Chelsea Burton Dunn 2025 | PopCon Indy

In this episode, Rob Southgate interviews Chelsea Burton Dunn, a talented author from 4 Horsemen Publications, about her creative journey, writing process, and what fuels her passion for storytelling. Chelsea shares how her background in history and education influences her characters and plotlines, and gives valuable tips for aspiring writers trying to break into publishing.

From powerful female leads to bookish humor, this episode is packed with inspiration, authenticity, and cryptid love.

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🔍 Episode Keywords:

author interview, Chelsea Burton Dunn, writing advice, historical fiction, fiction author, book publishing, character development, writing routine, book inspiration, 4 Horsemen Publications, Rob Southgate, female authors, indie authors, book marketing, writing process

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ABOUT CHELSEA BURTON DUNN

Chelsea Burton Dunn is a Kansas City native – the Missouri side not the Kansas side. That matters to locals. Where is that you might ask? Right, smack-dab in the middle of the country. She has two beautiful children and is married to a superb partner, but let’s not forget their two snuggly cats and eager-eater of a dog. Having always been a little strange herself, she instantly fell in love with paranormal, supernatural, and fantasy books, movies and tv shows as a child. Did everyone think it was a phase? Absolutely. Was it? Absolutely not. Being weird is a blessing, not a curse. She’s always embraced that part of herself and those around her. She started writing from a very early age, actually finishing a vampire novel in high school, but had a bad experience with self publishing and has sense left that world she created behind, though she does boast a tattoo of a spade on her finger in its honor. She is a lover of music, having her other love and talent be for singing. She performed on main stage operas in the children’s chorus from grade school to high school. Chelsea loves to delve into the difficulties of life, love, and loss, while spicing it up with a little magic and monsters. As she liked to say when she was younger, “the monsters in my head need to come out to play every once in a while,” so giving them life on the page seemed appropriate. You can see more about Chelsea, her projects, and find her social medias by going to www.chelseaburtondunn.com

ABOUT KILLERS NEVER DIE

Ten years after the ritual that changed everything, Ace is now not only an Elder alongside her mate Nero, but the mother of a vampire child named Octavian. But the miraculous nature of his existence isn’t the only thing that has Ace wondering what’s in store for them. The tenuous alliance between the witches and the werewolves seems to be unraveling. Additionally, Srinta—Nero’s sire and the first of their bloodline—seems to be going insane with fear over a demon that Ace and Nero have never heard of before. Ace believes the witches are planning something catastrophic. Will she and the others find a way to thwart the plan, or will they suffer the consequences?

ABOUT BY MOONLIGHT

Vee focuses on her work as a locksmith; being an empath makes her very aware of the supernatural beings that live amongst humans. As a serial killer terrorizes the nation from east to west coast, she can’t ignore the fact the reports scream were-creature. Thankfully, she has an angel-like guardian named Durran watching her back per the Elders’ decree. When her em