Speakers & Guests
Three Guests of Honor, a roster of featured authors, and an open call for academic papers. More guests to be announced.
Guests of Honor
Brian Evenson
Author of Immobility, The Warren, and Last Days. Teaches creative writing at CalArts. His unsettling, philosophically charged fiction sits at the intersection of literary horror and speculative brilliance.
Sarah Langan
Author of Good Neighbors and A Better World. Three-time Bram Stoker Award winner and founding board member of the Shirley Jackson Awards. Her work dissects suburban dread with surgical precision.
Tim Powers
Legendary author who knew Philip K. Dick personally. Multiple World Fantasy Award winner. His secret history novels are monuments of the genre. Details TBA.
Featured Authors & Creators
Jonathan Lethem
Author of Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, and numerous works examining the PKD legacy. A bridge between literary fiction and speculative worlds.
Howard A. Rodman
Screenwriter and novelist. Former president of the Writers Guild of America West. Author of The Great Eastern.
David Agranoff
Author, podcaster (Dickheads), and driving force behind the PKD Festival. Co-writer of the Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch TV pilot script.
Keith Giles
Author, publisher of the Pink Beam novella series, and co-editor of the forthcoming Dickopedia. Brings practical vision and publishing expertise to the festival.
Anthony Trevino
Co-writer of the Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch TV pilot script and former Dickheads podcast co-host. Pink Beam novella author.
Cliff Jones Jr.
Writer and literary voice in the PKD community.
David Gill
Runs PKD educational content and the walking tour. Operates the Point Reyes Reality Investigation Center (PRICK). Keeper of the flame.
Lisa Morton
Wrote and directed the Radio Free Albemuth play in 1990s Los Angeles. Returning to direct the table read at the fest, casting from the original LA actors where possible.
More speakers will be announced as paper submissions come in and programming is finalized.
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