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b'This week, Patrick and Tracy are live from Capricon 42 with a very special, super-sized show filled with great conversations from all of these amazing people:
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\\n* Lauren Jankowski – author of The Shape Shifter Chronicles (Follow Lauren on Twitter)
\\n* Megan Mackie – author of The Finder of the Lucky Devil (Follow Megan on Twitter)
\\n* KM Herkes – author of Rough Passages (Follow KM on Twitter)
\\n* Michi Trota – a 5-time Hugo Award winning and British Award winning editor and writer (Follow Michi on Twitter)
\\n* The Original Cannoli Joe – enabler of cannoli habits (Follow Cannoli Joe on Twitter)
\\n* Todd French – an awesome human being and Extra Nerdy Patron (Follow Todd on Facebook)
\\n* Jason Youngberg – another awesome human being and Extra Nerdy Patron
\\n* Gary K Wolfe – an American science fiction podcaster, editor, critic and biographer, and an emeritus Professor of Humanities at Roosevelt University (Follow Gary on Twitter)
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\\nAbout Lauren Jankowski: Lauren Jankowski, an openly aromantic asexual, adoptee, feminist author from Illinois, has been an avid reader for most of her life. She holds a degree in Women and Genders Studies from Beloit College. In 2015, she founded \\u201cAsexual Artists,\\u201d a site dedicated to highlighting the contributions of asexual identifying individuals to the arts. To date, she has interviewed over 900 artists.
\\nShe has been writing fiction since high school, when she noticed a lack of strong women, particularly queer women and women from non-traditional families, in the popular genre books. When she\\u2019s not writing or researching, she enjoys reading (particularly anything relating to ancient myths), playing with her pets, watching ballets, or working on her next cosplay. She hopes to bring more strong heroines to literature, including badass asexual women. As an adoptee, she also hopes to bring more accurate and positive portrayals of non-traditional families to genre.
\\nHer ongoing series, The Shape Shifter Chronicles, is published through Crimson Fox Publishing. Signed paperbacks of the series can be purchased via Lauren\\u2019s Square Marketplace or the Crimson Fox Online Store. The books can also be purchased in ebook or paperback format through all major retailers.
\\nAbout Megan Mackie: Megan Mackie is a writer, actor, and playwright. She started her writing career as an indie author and had such smashing success in her first year with her inaugural book The Finder of the Lucky Dev...'