Frankie Bailey, Lisa Wysocky, Mark Troy, Rabbi Ilene Schneider, and Sharon Hopkins explore what gives female protagonists their power. They discuss strength, authenticity, and how portrayals of women continue to evolve across genres and storytelling traditions.
Manfiction: Defining Action-Driven Fiction
Andrew Grant, Andrew Kaplan, John Gilstrap, Leonard Rosen, and Max Allan Collins take on the question of what “manfiction” really means. Through lively debate, they examine how themes of heroism, danger, and moral code shape this style of storytelling and why it...




