CONvergence Guests of Honor are chosen very carefully. Of course we want our guests to attend panels and share their knowledge and experience with us, but we also try to invite guests whom we genuinely think will enjoy CONvergence and have fun themselves! It’s not at all uncommon to see current and past Guests of Honor hanging out with members in room parties, mingling with the crowd, and actively participating in CONvergence culture!

Here you can find out all about the CONvergence 2020 Guests of Honor! Be sure to check out the Also Appearing page for alumni Guests of Honor and other professionals planning to attend CONvergence 2020.

Matthew Kessen

Matthew Kessen is the writer, performer, director, and curator of Reverend Matt’s Monster Science, a series of live comedy lectures on the enormous and varied subject of monsters. Reverend Matt’s Monster Science has been featured at the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Twin Cities Horror Festival, in libraries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, at Fringe Festivals in Minneapolis and in Tucson, where it won Best Solo Show, and is an annual favorite at CONvergence.

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Briana Lawrence

Briana Lawrence (Brichibi Cosplays) has written for a number of publications where she analyzes pop culture—be it mental health in My Hero Academia, the importance of fanfiction, or how we deserve more than table scraps when it comes to representation in our favorite TV shows, Movies, and video games. She started 2020 with the launch of her second illustrated novel in her black, queer, magical girl series magnifiqueNOIR.

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Jessica Walsh

Jessica Walsh (SnowCosplays) is an author and seamstress who has been featured in local fashion shows and cosplay magazines such as Cosplay Culture. She is currently hard at work on the third book in the couple’s Hunters urban fantasy series, now that she’s launched her horror anthology Little Creepers. She’s also had her horror stories read on various podcasts, such as Ghoul Intentions and the always spine-tingling Mr. Creepy Pasta.

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Charles Urbach

Charles Urbach is a colored pencil illustrator with more than 25 years experience in design and illustration. Charles’ published genre work includes hundreds of illustrations for the tabletop gaming industry, book covers, and marketing art for major gaming conventions including Origins Game Fair and Gary Con. He is a two-time Chesley Award winner, and his artwork has been recognized at Gen Con, Dragon Con, CONvergence, Origins Game Fair, JordanCon, PhilCon, and MarCon, among others.

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Be sure to check out Also Appearing to see more of who will be at this year’s CONvergence!