Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, San Diego’s premiere bookstore, has announced a blockbuster slate of signings to honor the return of San Diego Comic-Con. These signings will be taking place both in their booth, #1119 as well as up in the Sails Pavilion.
For Mysterious Galaxy’s in-booth signings tickets will be available only at the booth, #1119 and can be picked up each morning when the show floor opens, and only for signings happening that day. No purchase is necessary to receive a ticket. One ticket grants you to entry into the signing line and entitles you to get up to 3 books signed. Non-ticket holders will only be granted entry to the line if time allows after all ticket holders have finished. Check the booth for any updates or changes.
THURSDAY, July 21
- 10:30pm – 11am – Shane Roeschlein (The In-Between)
- 5pm – 6pm – Alyson Noel & Marlene Perez
FRIDAY, July 22
- 10am – 11am – Alys Arden (Zatanna:The Jewel of Gravesend)
- 11:30am-12:30pm – Alexandra Monir (Black Canary: Breaking Silence)
- 1pm – 2pm – Dr. Janina Scarlet (It Shouldn’t Be This Way)
- 2:30pm – 3:15pm – Kimberly Unger (Extractionist)
- 3:45pm – 4:30pm – Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Virtue and Vengeance)
- 5pm – 6pm – Christopher Sequeira & Jim Krueger (Caped Fear)
SATURDAY, July 23
- 10:30am – 11:30am – Jey Odin & Odunze Oguguo
- 4pm – 5pm – Cavan Scott (Star Wars High Republic: Tempest Runner)
SUNDAY, July 24
- 3pm – 3:45pm – Tracy Badua (Freddie vs the Curse)
All the following signings will take place in the Sails Pavilion Autograph Area.
Readers should please note some signings have limitations and may require a ticket. Most of the signings are following author panels so times could vary. Please check their booth on the exhibit floor, #1119 for any changes, requirements or with any questions.
Thursday, July 21
- 1pm – 2pm – “Spotlight on Cecil Castellucci” Panel Signing
- Cecil Castellucci
- Jackson Lanzing
- 1pm – 2pm – “How To Break Into Voice Acting” Panel Signing
- Julia Bianco Schoeffling (The Art & Business of Action for Video Games)
- Ashley Nguyen Dewitt
- Courtenay Taylor
- Cissy Jones
- 1pm – 2pm – “Authors on the Best Advice they Ever Got” Panel Signing
- Wesley Chu (The Art of Prophecy)
- Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex)
- Gini Koch (Touched By An Aline)
- Sangu Mandanna (The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches)
- 1:30 – 2:30 – “Brick By Brick: Building a Magical World” Panel Signing
- Aiden Thomas (The Sunbearer Trials)
- Lizz Huerta (The Lost Dreamer)
- Rose Szabo (We All Fall Down)
- Jake Wyatt (The Well)
- Mary E. Preston (Morrighan)
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Graphic Novels Aren’t Just Pretty Pictures” Panel Signing
- Judd Winick (Hilo)
- Jennifer L. Holm (Babymouse)
- Jose Pimienta (Twin Cities)
- Lucas Turnbloom (Steve L. McEvil)
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Writing Your Favorite IP Character” Panel Signing
- Livia Blackburne (Feather and Flame)
- Alexandra Monir (Black Canary: Breaking Silence)
- Emma Theriault (Rebel Rose)
- Kiersten White (Star Wars: Padawan)
- 2pm – 3pm – “The Challenge of Challenges” Panel Signing
- Adalyn Grace (Belladonna)
- Gina Chen (Violet Made of Thorns)
- Axie Oh (The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea)
- Xiran Jay Zhao (Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor)
- 2:30pm – 3:30pm – “Turning Lore Into Something More” Panel Signing
- Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Virtue and Vengeance)
- Wesley Chu (The Art of Prophecy)
- Rebecca Roanhorse (Fevered Star)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Re-Envisioning Hollywood” Panel Signing
- Eriq La Salle (Laws of Wrath)
- Carell Augustus ( Black Hollywood)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Breaking In Via Anthologies” Panel Signing
