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Monika Kim
Monika Kim
Monika Kim is the author of THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART.
Monika graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a B.A. in Communication. Since 2016, she has been working for an environmental agency based in Southern California. In her current role, Monika’s work is focused on environmental justice and assisting underserved communities through outreach and youth education programs. Monika is passionate about the environment and climate justice. Through her books, she seeks to raise awareness of the Asian American experience as well as of feminist issues. In her free time, Monika likes to try new foods, read, play video games, travel, and take pictures.
Monika is a second-generation Korean American living in Los Angeles’s Koreatown, where she resides with her family and her tuxedo cat, Velvet. She learned about eating fish eyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to California from Seoul in 1985.
Session Details | Saturday, February 1, 2025
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 5:00PM - 8:00PM
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Nicholas Belardes
Nicholas Belardes
Nicholas Belardes’s debut eco-horror The Deading combines elements of literary, horror, and science fiction. The New York Times Book Review says Belardes's novel “perfectly balances social critique, lyricism and ghastliness. It’s a claustrophobic mosaic of a novel, and an outstanding debut.” Belardes’s next release Ten Sleep (2025) blends elements of the gothic with eco-horror and Western fiction. While attending UCR Palm Desert’s MFA Program, Belardes received its Founder’s Award. When not writing, he’s either birdwatching or teaching essay writing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Ethnic Studies Program.
Session Details | Saturday, February 1, 2025
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 5:00PM - 8:00PM
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https://www.nicholasbelardes.com/
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Kathryn E. McGee
Kathryn E. McGee
Kathryn E. McGee's horror stories have appeared in Kelp Journal, Ladies of the Fright, Gamut Magazine, Lit Angeles, Horror Library Vol. 6, Halldark Holidays, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Chromophobia anthology. She is the author of the chapbook, Mondays Are for Meat, and co-author of DTLA/37: Downtown Los Angeles in Thirty-seven Stories. She writes articles about horror books and film for The Lineup. She also hosted Skeleton Hour, the Horror Writers Association's horror literature webinar series, and is an Active Member of the HWA. She manages the MFA Program in Creative Writing at UC Riverside Palm Desert.
Session Details | Saturday, February 1, 2025
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 5:00PM - 8:00PM
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https://www.kathrynemcgee.com/
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