KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

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

Bestselling Author; Known for "The Rest of the Story," "Someone Like You" & "That Summer"

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

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

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

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

Award-Winning, Multiple Bestselling Author; Known for "Postmortem" & the Kay Scarpetta Series; Forensic Thriller & Crime Novelist

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls" & "The Woman They Could Not Silence"

Bestselling Author, Leadership Development Expert, Women's Empowerment Advocate

4X Academy Award-Winning Director, Writer; Known for "The Revenant" & "Birdman"