Jim Dale at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release party at the Union Square Barnes and Noble in NYC, on July 20, 2007.

Neil Gaiman at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC in 2006.  His line
wound around and around and he stayed several hours to sign every book.
He is the author of Coraline, which one a Hugo Award for best
Novella.  His adult novel, American Gods won the Hugo Award, the Nebula
Award, and the Bram Stoker Award.



George R. R. Martin at Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland in 2005.
He is the author of A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy sequence.
Time magazine called him the "American Tolkien."



Anne McCaffrey, at the same Worldcon.  She is a prolific author,
most well-known for her Dragonriders of Pern novels which
she is now writing with her son Todd.  During a speech,
she said there is no one else she would trust with Pern
except Todd.



Susanna Clarke, also at that Worldcon.  She is signing
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, which won the Hugo Award
that year.



Ray Bradbury, an icon in the science fiction world, author
of Fahrenheit 451, speaks to a rapt crowd at the 2006
Worldcon in California.

Fantasy Movies to Be Released in 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles based on the books by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi.
Due to be released in Feb.

Inkheart based on the book by Cornelia Funke.
Due to be released in March.


Fantasy Movies Released in 2007 



Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
based on the novel by J. K. Rowling



Stardust
based on the novel by Neil Gaiman





The Dark Is Rising
based on the novel by Susan Cooper





The Golden Compass
based on the novel by Philip Pullman