CrossingsCon is proud to welcome our guests of honor for 2025!

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Jessica Mary Best

Jessica Mary Best is a multi-award-winning freelance writer/editor, an amateur singer/songwriter and a well-intentioned ball of pure quivering anxiety. Her audio drama work includes creating and scripting The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Keep It Steady, and she has also written for Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery and World Gone Wrong. Her first novel is a queer YA sci-fi mystery called Stars, Hide Your Fires. Her fanfiction was once quoted very briefly in an NPR feature, which frankly continues to boggle her mind.

We could not be happier to have Jessica join us for CrossingsCon 2025! You can find out more about Jessica and her works on her website.

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Jessica Day George

Jessica Day George is the NYT bestselling author of 16 books and counting for middle grade and teen readers. She has a degree in Fairy Tales and Mythology- okay, Humanities- from Brigham Young University, and loves collecting books on Norse mythology, Norwegian folktales, and the sagas. Originally from Idaho, she has lived in Delaware, New Jersey, and Utah, where she currently lives with her husband and three children. She likes books, dark chocolate, dogs, movies, and Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar with a shot of coconut syrup.

We are super excited to have Jessica return for CrossingsCon 2025 after she previously joined us at CrossingsCon 2021! You can read more about her on her website.