We Have a New Home!

We now have a new website and blog dedicated to all our novels and various series. Please come visit us at:

Clay and Susan Griffith. 

There we will have our scheduled appearances, excerpts, videos, and our new blog. 

We'll see you there!

DragonCon 2014

Here's our schedule for this year. Hope to see you there!

Friday
Bending Historical Tradition
Everything from blood herbivores, water pistol protection from blood drinkers, to vampires herding humans in a post apocalypse world.
Time: 2:30pm Location: Augusta 3 - Westin
Leanna Renee Hieber, D.B. Jackson, Clay & Susan Griffith

Pyr Rising!
We welcome Lou Anders back to DragonCon to tell us what Pyr is planning.
Time: 4:00pm Location Regency V - Hyatt
Lou Anders, Jon Sprunk, Joel Shepherd, Clay & Susan Griffith, Mike Resnick

The Down and Dirty of Plot Development
How to manage the "down & dirty" chore of intriguing plot development. Learn the techniques that will set your book apart and garner an editor's notice.
Time: 8:30pm Location Embassy D-F - Hyatt
Debra Dixon, Chesya Burke, Claire M. Eddy, James A. Moore, Janny Wurts, Clay & Susan Griffith


Saturday
Reading
Clay & Susan Griffith
Time 4:00pm Location Edgewood - Hyatt

After the Post-Apocalypse
Post Apocalypse in fiction is popular. But where do we go from there?
Time: 7:00pm Location Embassy A-B - Hyatt
Alex Hughes, Jonathan Maberry, Faith Hunter, Clay & Susan Griffith


Sunday
Melding the Past with the Supernatural: History in Urban Fantasy
Not all Urban Fantasy takes place in contemporary times, and our panel of authors discusses how they use historical settings in their work.
Time: 10:00am Location Chastain BC - Westin
Delilah S. Dawson, Leanna Renee Hieber, D.B. Jackson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Karen E. Taylor, Clay & Susan Griffith

Vampires Supreme
Authors discuss their depictions of vampires that hold themselves superior or apart from the human population around them.
Time: 5:30pm Location: Chastain BC - Westin
Linda Robertson, Delilah S. Dawson, Julie Kenner, Karen E. Taylor, Clay & Susan Griffith

Our Schedule in 2014

April 30 -- Lady Jane's Salon, Raleigh-Durham 7:00 pm.

Another Broken Egg Cafe

1121 Market Center Dr.

Morrisville, NC 27560

We will be reading from Vampire Empire as well as our new fantasy trilogy coming from Del Rey Books in 2015!

May 3 -- Write Now! Triangle Area Freelancers Conference

Wake Technical Community College North Campus

Raleigh, NC

We will be teaching a seminar on collaboration in writing. There are lots of other speakers and teachers at this conference too. Check out their website for registration information.

May 13 - 18 -- RT Booklovers Convention

Marriott Hotel, Canal St.

New Orleans, LA

The annual huge gathering of readers and writers of many different genres. We will be speaking on collaboration and participating in a workshop on writing comics. We also will be signing at the gigantic book fair on Saturday!

June 20 - 22 -- HeroesCon

Charlotte Convention Center

Charlotte, NC

We're thrilled to be back at one of the greatest comic book conventions in the country!


June 27 - 29 -- Contemporal
North Raleigh Hilton
Raleigh, NC
The Carolinas own steampunk convention!

Aug. 29 - Sept. 1 -- DragonCon

Atlanta, GA

The celebration of awesomeness and weirdness that is DragonCon! We'll be sitting in at various panels, various autographings, and various bars.


Nov. 1 - 2 -- Writer's Workshop @ Your Library 2014
Cumberland County Public Library
300 Maiden Ln., Fayetteville, NC
We will be teaching a workshop on various aspects of genre writing.

This is our schedule so far. There may be more events added later!

Vampire Empire: The (Dream) Movie

Is this your Dream Cast?

One of our Vampire Empire readers created a couple of cool graphics with her suggestions for the cast of the movie version of the series. What do you think?

Thanks Lynda Dover!

RT Book Reviews article

We talk about how comics brought us together, and how we still love them.

DragonCon 2013 Schedule

Here's where we'll be (so far anyway...more events may be added later!)

Title: The Perfect Blend: The Mixing of Genres Within Urban Fantasy

Description: Authors discuss how Urban Fantasy successfully incorporates a variety of genres

Time: Fri 10:00 am Location: International BC - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: D.B. Jackson, Clay and Susan Griffith, Cherie Priest, Samantha Sommersby, Jana Oliver, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)

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Title: Vampires vs. Werewolves

Description: Which is more awesome: vampires or werewolves? Dear reader, you must choose a side in this hilarious debate.

Time: Fri 08:30 pm Location: A707 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Lucienne Diver, Mari Mancusi, M. B. Weston, Bonnie Kunzel, Debbie Viguié, Davey Beauchamp, Susan Griffith)

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Title: That's Write, Pardner: Collaboration
Description: Writing with a partner: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Time: Fri 08:30 pm Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: J. Nye, Dr. B. Blackwood, N. Knight, Clay Griffith)

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Title: Reading - Clay and Susan Griffith

Time: Sat 11:30 am Location: Roswell - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Clay and Susan Griffith)

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Title: Signing - Clay and Susan Griffith
Time: Sat 1:00 pm Location: The Tattered Cover - 2604, 2505, 2507 - Floor 2 of the Americasmart

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Decatur Book Festival

Title: Dragon*Con Comes to the Book Festival: A Panel of Pyr Authors

Date: Saturday, August 31

Time: 5:30 PM - 6:15 pm Location: Marriott Conference Center, Ballroom A, Decatur, GA

(Tentative Panelists: Joel Shepherd; Clay & Susan Griffith)

This event is not at DragonCon, but at nearby Decatur!

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Title: Autograph Sessions

Time: Sun 10:00 am Location: International Hall South - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Jim Butcher, Georgia McBride, Clay and Susan Griffith)

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Title: Vampires in YA

Description: There are legions of vampires in YA. Let's discuss the diversity of this fang-tastic genre.

Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: A707 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Clay and Susan Griffith, Bonnie Kunzel, Lucienne Diver, Mari Mancusi, Juliet Dark)

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Title: Monster to Lover: Vampire Variations in Urban Fantasy

Description: Authors discuss the wide range of portrayals within the genre

Time: Sun 07:00 pm Location: International BC - Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Clay and Susan Griffith, Samantha Sommersby, S. M. Stirling, Cherie Priest, Linda Robertson, James R. Tuck)

RT Booklovers Convention

Here's our schedule for Kansas City, May 1-4, 2013

We attended our first RT Convention last year in Chicago and enjoyed it so much, we're back this year! RT is a terrific convention run by and attended by people who love books. If you're going to be there, here is where you can find us.

Wed. 2:30-3:30:     Steampunk Sojourn: Intro to Steampunk

                                   (Mezzanine, Chouteau A)

Wed. 5:00-6:00:     Vampire: Blood Light - vampires w/humor

                                   (Mezzanine, Empire A)

Thur. 11:15-12:15:  Comics: Creators Share Secrets

                                    (Mezzanine, Fremont)

Thur. 1:30-2:30:      Steampunk Tea

                                    (Ballroom, Chicago A)

Thur. 4:00-6:00:      Ebook, Indie, Graphic Novel Expo

Sat. 11:00-2:00:      Giant Bookfair

We are really excited to be back at RT. It is a great convention and we hope to meet both fans and new readers of Vampire Empire!