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The Desert Nights, Rising Stars
Writers Conference
Conference Faculty 2021
Evan Winter
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Faculty 2020
About Evan Winter
Called "Canada’s answer to George R. R. Martin" by the Globe and Mail, Evan Winter, winner of the Reddit/Fantasy Award for Best Debut Fantasy Novel, is a Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, and Locus best selling author of speculative fiction. His debut novel, The Rage of Dragons, began life as a self-published epic fantasy before being acquired and then republished by Orbit Books, and, currently, Evan Winter is completing his four-book series with the Hachette Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint. His second book, The Fires of Vengeance, is set to release on November 10th, 2020.