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"

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

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

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

Award-Winning Food & Travel Writer; Founder of "Go Eat Give" & Author of the "Beato Goes To" Series

Author of Over 182 Children's Books; Known for "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" Series

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

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

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

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

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

Holocaust Survivor & Inspirational Speaker; International Award-Winning, Bestselling Author

Pew Fellow; Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist; Work Examines Language, Lineage & Queerness

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

MIT Engineer; Author & Emmy-Nominated Science TV Host of "Emily's Wonder Lab"

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate