Kevin Hearne, Tom Leveen, Joseph Nassise, Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse, Janette Rallison/C. J. Hill and Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell Join PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that authors Kevin Hearne, Tom Leveen, Joseph Nassise, Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse, Janette Rallison/C. J. Hill and Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We are so happy to have such an amazing group of authors joining us at this year's Phoenix Comicon,” says Marketing Director Jillian Squires.

Kevin Hearne is best known as the author of The Druid Chronicles, which are set in present day Tempe, Arizona, right down the road from Phoenix Comicon. The fifth book in the series, Trapped was released in November 2012. The sixth and seventh books in the series, Hunted and Shattered are both scheduled to be released in 2013. Currently, Hearne is working on a Stars Wars Universe novel.

Tom Leveen is best known for his young adult novel Party (2010). His second novel, Zero was released  in April 2012.

Joseph Nassise is an author of more than twenty novels. His debut novel, Riverwatch in 2003 was nominated for both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award. He has also authored the internationally bestselling series Templar Chronicles, Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle and Great Undead War. His latest works released in 2012 are By the Blood of Heroes, King of the Dead and On Her Majesty's Behalf.

Yvonne Navarro is best known for her titles Final Impact, The Willow Files, Vol. 2 and That's Not My Name. Final Impact won the 1997 Chicago Women in Publishing Award for Excellence in Adult Fiction. The Willow Files, Vol. 2 won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award in the category of Works for Young Readers. That's Not My Name was the First Place Winner of the National Federation of Press Women's 2001 Communications Contest in the Fiction Novel Category.

Weston Ochse is best known for his first novel, ScareCrow Gods, in 2005. For ScareCrow Gods, he won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His co-written collection of short stories titled Appalachian Galapagos, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Short Fiction. In 2008, Ochse's novella Redemption Roadshow was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction.

Janette Rallison, who recently started using the pen name, C. J. Hill. Rallison focuses primarily on romantic comedies and her notable works include Just One Wish (2009), My Double Life (2010) and My Unfair Godmother (2011). Rallison took on the Hill pen name after her writing shift towards being a young adult author. Hill's first book and overall Rallison's latest work is, Slayers.

Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell is best known for her works The Shard Axe, Legacy of Wolves and Skein of Shadows. The Shard Axe was a 2012 Scribe Award Nominee. Most recently, Rockwell was a nominee for the Dwarf Stars Award for the Graveside Spell. 

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.