Jonathan Maberry, the multi-hyphenate author whose work includes adult and young adult novels, short stories, comic books, graphic novels and plays in multiple genres (suspense, thriller, horror, fantasy, action) is keynote speaker for the 2024 “Write Stuff Conference,” presented by the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, April 11-13, SureStay Plus Best Western Lehigh Valley.

Maberry is returning to the “Write Stuff” after several years.

Maberry will present two half-day workshops April 11: “The Novel: From Idea to Finished Manuscript” in the morning, and “People In Your Head: Creating Compelling Characters in Fiction” in the afternoon.

On April 13, Maberry will present two workshops, “The Art of the Book Pitch” and “Research for Writers,” and offer advice gleaned from a successful writing career as a multi-genre author in his keynote presentation, “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: A Writer’s Journey.”

In addition to the half-day intensive workshops, the “Write Stuff” features appointment-only agent-editor pitch sessions, 14 breakout sessions April 13, networking opportunities, a book fair, and photo session appointments for author head shots with Lehigh Valley-based photographer Joan Zachary.

The conference is open to writers in all genres, at all levels of publication, from unpublished to writing credits.

Maberry is a five-time Bram Stoker Award winner. His work has appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list.

His publishing credits include more than one dozen stand-alone novels and several series: the popular “Joe Ledger” series, “Pine Deep” trilogy, and the epic fantasy series, “Kagen the Damned.”

Maberry is the creator, editor and author of “V-Wars,” a shared-world vampire anthology produced as a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder (“Lost,” “Vampire Diaries”).

His comics include “Black Panther: DoomWar,” “The Punisher: Naked Kills” and “Bad Blood.”

For schedule, list of presenters, and rate schedule: glvwg.org