Bill Fawcett
Author / Publisher
Chicago, IL, USA
See also: Mayfair Games
Biography:
Bill has been a professor, teacher, corporate executive, college dean, and board and computer game designer. He designed role-play and board games as a partner in Mayfair Games. As a book packager, he created and edited over 400 books for major publishers. He has collaborated on the Mycroft Holmes, Ian Fleming, and Madame Vernet mysteries. His non-fiction books include Hunters and Shooters and The Teams, histories of the Navy SEALs, and Making Contact: a UFO handbook. Bill also has edited/ written over a dozen books about great mistakes in history including How To Lose a War, The 100 Mistakes that Changed History, and 101 Stumbles in the March of History.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Dragon Con 2025 - August 28 - September 1, 2025 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2024
- Windycon 2024 - November 8-10, 2024 in Oak Brook, IL, USA
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- ConGregate 2024 - July 12-14, 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Gary Con 2024 - March 21-24, 2024 in Lake Geneva, WI, USA 2023
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2022
- Windycon 2022 - November 11-13, 2022 in Lombard, IL, USA
- Dragon Con 2022 - September 1-5, 2022 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2021
- Dragon Con 2021 - September 2-6, 2021 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2020
Dragon Con 2020 - September 3-7, 2020 in Atlanta, GA, USAConvention Went Online-Only 2019- Dragon Con 2019 - August 29 - September 2, 2019 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Fyrecon 2019 - June 20-22, 2019 in Layton, UT, USA 2018
- Windycon 2018 - November 9-11, 2018 in Lombard, IL, USA
- Dragon Con 2018 - August 30 - September 3, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Ad Astra 2018 - July 13-15, 2018 in Richmond Hill, ON 2017
- Dragon Con 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2016
- Windycon 2016 - November 11-13, 2016 in Lombard, IL, USA
- Con*Stellation 2016 - October 14-16, 2016 in Huntsville, AL, USA
- New York Comic Con 2016 - October 6-9, 2016 in New York, NY, USA
- Dragon Con 2016 - September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- A-Kon 2016 - June 3-5, 2016 in Dallas, TX, USA 2015
- WindyCon 2015 - November 13-15, 2015 in Lombard, IL, USA
- Dragon Con 2015 - September 4-7, 2015 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2014
- WindyCon 2014 - November 14-16, 2014 in Lombard, IL, USA
- LI-Con 2014 - March 29-30, 2014 in Rockville Centre, NY, USA 2013
- Dragon Con 2013 - August 30 - September 2, 2013 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2012
- Dragon*Con 2012 - August 31 - September 3, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2011
- Dragon*Con 2011 - September 2-5, 2011 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2010
- Dragon*Con 2010 - September 3-6, 2010 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- I-Con 2010 - March 26-28, 2010 in Stony Brook, NY, USA 2009
- A-Kon 2009 - May 29-31, 2009 in Dallas, TX, USA 2008
- Dragon*Con 2008 - August 29 - September 1, 2008 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- A-Kon 2008 - May 30 - June 1, 2008 in Dallas, TX, USA 2007
- WindyCon 2007 - November 9-11, 2007 in Rosemont, IL, USA 2006
- WindyCon 2006 - November 10-12, 2006 in Rosemont, IL, USA 2005
- WindyCon 2005 - November 11-13, 2005 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- ConDFW 2005 - February 23-25, 2005 in Richardson, TX, USA 2000
- Imagine Con 2000 - April 20-23, 2000 in Virginia Beach, VA, USA
37 confirmed guest appearances