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"

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author Known for "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963"; First African-American Man to Win the Newberry Medal

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

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

Authors of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & "The Misadventures of Max Crumbly"

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

Award-Winning & NYT Bestselling Children's Book Author & Illustrator Known for "Dreamers"

New York Times Bestselling Children's Author; Known for the "Bad Kitty" Series

Bestselling, Award-Winning Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.; Known for "What Do You Do With An Idea?"

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

National Book Award Finalist & New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist

Bestselling Young Adult Fiction Author; Known for "The Ascendance Trilogy"

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

Eisner Award-Winning Cartoonist Known for the "Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son" & "Star Wars: Jedi Academy" Series

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

Award-Winning Author, Poet & Editor; Writer of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Children's Books

Cartoonist & Illustrator Known for Creating the "Big Nate" Series