KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Social Media Futurist, High Tech Influencer & Expert in Virtual Reality & Extended Reality; Children's Book Author

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year Author; Children's Book Illustrator; Non-Fiction Author

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

Author of Over 182 Children's Books; Known for "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" Series

Author, Storyteller & Speaker Known for his "Chet Gecko" Chapter Book Series and "Clark the Shark" Picture Books

Latinx Award-Winning Author, Arts Activist &Translator; Writing Explores Issues of Social Justice & Identity

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

NAACP Image Award Nominee. Author of "The True Definition of Neva Beane"

American writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books

NYT Bestselling Award-Winning Author; Associate Professor of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington; Former Pediatrician

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

Children's Author, Storyteller, Philanthropist, Speaker & Advocate; Christian Podcast Host of "Unpolished Faith"; Marketing Manager at the University of Texas at Dallas

Award-Winning Food & Travel Writer; Founder of "Go Eat Give" & Author of the "Beato Goes To" Series

Bestselling Author; National Speaker on Marriage, Parenting, & Conflict Resolution

Authors of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & "The Misadventures of Max Crumbly"