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Watch the Heroines of Romantasy panel with Victoria Aveyard, Rachel Gillig, Carissa Broadbent, & Scarlett St. Clair from Bookcon 2026!

Aveyard (Red Queen), Gillig (Two Twisted Crowns), Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia), and St. Clair (Touch of Darkness) brought their romantasy expertise to NYC, and Popverse was there to record it

News by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Mon Apr 20 2026

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How do you craft a perfect romantasy heroine? There's probably not one right answer, but if you're looking for a couple that get pretty damn close, allow us to point you toward the Heroines of Romantasy panel at this year's BookCon. Authors from across the megahit subgenre - Red Queen's Victoria Aveyard, Two Twisted Crowns's Rachel Gillig, Crowns of Nyaxia's Carissa Broadbent, & Touch of Darkness's Scarlett St. Clair - were the guests of honor, and Popverse was there to film the whole thing.

This is one of the many Bookcon 2026 panels Popverse filmed at New York City's Javits on the Hudson.. Consult our Bookcon 2026 panel hub for a list of all of the panels we have available, and what's left to be released.

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.