Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Author
New Jersey
Biography:
Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today's Promise, The Halfling's Court, The Redcaps' Queen, Daire's Devils, The Play of Light, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, and the non-fiction writers' guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats.
Sci-fi Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Shore Leave 2024 - July 26-28, 2024 in Lancaster, PA 2022
- Chessiecon 2022 - November 25-27, 2022 in Hunt Valley, MD
- Shore Leave 2022 - July 15-17, 2022 in Hunt Valley, MD
- HELIOsphere 2022 - March 25-27, 2022 in Piscataway, NJ 2021
Chessiecon 2021 - November 26-28, 2021 in Baltimore, MDConvention Went Online-Only 2019- Shore Leave 2019 - July 12-14, 2019 in Hunt Valley, MD
- HELIOsphere 2019 - April 5-7, 2019 in Tarrytown, NY 2018
- Chessiecon 2018 - November 23-24, 2018 in Lutherville-Timonium, MD
- DerpyCon 2018 - November 9-11, 2018 in Morristown, NJ
- HELIOsphere 2018 - March 9-11, 2018 in Tarrytown, NY 2016
- Chessiecon 2016 - November 25-26, 2016 in Lutherville-Timonium, MD 2015
- DerpyCon 2015 - December 4-6, 2015 in Morristown, NJ
- Chessiecon 2015 - November 27-29, 2015 in Lutherville-Timonium, MD
- MystiCon 2015 - February 27 - March 1, 2015 in Roanoke, VA 2014
- DerpyCon 2014 - December 5-7, 2014 in Morristown, NJ
- Chessiecon 2014 - November 27-29, 2014 in Lutherville-Timonium, MD
15 confirmed guest appearances
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