- Gini Koch (Touched By An Alien)
- Hal Bodner (Fabulous in Tights)
- S.G. Browne (Breathers)
- Jonathan Maberry (Kagen the Damned)
- Lisa Morton (Haunted Tales)
- 5pm – 6pm – “The Writers Coffeehouse” Panel Signing
- Jonathan Maberry (Kagen the Damned)
- Scott Sigler (Mount Fitz Roy)
- Peter Clines (The Broken Room)
- David Mack (Star Trek: Vanguard)
- Henry Herz (I Am Smoke)
Friday, July 22
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm – “The Power of Love: Romance in Books and Media” Signing
- Adriana Herrera (A Caribbean Heiress in Paris)
- Christina Lauren (Something Wilder)
- Ali Hazlewood (The Love Hypothesis)
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm “Crafting the Future: Transgressing Genres in Sci-Fi” Signing
- Charlie Jane Anders (Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak)
- Ryka Aoki (Light From Uncommon Stars)
- Pierce Brown (Red Rising)
- Blake Crouch (Upgrade)
- Paul Cornell (Rose Bud)
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm – “Entertainment, Engagement and Empathy” Panel Signing
- Hope Larson (Salt Magic)
- Recebba Mock (The Contradictions)
- Sophie Yanow (Class Act)
- Jose Pimienta (Twin Cities)
- Gabriela Epstein (Invisible)
- 1pm – 2pm – “Meet the Creators of Blackout” Panel Signing
- Dhonielle Clayton
- Ashley Woodfolk
- Nic Stone
- Nicola Yoon
- Tiffany D Jackson
- Adam Silvera
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm “Spotlight on Pierce Brown” Signing [TICKETED]
- Pierce Brown (Dark Age)
- Wesley Chu
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm “Comic Arts Conference Session: Focus on Amy Chu” Signing
- Amy Chu (Red Sonja)
- John Jennings
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Frankenstein’s Vault” Panel Signing
- Demetra Brodsky (Last Girls)
- Gretchen McNeil (Dig Two Graves)
- Alyson Noel (Stealing Infinity)
- Marlene Perez (The Afterlife of the Party)
- Joshua Pruett (Predator: Eyes of the Demon)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Dark Side of the Moon: Playing With Untrustworthy Archetypes” Signing
- Mary E. Pearson (Dance of Thieves)
- Marissa Meyer (Gilded)
- Zoe Hana Mikuta (Gearbreakers)
- Tricia Levenseller (Master of Iron)
- Axie Oh (The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Scribe Awards” Panel Signing
- Jonathan Maberry (Kagen the Damned)
- Scribe Awards Nominees
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Freaking Fantastic!” Panel Signing
- Jey Odin (Hammer)
- Tui T. Sutherland (Wings of Fire)
- Richard Fairgay (Apple Black)
- Rashad Doucet (Black Sand Beach)
- Jason Reeves (Pax Samson)
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm – “Children’s Book Council Comics Collective” Panel Signing
- Diane de Groat (The Adventures of Robo-Kid)
- Jake Wyatt (The Well)
- Brent Bean (Zoo Patrol Squad)
- Bree Paulsen (Garlic and the Vampire)
- Steven Banks (Middle School Bites)
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm – “The History of Cosplay in 45 Minutes” Panel Signing
- Andrew Liptak (Cosplay: A History)
Saturday, July 23
- 11:30am – 12:30pm – “Torteen + MCPG: Families of Blood and Magic” Panel Signing
- Susan Dennard (The Illuminaries)
- Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys)
- Lizz Huerta (The Lost Dreamer)
- Namina Forna (The Merciless Ones)
- Anne Heltzel (Just Like Mother)
- 12pm – 1:30pm Jeffrey Brown
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm – “Crafting the Creepy Crawly and Throat-Clutching Moments” Panel Signing
- Kiersten White (Hide)
- Anne Heltzel (Just Like Mother)
- Clay Mcleod Chapman (Ghost Eaters)
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm – “Spotlight on Raina Telgemeier” Panel Signing
- Raina Telgemeier (Smile)
- Yehudi Mercado
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Fantasy Novels – Middle Grade, YA, & Adult” Panel Signing
- Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone)
- B. B. Alston (Amari)
- Jonathan Maberry (Kagen the Damned)
- Maggie Stiefvater (Bravely, The Raven Cycle)
- Henry Herz (I Am Smoke)
- 2pm – 3pm – Pierce Brown
- 2pm – 3pm – “Supervillains, Aliens, and Gargoyles, Oh My! A Paranormal Smackdown for Kids” Panel Signing
- Kiersten White (Wretched Waterpark)
- Lucas Turnbloom (Steve L. McEvil)
- Max Brallier (The Last Kids on Earth)
- 2pm – 3pm – “Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy” Panel Signing
- F.C. Yee (The Rise of Kyoshi)
- Brendon Conway
- Janet Varney
- 2:30pm – 3:30pm – “(Re)making Myths in YA and Middle Grade Fiction” Panel Signing
- Gina Chen (Violet Made of Thorns)
- Namina Forna (The Merciless Ones)
- Naz Kutub (The Loophole)
- Xiran Jay Zhao (Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor)
- 3pm – 4pm – “In Conversation with Marissa Meyer and Aiden Thomas” Panel Signing
- Marissa Meyer (Gilded)
- Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys)
- 3pm – 4pm – “Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski” Panel Signing
- J. Michael Straczynski
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “How to Curse the Love of Your Life” Panel Signing
- Scarlet St. Clair (A Game of Retribution)
- Katee Robert (Wicked Beauty)
- Piper CJ (The Night and Its Moon)
- Maxym Martineau (The Shattered Crown)
- Rachel Griffin (The Nature of Witches)
- Kayla Cottingham (My Dearest Darkest)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Real Comes, Real Issues” Panel Signing
- Jerry Craft (Class Act)
- Johnnie Christmas (Swim Team)
- Terri Libenson (Remarkably Ruby)
- Laura Gao (Messy Roots)
- Yehudi Mercado (Chunky)
- 3:30pm – 4:30pm – “Spotlight on Lilah Sturges” Panel Signing
- Lilah Sturges (Girl Haven)
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm – “Something Wicked This Way Comes: Frightening Fantasy” Panel Signing
- Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home)
- Seanan McGuire (Seasonal Fears)
- James Rollins (The Starless Crown)
- Heather Walter (Misrule)
- 6pm – 7pm – “Spotlight on Tomi Adeyemi” Panel Signing
- Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Virtue and Vengeance)
- Chloe Jory
Sunday, July 24
- 11am – 12pm – Shawn Peters (The Unforgettable Logan Foster)
- 11:30am-12:3pm – “Spotlight on Shaenon Garrity” Panel Signing
- Shaenon Garrity (The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor)
- 12pm – 1pm – Pierce Brown [TICKETED]
- 12pm – 2pm – George R.R. Martin [TICKETED]
- 1pm – 3pm – “The Writers’ Workshop, From Concept to Creation” Panel Signing
- April Wahlin (Pandora Syndrome)
- Tessa McFionn (Curse of Forever)
- Jessica Maison (Plastic Girl)
- Sam Boxleitner
- Lee Boxleitner
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Middle-Grade Fantasy Spotlight on Shannon Messenger” Panel Signing
- Shannon Messenger (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
- B. B. Alston
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Magical Middle Grade” Panel Signing
- Tacy Badua (Freddie vs the Family Curse)
- Soman Chainani (Rise of the School for Good and Evil)
- Shannon Messenger (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
- Lilah Sturges (Girl Haven)
- Kiersten White (Wretched Waterpark)
- 2:30pm – 3:30pm – “How to Navigate the Bookish Web” Panel Signing
- Tricia Levenseller (Blade of Secrets)
- Mary E. Pearson (Dance of Thieves)
- Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys)
- Zoe Hana Mikuta (Gearbreakers)
- Lizz Huerta (The Lost Dreamer)
- 4pm – 5pm – “Tor Books: It’s Us Against the World” Panel Signing
- Olivie Blake (The Atlas Six)
- Susan Dennard (The Illuminaries)
- James Rollins (The Starless Crown)
- R.R. Virdi (The First Binding)
- Ryka Aoki (Light From Uncommon Stars)