President Amy Shojai invites you to attend "FANTASTIC FORTY, WRITERS GLORY" conference, which is the oldest, most comprehensive and inexpensive writers conference in the Midwest, featuring 27 speakers including J.A.Jance (keynote), editors from Avalon Books, Highlights for Children, Samuel French, Baen Books, Grand Central Publishing, Charlesbridge Trade, and St. Martin's Press, with five agents attending. Author speakers include AC Crispin, CJ Lyons, Bob Mayer, Jason Pinter, Dan Poynter, Marcia Preston, Rebecca York and others. More than forty sessions, in a 3- and 4-track, are available. Two banquets, a book auction, author/agent one-on-one appointments and mass booksigning event are featured.