Excited to give what you can? Beginning with the Club’s very first gathering at Ozcot on the scenic shores of Bass Lake, Indiana, our conventions have been bringing together Ozians in fellowship, friendship, and the celebration of all things Oz for more than six decades.
This year, we’re honored and thrilled to bring you something new that will also give you the chance to help support our future! For the first time ever, the International Wizard of Oz Club is thrilled and honored to welcome five “Oz-lebrities” from CharlOz to join us during our gala rooftop dinner at the 2024 Oz, the National Convention. This will be the only opportunity to see all of these incredible authors, illustrators, and presenters in one room (or one rooftop)… and what better place than a beautiful rooftop gala dinner with all your best Ozzy friends?
We invite you to “give what you can” while also breaking bread with some of your favorite Ozzy celebrities! By giving what you can, you not only will have a seat at the table, you’ll be helping the Club provide convention programming, special guests and presentations, and Ozzy memories in the years and decades to come.
If you’re not able to make it or won’t be at dinner, you can also sponsor a seat–just let us know which lucky Ozian you’d like to sponsor!
We are delighted to invite you to dine with:
- Virginia Kantra (Author of The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale)
NYT bestselling author Virginia Kantra has written over thirty novels about strong women, messy families, and the search for a place to call home. She enjoys bringing fresh life to American classic heroines, including The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale, in which a graduate student from Kansas journeys to Trinity College Dublin (the Emerald Isle!) and Meg & Jo and Beth & Amy, inspired by Little Women. Virginia’s stories have earned praise from People Magazine, Woman’s World, and Publishers Weekly, as well as numerous industry awards. Find her on Instagram (@virginiakantra), Facebook (VirginiaKantraBooks), and her website (https://virginiakantra.com/). - Janet K. Lee (Illustrator of Sea Sirens and Sky Island)
Janet K. Lee co-created Return of the Dapper Men in 2010 with writer Jim McCann, which won an Eisner Award. Since then, Lee has illustrated numerous projects, including two Jane Austen adaptations for Marvel Comics. Her most recent books, Sea Sirens and Sky Island (Viking, 2019 and 2020) are based on the Baum series (The Sea Fairies and Sky Island). Currently, Janet is working on her first solo project, a middle-grade graphic novel for Roaring Brook Press. Janet lives in Nashville but dreams of someday surviving a tornado which whisks her to OZ. Her website is https://j-k-lee.com/. - Gita Dorothy Morena (Great-granddaughter of L. Frank Baum)
Gita Dorothy Morena is an author, lecturer, and psychoanalyst who shines as a beacon of light for all those traveling along the yellow brick road of life. Her great grandfather, L. Frank Baum, provided a rich tapestry of fairy tales which Dr. Morena draws upon in her book, The Wisdom of Oz. Matilda Joselyn Gage, Baum’s suffragist mother-in-law, seems to whisper encouragement as Dr. Morena carries the fight for freedom into the inner realms of the psyche. You can find out more about her at www.gitamorena.com. - Danielle Paige (Author of the Dorothy Must Die series)
Danielle Paige is a NYT bestselling novelist and WGA award winning TV writer. Her YA series Dorothy Must Die wherein another girl must face off against a now evil Dorothy, is in development at Sony. Her latest series with Kass Morgan follows a group of sorority witches in The Ravens. Her new solo work Wish of the Wicked(Bloomsbury) is a part one of the fairy godmother’s origin story. She’s currently working on a DC Black Label Comic. Her graphic novel, Mera: Tidebreaker launched the DC Comics Young Readers Line. Her website is https://daniellepaigebooks.com/. - Eric Shanower (Oz Author/Illustrator)
Eric Shanower is the award-winning cartoonist of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze (Image Comics), retelling the story of the Trojan War. With cartoonist Skottie Young, he adapted L. Frank Baum’s Oz books into New York Times best-selling graphic novels. After producing a revival of Baum’s stage musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, Shanower wrote the definitive book on the show’s history, All Wound Up. He has written and/or illustrated too many other Oz projects to count. He lives with his husband in Portland, Oregon. His website is age-of-bronze.com/.
Click here to give you what you can today–it’s going to be an unmissable event, and by giving today, you’ll be supporting the Club’s todays and tomorrows!
If you haven’t registered yet for 2024’s Oz, the National Convention (including the gala dinner, exclusive Club programming, the Club auction, and more), please click here. Only interested in the gala dinner? Follow that link and you can register just for that!
Make sure to check out the combined CharlOz and Oz, the National Convention schedule here.