KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning, Multiple Bestselling Author; Known for "Postmortem" & the Kay Scarpetta Series; Forensic Thriller & Crime Novelist

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author, Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

NYT Best-Selling Author & Podcaster Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Author of "The Center Cannot Hold;" Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences at USC Law

YA Novelist; Known for Author of "Deepfake," "Backlash," "Some Kind of Hate"

Award-Winning, Bestselling Author of "You Should See Me in a Crown"; Founder of Loudmouth Books Bookstore

Author & Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist for the Los Angeles Times

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

Attorney & 13-Time Bestselling Author; Known for Legal Thrillers Such as "Presumed Innocent" & "The Burden of Proof"

Best-Selling Romance Author, Film Adaptations Creator & Philanthropist

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Podcast Host & Encourager of Women

Former Navy SEAL & Author Known for "The Terminal List" Series; Host of the "Danger Close" Podcast

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

Award-Winning Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author; Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Author of the Bestselling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series; Creator of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Television Series

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Children's Author; Retired Defensive End in the NFL

Award-Winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist & Playwright; Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University