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

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

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Mystery & Thriller Author; Former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan

Legendary Children's Horror Author & Storyteller; Creator of "Goosebumps" & "Fear Street"; Guinness World Record Best-Selling Author

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

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

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

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"

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

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

Bestselling Children's Mystery & Adventure Author; Creator of "Spy School," "Charlie Thorne" & "FunJungle" Series

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Novelist & Bestselling Non-Fiction Author; Best Known for "Mindhunter"

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

VP of Global Public Policy at Amazon Web Services; Bestselling Author of "The Revenant," Adapted Into the 2015 Film; Former US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization