Guests of Octocon 2009

Alan Nolan is the co-creator - with Ian Whelan - of the twice-Eagle Award-nominated comic Sancho, along with a smattering of stories for other Irish...
C.E. Murphy, AKA Cate Dermody, AKA Catie, is the Alaskan-Irish hybrid author of many fine novels from many fine genres. She's written the fantastic...
An avid fan of Horror and Science Fiction from an early age, with dabblings in writing short stories as a teenager, Derek Gunn began writing again in...
Harry Harrison has been one of Octocon's biggest supporters for many years. In that time, he has attended a large number of our fine conventions and...
John Vaughn is the award-winning film maker of My Dad and Valour, as well as a general enthusiast of media, in particular, cinema and television. His...
Michael Carroll is the Dublin-based author of such series as The New Heroes (also called Quantum Prophecy) and the Pelicos trilogy. In addition, he...
Since first seeing publication in 2007, Peadar Ó Guilín's first novel, The Inferior, has been translated into numerous languages and continues to...
Robert Curley is the well-regarded author of the Eagle Award-nominated graphic novel series Freakshow, from his own Atomic Diner publishing label. He...