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Tom is the original Mandalorian armorsmith; a Davie County native, Tom founded the Mando Mercs Costume Club (Mandalorian Mercs) in 2007 as a home for people who wanted to build Mandalorian costumes without looking exactly like Boba or Jango Fett.  Over the past 15 years the Mandalorian... Read More →

A Jersey bass player who fell for a Virginia author, DJ has been a cost estimator and project manager for various federal government contractors for over 20 years. When he’s not singing or playing bass with his friends in Nefarious Ferrets and Dimensional Riffs, DJ also teaches... Read More →

Way back in 2004, Mike came up with the crazy idea of hosting a convention in Richmond, VA. He’s been chairing RavenCon ever since.In addition to running RavenCon, Mike published the fanzine Nth Degree for seventeen years, wrote and published the Raven comic book series, and edited... Read More →

Misty Massey is the author of Mad Kestrel, a rollicking adventure of magic on the high seas, and the long-awaited sequel, Kestrel’s Dance. She is an acquisitions editor for LoreSeekers Press, and is currently accepting submissions.  When she’s not writing, Misty plays Malibu... Read More →