KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Novelist & Short-Story Writer Exploring Identity, Gender, and the Immigrant Experience; Known for "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

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

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

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

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Award-Winning Author, Known for "Here Comes the Sun" & "Patsy"

American Photographer, Freelance Writer & Author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America"

Bestselling Author; Known for "All You Can Ever Know" & "A Living Remedy"; Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

Author & Screenwriter Known for the "Charlie Thorne" Series

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

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the Joe Pickett Series; Executive Producer on ABC's "Big Sky" & Paramount's "Joe Pickett"