KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Critically Acclaimed Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"

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

Science Fiction Author, Cyberpunk Pioneer, Design Critic

Author & Screenwriter Known for the "Charlie Thorne" Series

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

New York Times Bestselling Author of "What’s Mine and Yours"

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet & Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress; Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia

Psychotherapist, Corporate Mental Wellness Consultant & Burnout Prevention Expert

Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer & Podcast Host; Known for Offbeat Sense of Humor

Decorated Veteran, Former POW, Resilience Expert

Actress, Emmy Award-Winning Host, New York Times Bestselling Author, Spokesperson & Entrepreneur

Renowned Architect; Lead Designer of The National Museum of African American History & Culture

Founder of Constellation Research, AI Expert, Author

President of Global Affairs & Co-Head Goldman Sachs Global Institute at Goldman Sachs; New York Times Bestselling Author