Dee Astell aka Countess Chaos has chaired various Sci-Fi/Fantasy conventions over the years. She is the Fashion Manager for Wild Wild West Con, organizing the fashion show and costume contest. Dee has held the title of Steampunk Event Coordinator/programmer for a variety of local conventions: Phoenix Comicon, Phoenix Fan Fest, LepreCon, DarkCon, CopperCon, FANtasm, and CoKoCon as well as running a host of maker workshops in and out of Arizona.
She’s also co-founder of the Arizona Penny Dreadfuls, a Victorian oddities group, which was her brainchild.