KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Books 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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

NY Times Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "The I Love You Book," "The Earth Book," "The Thankful Book"

National Book Award Finalist & New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist

Award-Winning Children's Author & Anti-Bullying Advocate; Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame Inductee

Author, Storyteller & Speaker Known for his "Chet Gecko" Chapter Book Series and "Clark the Shark" Picture Books

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

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year Author; Children's Book Illustrator; Non-Fiction Author

Award-Winning Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author; Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"