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

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"; Distinguished Writer in Residence at Seton Hall University

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

Olympic Bronze Medalist & Author of "Swimming Out of Water: How An Olympian's Struggle Inspired Breakthrough Discoveries in Health and Well-Being"

Television & Film Celebrity Chef; Co-Founder of Kogi BBQ; Bestselling Author

Actress, Feminist, Author, Political Activist, Former Fashion Model & Fitness Advocate

Award-Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author, Health & Wellness Advocate; Former TV Host of "Good Morning America"

Wellness Chef, Cultural Intelligence Architect & Co-Founder of Heritage Space Food

Social Entrepreneur Fighting Poverty, Founder & CEO of Acumen Fund; Author, "The Blue Sweater" & "Manifesto for a Moral Revolution"

Arm Amputee Resulting From a Workplace Accident; Safety Expert; Motivational & Inspirational Leader