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Admired and best-selling authors offer advice and discuss their latest books. See characters you know and love from a different angle or discover a new favorite at our Fandom author panel with Zoraida Córdova, Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be ); Maria Hoey, The Shadower ; Alex Segura, Enemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel ; and Dan Watters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder, Vol. 1 . Zoraida Córdova started writing when she was thirteen years old and hasn’t stopped. She has written more than two dozen novels and short stories, including The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina , Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter , and Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence . Her 2016 novel Labyrinth Lost , book one in the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy, won an International Latino Book Award. Zoraida was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and calls New York City home. Maria Hoey has been writing since she was eight-years-old. Her poetry and articles have been widely published and her short stories have been shortlisted for the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award and the Mslexia short story competition among others. Her debut novel, The Last Lost Girl , was published in July 2016 and went on to be shortlisted for the Kate O’Brien Debut Award 2018. Maria has one daughter, Rebecca, and lives in County Leitrim with her husband, Garrett, dog Jack, and cat, Tatty. Alex Segura is the bestselling author of Secret Identity , winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the Year. His most recent publications include Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy , the second novel in the new Marvel Crime series, as well as Daredevil: The Illustrated History . In addition to his prose, he has written a number of comics for Marvel and DC, including Star Wars: Battle of Jakku , Spider-Society , and The Question: All Along the Watchtower . Dan Watters is a writer born and living in London. He is currently the writer of Coffin Bound at Image Comics, and Lucifer for DC Vertigo’s Sandman Universe . His first creator-owned comic, Limbo , was released through Image Comics in 2016. Since then, he has written horror, fantasy and mystery stories for DC, Dynamite, Titan Books and Vault Comics. Produced in partnership with Penguin Random House May 27, 2026 – August 26, 2026 Wednesdays, 12:30pm-1:45pm May 27: Writers Read hosted by Ed McCann June 3: Memoir with writers Jeffrey Banks, Stefan Merrill Block, and Ian Jarvis June 10: Seriously Funny with writers Jenny Hagel and Maeve Dunigan June 17: Masters of Suspense with writers Alison Gaylin, Ed Lin, and Kimberly McCreight June 24: Summer Picks with writers Hilary Davidson, Connor Martin, and Camille Perri July 8: Frankie Grande July 15: Debut Novels with writers David Baerwald, Meg Charlton, Yosha Gunasekera, and Hafeez Lakhani July 22: Endless Summer with authors Cara Bastone, Amy Ewing, Jennifer O'Brien, and Edward Schmit. July 29: Speculative Fiction with writers Clarence A. Haynes, Isabel J. Kim, and Leila Siddiqui August 5: Fandom with writers Zoraida Córdova, Maria Hoey, Alex Segura, and Dan Watters August 12: Writing with Purpose with writers Sam Roberts, Jennifer Shahade, and Casey Sherman August 19: The Making of an Anthology featuring Kathy Curto, Terri Linton, Christopher L. Vaughan, and Domenica Ruta August 26: Historical Fiction with writers Simon Elegant, Julie Gerstenblatt, and Carson Markland