San Diego Comic Con 2017: Nerd For A Living Panels and Booth

Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil. When she’s not working on her novels or watching Scandal, she can be found blogging and teaching creative writing at tomiadeyemi.com. Children of Blood and Bone is her debut novel.

Kendall is a writer and editor from Colorado. She’s written for sites including Nerdist, Geek & Sundry, The Mary Sue, and Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls. She’s a proud Slytherin and Horned Serpent (though she is admittedly not quite sure what to think of Ilvermorny houses just yet). She is also obsessed with her seven-pound chiweenie, Chaucer.

Christine “Kit” Boylan’s has worked on the television shows Leverage, Off The Map, Castle, Once Upon A Time, and Constantine, and recently completed the Writers Guild of America’s Showrunner Training Program. She is currently a Co-Executive Producer on two upcoming Marvel shows. Boylan has also written comic books for DC, Marvel, Boom, Tokyopop and NBC. Her first short film, Come Fly With Me, premiered at the 2014 Austin Film Festival. Her second short film, Hoss, was completed in 2015 as part of the American Film Institute’s esteemed Directing Workshop for Women.

Once described by actor Nathan Fillion as has having “actual talent,” Mike Collins has spent the last 12 years working in Television Animation for such Cartoon Network shows as The Mis-adventures of Flapjack, The Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time, Sym-Bionic Titan, Ben 10: Omniverse and Emmy-winning shows Class of 3000 and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. He was part of the award-winning production crew at 6 Point Harness on Tom Hanks’ web-series “Electric City.” Currently at DreamWorks TV, he was involved in the award-winning Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show for Netflix and is on a top-secret yet-to-be-announced project.

Jane Espenson is a television writer best known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica and Once Upon a Time. She has also written episodes of Dinosaurs, Ellen, Angel, Firefly, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Torchwood: Miracle Day, and Game of Thrones, among other series. Jane also writes comic books, short stories, and has edited several books of essays.

A tenacious and imaginative leader, Andrea loves to develop new intellectual properties and build vibrant, complex worlds that are populated with characters that feel real and relatable — and look as different from each other as real kids do. In her work as an art director, character designer, and visual artist, she has developed multiple innovative properties that have enjoyed commercial and critical success. Her work as Creative Director for Goldie Blox earned three Toy of the Year nominations and a Best App of 2014 commendation. She is currently Art Directing Lego’s/WB Animation Unikitty series, airing this year on Cartoon Network.

“Hi, I’m Marie Lum! I am a Los Angeles-based story artist and animator currently working at Cartoon Network. I’ve also done work places such as Dreamworks TV, Studio Yotta, and Mattel.”

You can find Marie at SDCC at Small Press table #1730.

Erica Schultz is a writer, editor, and letterer known for her work on Dynamite Comics’ series, Charmed and Swords of Sorrow, along with her creator owned series, M3, with Vicente Alcázar. She’s written for DC/Vertigo, Marvel Comics, and a wide range of publishers throughout her career.

Rachel Vine is a Los Angeles-based film and TV writer who has worked on 15 animated series. Her most recent writing credits include Rainbow Brite, Wander Over Yonder, Duck Tales, Doc McStuffins, and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, among others.

Rebecca Zanetti is the author of over twenty-five romantic suspense, dark paranormal, and contemporary romances, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestseller lists. She has received a Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review for Wicked Edge, Romantic Times Reviewer Choice Nominations for Forgotten Sins and Sweet Revenge, and RT Top Picks for several of her novels. She lives in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with her own alpha hero, two kids, a couple of dogs, a crazy cat… and a huge extended family. She believes strongly in luck, karma, and working her butt off… and she thinks one of the best things about being an author, unlike the lawyer she used to be, is that she can let the crazy out.

Adron is the host and creative director for the Nerd For A Living family of podcasts, including Fictitious, Animation Invasion, and the titular flagship show. A digital media veteran since 2001, he also spent 11 years working in the radio industry as a multimedia creative director. Adron is a frequent presenter at pop culture conventions and comic cons around the country, speaking about careers in genre entertainment and ways to power-up your personal and professional life using ideas from gaming and storytelling.