Name: Researching and Writing Horror Nonfiction
Start: 2026-06-06T10:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-06T10:50:00-0400

Researching and Writing Horror Nonfiction

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT

Cambria

This panel explores techniques and practices for researching horror, interviewing, and resources for writing about horror. Join panelists to discuss the challenges of nonfiction, how it is similar and different from writing other modes, and markets and publications in which one can place nonfiction.

Moderators

Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

Volunteer Coordinator, HWA LA

Speakers

Leanna Renee Hieber

Actress, Ghost Tour Guide and Author with, Kensington, Tor and Union Square Books

An actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winning, bestselling author of ghost-filled fiction and non-fiction for Kensington, Tor, Sourcebooks and Union Square, Leanna’s A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea J... Read More →

John Kachuba

Author

Shapeshifters! Ghosts! Middle Grade horror! Author of 15 books, including the historical fantasy trilogy, “The Bottle Conjuror,” and the middle/grade novel, “Haycorn Smith and the Castle Ghost.”Several of my nonfiction books are about ghosts and the paranormal and I am a... Read More →

Business and Craft of Writing and Publishing

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Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

Leanna Renee Hieber

John Kachuba

Kendall Phillips

Naomi Simone Borwein

Becky Spratford

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StokerCon 2026

Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

Leanna Renee Hieber

John Kachuba

Kendall Phillips

Naomi Simone Borwein

Becky Spratford

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