We’re thrilled to join you all at San Diego Comic-Con 2023! Check out all the awesome panels and booth events we’ve got slated for this epic weekend. And don’t forget to join our opens in a new windowSDCC 2023 ARC Bundle Sweepstakes (you don’t actually have to be at con to enter. This is a celebratory sweepstakes for everyone)!
Please note that giveaways and drops do not indicate author attendance at San Diego Comic Con. For attending authors, please check out panels and signing events.
Thursday — July 20
Panels
Welcome to Fantasy Land
Room 9
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Darcie Little Badger, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Rachel Griffin, Adalyn Grace, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Michelle Bucud (moderator)
Robots and Aliens and Blasters, Oh My
Room 24ABC
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Emma Mieko Candon, Sylvain Neuvel, and Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle, Charlie Jane Anders (Moderator)
In the Beginning…There was Worldbuilding
Room 32AB
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
TJ Klune, Comic-Con Special Guest Holly Black, Wesley Chu, LR Lam, Victoria Aveyard, Dr. Jeanelle Horcasitas (moderator)
A Different Type of Romance
Room 21AB
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Holly Black, Becky Cloonan, Linda Sejic, Stjepan Sejic, and Rachel Smythe. Tina Horn (moderator)
Booth 2802 Events
Giveaway: After the Forest by Kell Woods
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Giveaway: One Blood by Denene Millner
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Author Signing: Terry J. Benton-Walker*
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Blood Debts
Giveaway: Exadelic by Jon Evans
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Author Signing: Chuck Tingle*
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Camp Damascus
Author Signing: Charlie Jane Anders*
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Victories Greater Than Death
Author Signing: Paul Cornell*
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Rosebud
Author Signing: Cory Doctorow*
4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Lost Cause
Friday — July 21
Panels
Wish They All Could be CA MCs
Room 24ABC
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Diane Marie Brown, Nidhi Chanani, Mike Chen , Cory Doctorow, and Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle, Maryelizabeth Yturralde (moderator)
Love in all the Fantastic Places
Room 32AB
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Olivie Blake, Jacqueline Carey, Piper J. Drake, Laura Thalassa, Mia Tsai, Rachel Smythe, Dr. Jenni Marchisotto (moderator), Haydee Smith (moderator)
Spotlight on Martha Wells
Room 28DE
1:00 – 1:00 PM
Comic Con Special Guest Martha Wells
SF in Comics
Room 29AB
3:00 – 4:00 PM
John Barber, Andrew Griffin, Charlie Jane Anders , Nicholas Tana, Maryelizabeth Yturralde (moderator)
Boundless Adventures: San Diego Festival of Books
Room 10
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Charlie Jane Anders, John Jennings, TJ Klune, Jarrod Shusterman and Sofia Lapuente, Alonso Nunez (moderator)
Tor Presents:Calling All Book Lovers
Room 29CD
5:30 – 6:30 PM
TPG staff: Saraciea J. Fennell (Senior Publicity Manager), Giselle Gonzalez (Publicist), Emily Mlynek (Director of Marketing), Rachel Taylor (Senior Marketing Manager)
Booth 2802 Events
Giveaway: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Author Signing: Martha Wells*
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Witch King
Giveaway: The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab audiobook excerpt with special item
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Author Signing: Liz Kerin*
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Night’s Edge
Author Signing: Sarah Gailey*
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Just Like Home
Author Signing: Nina Nesseth*
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Nightmare Fuel
Author Signing: Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle*
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Ebony Gate
Author Signing: Holly Black
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Book of Night
Saturday — July 22
Panels
Mysteries, Magic, & Mayhem
Room 7AB
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Holly Black, Johnny Compton, Martha Wells, Catriona Ward, and Philip Fracassi, Liz Kerin (moderator)
A Scare is Born
Room 7AB
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Silvia Moreno Garcia, Junji Ito, Johnny Compton, Chuck Tingle, Catriona Ward, Erin A. Craig, Judy Prince-Neeb (moderator)
Science Fiction (At Least for Now)
Room 29AB
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Emma Mieko Candon, Pierce Brown, Nnedi Okorafor, Comic Con Special Guest Martha Wells
The Worlds We Return To
Room 23ABC
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Stephen Blackmoore, Jacqueline Carey, Cory Doctorow, Chloe Gong, E.K. Johnston, Matthew Berger (moderator)
Things Could Be Worse
Room 25ABC
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Tananarive Due, CJ Leede, Meriam Metoui, Chuck Tingle, and Danielle Valentine, Maryelizabeth Yturralde (moderator)
Booth 2802 Events
Giveaway: The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Author Signing: Emma Mieko Candon*
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The Archive Undying
Author Signing: J.R. Dawson*
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The First Bright Thing
Giveaway: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Author Signing: Sylvain Neuvel*
1:00 – 2:00 PM
A History of What Comes Next
Author Signing: Phillip Fracassi*
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Boys in the Valley
Author Signing: TJ Klune*
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Wolfsong
Author Signing: Johnny Compton*
3:00 – 4:00 PM
The Spite House
Author Signing: CJ Leede*
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Maeve Fly
Author Signing: Catriona Ward*
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Looking Glass Sound
Sunday — July 23
Panels
Spotlight on Holly Black
Room 29AB
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Comic Con Special Guest Holly Black
Let’s Hit Critical
Room 29AB
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Jef Aldrich, Travis Baldree, James D’Amato, E.K. Johnston, Jon Taylor, Cecil Castellucci (moderator)
Romantasy: When SFF & Romance Kiss
Room 23ABC
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Jacqueline Carey, Olivie Blake, J.R. Dawson, Travis Baldree, TJ Klune (moderator)
Booth 2802 Events
Giveaway: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Author Signing: Travis Baldree*
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Bookshops & Bonedust
Author Signing: Jacqueline Carey*
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Kushiel’s Dart
Author Signing: Olivie Blake*
1:00 – 2:00 PM
The Atlas Six
Giveaway: Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout audiobook excerpt with special item
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Giveaway: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Free author signing with tickets to be given away at 10:00 AM each day in the booth. Other titles will be available for purchase in the booth.
Panelists and giveaways subject to change