KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Screenwriter

Dominican American Fiction Writer

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

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

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

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

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Author of of the Netflix Television Series Adaptation "You"

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

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

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

International Bestselling Novelist & Screenwriter, Known for "The Notebook"

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Young Adult & Children's Fiction Writer; Author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld" series