Readercon 35 Guests of Honor

July 9 – 12, 2026

Boston Marriott Burlington in Burlington, MA

Phenderson Djèlí Clark

P. Djèlí Clark is the award winning and Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy nominated author of the novels Abeni’s Song and A Master of Djinn, and the novellas The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, Ring Shout, The Black God’s Drums, and . His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Fireside Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in print anthologies including, Griots, Hidden Youth, and Clockwork Cairo. He is also a founding member of FIYAH Literary Magazine and a one-time reviewer at Strange Horizons. At present time, he resides in a small Edwardian castle in New England with his wife, twin daughters, and pet dragon (who suspiciously resembles a Boston Terrier). When so inclined he rambles on issues of speculative fiction, politics, and diversity at his aptly named blog The Disgruntled Haradrim.

David Gerrold

Bio forthcoming shortly

Memorial Guest of Honor

To be announced