KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Vietnam War Veteran & Bestselling Author of "Matterhorn" & "What it is Like to Go to War"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

Bestselling, Prolific Author of Over 100 Children & Young Adult Books; Master of Adventure & Realistic Fiction

Best-Selling Author and Nature Photographer; Known for "A Wolf Called Romeo"

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

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

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

4x TED Speaker, Co-Founder of Cuddlr, Entrepreneurial Coach, Author of "Career Remix: Get the Gig You Want with the Skills You've Got"

Journalist Specialized in Education Technology News and Analysis

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

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

#1 New York Times & Internationally Best-Selling Author