Debbie Manber Kupfer grew up in the London, but somehow ended up in St. Louis, MO, where she lives with her family—including two very opinionated felines. She works as a writer, editor, and puzzle constructor and is the author of the young adult fantasy series, P.A.W.S. and a number of children’s picture books. Her puzzles have appeared in Tribune newspapers, Penny Press, and Dell magazines. She believes that with enough tea and dark chocolate you can achieve anything!
Creator, Innovator, Putterer, Cat Dad, Pajama Pants Enthusiast
We can make it better, faster, funnier. I just need to make one more prototype first. Maybe two.
Favorite Quote/Family Motto: “Once again, I snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
League of Space Pirates is a band of scallywags from the future who kick out the jams while fighting the ultimate evil corporation: Übercorp. Captain Orlok and his gang of assorted thieves, scoundrels, and robots play high-energy 25th century rock-n-roll in the name of saving the universe. They provide the very latest in multivalent entertainment: incorporating music, costumes, and comedy while broadcasting from their tourship and making periodic stops at their favorite rest stop—planet Earth. The brainchild of artist Noah Scalin, League of Space Pirates is a collaborative science-fiction universe that manifests in a range of media, including live performances, internet broadcasts, music releases, novels, comic books, and more.
O. Hai Mark is an emcee, host, filmmaker, and content creator who loves a bad movie or two. You can catch him online at Game Nights, Poker Nights, Karaoke Nights, and his flagship show Terrible Movies with Wonderful People
D.M. Mewha lives in the magical land of “The DC Suburbs” where he does battle with monsters such as “Beltway Traffic” and “Wow, Everything Is Too Expensive” with the help of his talented and far-too-patient wife and an assorted menagerie of pets that she threatens to make weirder as time goes on (people don’t really want skunks as pets, do they?). He writes sci-fi and fantasy in a variety of flavors, and is a certified TTRPG nerd who dabbles in some tabletop wargaming, which sounds better than “he plays with little plastic guys and makes them go pew pew.”
Cass Morris lives her life at the intersection of storytelling, performance, and education as a writer and editor of novels, short fiction, and immersive experiences. Her novels, The Aven Cycle, are Roman-flavored historical fantasy. She is also one-third of the team behind the four-time Hugo Award Finalist podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists. Cass works as Story Editor at Mythik Camps, providing writing and developmental editing for the mythology-themed summer camps’ interactive theatrical experiences, as well as other programming and media projects. Previously, she worked in the education department at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. She holds a Master of Letters in Shakespeare studies from Mary Baldwin University and a BA in English and History from the College of William and Mary. Her novel, From Unseen Fire, won RavenCon’s Webster Award in 2020. Find her online at linktr.ee/cassrmorris.
Mourning Dove Cosplay is a Louisiana-based cosplayer who has been cosplaying and attending conventions since 2018. She has attended various conventions in Virginia and North Carolina, cosplaying a range of characters that include Beetlejuice, Wednesday Addams, Emma Frost, Mavis, and many others. Not only is she an avid cosplayer but she has also been a performer with two Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow casts where she has performed as characters including Magenta, Janet, Colombia, Rocky, and Frank-N-Furter. She attended RavenCon 17 and ConGregate 10 last year as a cosplay guest and hopes to continue guesting at these conventions as well as many others.
Bill Mulligan is an indie filmmaker, podcaster, and author, when he isn’t teaching high school science in Sanford, NC. As part of the thriving North Carolina indie film scene, he has served as a writer, director, and special effects craftsman for five features films and over two dozen short films, including the award-winning Belladonna, Cache Me If You Can, Fix It In Post, and the upcoming Emotional Support Demon. As a podcaster, he can be found on Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror (1970s and 1980s), The Videostore Junkies, and Deep Images. His first novel, Raum, made it’s official launch at RavenCon and he is looking forward to seeing his RavenCon family!
Mittens is a 32-year-old cosplayer, gamer, and fan fiction writer from South Africa, currently living in Virginia. They focus on inclusivity and low-budget cosplay and content. They hope to encourage folks who don’t think they have the money, the skills or the “perfect looks” to enjoy these hobbies and the fandom world.
As a writer, Steve has three published novels through Falstaff Books with co-writer Paul Barrett, a fourth currently undergoing developmental edits and three more in the works. Paul and Steve have also written several screenplays, many of which have placed highly in national competitions.
Steve has spent much of his life in uniform, starting with four years in the Navy as a GMM (Gunners Mate Missiles)—earning the Navy Expeditionary Medal and Navy Unit Commendation. This was followed by two years in the Army where he worked as a forward observer. Steve then became a police officer in Charlotte, NC, where he spent twenty-three years; fourteen of those years he was on the SWAT team, nine of which he worked as a sniper.
Steve is not a stranger to film production, having worked as a military/law consultant on several projects, a set dresser for films, and a lighting technician in live theater. But his main strength is in project management and ensuring the producers stay on target and time and helping deal with any problems that come up with the crew. In addition, his knowledge of military protocol and interest in military history help maintain verisimilitude in all the military aspects on any project.
The father of two adult boys, Steve lives on a small farm in North Carolina with his wife, two dogs, and an elusive cat.
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