic designer and animator who turned his attention toward cartooning in the late nineties. Known primarily for his work on the DC line of superheroes, Cooke has always had an affinity for crime fiction and has often cited Donald Westlake’s PARKER books (which he is now adapting into a series of… Read More

Conor McCreery is the co-creator of the critically acclaimed IDW series “Kill Shakespeare”. He writes the series with co-creator Anthony Del Col. In addition to creating several film and television properties Conor has served in both creative and business positions for film and television companies, contributed over 1,000 stories and articles for media outlets, including… Read More

Andy Belanger works as a freelance cartoonist/illustrator out of the Toronto-based Royal Academy of Illustration & Design. He does work in the mainstream and children’s comic market, plus a wide variety of work for the Canadian Film and Television industry. In the mainstream comic market, Andy has worked for such comic publishers as D.C. comics,… Read More

Toronto-based media executive Anthony Del Col brings both creative and business experience to his numerous media ventures.  While attending business school at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, he held executive Marketing and Finance positions in multi-million-dollar organizations as well as started his career in the film industry through the production of two independent features… Read More

Faith Erin Hicks has drawn thousands of pages of comics over the past ten years, and actually got paid for some of them. She’s written and drawn two graphic novels published by SLG Publishing (Zombies Calling, The War at Ellsmere) and drawn a third, Brain Camp, for First Second Books. Her fourth graphic novel, The… Read More

Dominic Marco is a classically trained artist/illustrator best known for his whimsically sexy style of Pin-Up art which has been featured in a variety of television advertisements, magazines, and websites. Prior to flying solo as an self-employed artist, Dominic has worked as an animator, designer, storyboard artist and all-around-computer guru for various companies in both… Read More

Born in Quebec in 1970, Mark Oakley began work in animation at age 17, on commercial ad spots, including a Batman project. (By “working on” we mean he was sharpening pencils for the grown ups. But he learned a lot!) In 1994 Oakley launched his self-published comic book adventure, “Thieves & Kings” to hit reviews,… Read More

Andrew Power was born and raised in Newfoundland. It’s more specific than that, but he moved around a lot, so it’s easier to generalize. As many kids do, Andrew fell into the fantasy worlds of comic books, cartoons, and video games. Then he grew up and now works as a comic book artist and animator…. Read More

Tim Larade has wanted to be an animator ever since he visited Disney World in the 5th grade and saw all the animators chained to their desks producing wonderful animation magic. He has been working at Copernicus Animation Studios in Halifax for the last four years on such shows as George of the Jungle, Artopia… Read More

Mike Holmes is an award-winning illustrator and author. His graphic novels include Shenanigans (Oni Press, 2007), This American Drive (Invisible Publishing, 2009) and True Story (Invisible Publishing, 2011). He contributed a story to the graphic anthology This Is A Souvenir (Image Comics, 2009), and has been drawing his comic strip True Story in Halifax’s newspaper… Read More

Jordyn Bochon currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Author of comics such as Gene Day Award nominated The Day After V-Day and Finnegan Strappe And The Gni’ehn Dagger, her work has been described as quirky and dark; dealing in tense relationships, the beauty of inner-city life, and scientific fictions. Her comics can also be seen… Read More

Tim Carpenter is an artist and animator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, living with his partner, Jordyn F. Bochon. Originally from Nova Scotia, Tim moved to Vancouver, BC in 2005 to study animation and illustration at Emily Carr University. In 2008 he completed his first film, Inspector Pike & Mr. Lockewood. Tim’s work can be… Read More

Dave Howlett is the writer/artist behind the pop culture satire minicomic Scenester, and is currently in the process of finishing off his 1980s Pro Wrestling graphic novel Slam-A-Rama (slamaramacomic.com). An avid horror fan, he also maintains the fansite House Of Haunts (houseofhaunts.blogspot.com), as well as managing the Halifax location of the Eisner-award winning Strange Adventures… Read More

Kate Leth is a webcomic artist and illustrator from Halifax who runs Kate Or Die (kateordie.tumblr.com), an art and comics blog focusing on illustration, women in comics and her own work as an aspiring cartoonist. She is also a columnist for Comics Bulletin, a contributor to Locke and Key and an artist for Womanthology (womanthology.blogspot.com)…. Read More

Steve Jackson graduated from Rice University in Houston. While there, he spent most of his time playing war games and working on the student paper, the Thresher (he spent two years as editor). He became a writer and game publisher, proving that college can be very valuable as long as you don’t let classes get… Read More

Debbie Rochon is an Indie actress who has been in 200 plus films – mostly horror. Starting as a pre-teen in the cult punk rock classic Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains! in which she worked as an extra for 3 months. There began her cinematic journey. After moving from Vancouver, B.C. to NYC in… Read More

As the Host of InnerSPACE, AJAY FRY is no stranger to SPACE or the airwaves. Born in Toronto, Ajay attributes his bizarre and creative sense of humour to growing up in Ottawa. His career in television began at an early age with roles on LASSIE, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK and BIG WOLF ON… Read More

As on-air host for InnerSPACE, TEDDY WILSON goes above and beyond the call of duty to bring the world of genre to your space. Growing up in Ottawa, Teddy began his career in the entertainment industry as a child actor on the internationally syndicated series You Can’t Do That On Television. After earning an Honours… Read More

There’s a new girl in town…and she knows a thing or two about peoples’ “inner spaces”. Cynthia Loyst is the newest co-host of InnerSPACE. A two-time Gemini Award nominee, Loyst’s most recent role was as host and producer of “Sex Matters”. Prior to that, she spent many years as the Supervising Producer for the internationally… Read More

Drakaina … She was the first of her kind in France, if not Europe. A Model raised to the rank of Modern Muse, inspiring artists, painters, writers and poets around the world since 2001 as well as influencing a whole new generation of models attracted by the potential of this ancestral form of artistic expression…. Read More

Self-defined local celebrity Michael McCluskey is a comedian, a connoisseur of everything Battlestar Galactica. Donning Everlast boxing gloves, a cape and shirt made of BSG bed sheets (circa 1980′s) – McCluskey embodies the vision of Apollo, in an alternate reality in which Apollo has become fat. Outspoken, opinionated, and even brazen at time, Fat Apollo… Read More