Award-winning NYT bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer will show you how to think more creatively about inspiration, process, characters, and plot, using his unique Wonderbook as the anchor for a fun, engaging, and informative workshop about the power of the imagination. Wonderbook is still the world’s only fully illustrated general writing guide and the workshop will be highly visual, with reference to many stimulating, full-colour diagrams. (Participants do not need Wonderbook for the workshop, however – any needed materials will be provided.) 

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

About the Author 
Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance and Absolution), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Paramount. He has spoken at MIT, Columbia, Yale, and Vanderbilt, and gave the 2024 John Hersey Memorial Address at the Key West Literary Seminar. Environmental nonfiction by VanderMeer has appeared in Time, The Nation, Current Affairs, and Esquire, among others. VanderMeer founded the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group nonprofit in 2023. VanderMeer also co-edited (with wife Ann VanderMeer) ground-breaking anthologies such as Best American Fantasy 1 and 2, Steampunk 1 and 2, New Weird, The Weird, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, The Time Traveler’s Almanac, The Big Book of Science Fiction, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, and The Big Book of Modern Fantasy.