Gwen Knighton Raftery

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She is a harpist and filker, and has been nominated for the Pegasus Award several times. She was one of the founding members of the Three Weird Sisters, before she wed the crazy Irishman love of her life, British filker Joe Raftery, and moved across the pond to London, England around 2007.

Mundanely, Gwen has been a tech support geek, UNIX system administrator, regional manager, music teacher, technical writer, administrative assistant, graphic artist, and legal assistant.

In 2007, she chaired D'Zenove Convention, the 19th British Filk Convention.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 2001 -- OVFF 17
• 2003 -- Arisia '03 (Special Filk Guest)
• 2007 -- Marcon 42, Consonance 2007 (International Guest)
• 2010 -- Van der Filk (UK Guest)
• 2012 -- Consonance 2012
• 2014 -- GAFilk 2014
• 2018 -- Rainbow Con 2.1 (Overseas GoH)
• nominated for the Pegasus Award in 2003, 2006, 2008, and 2010

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