KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

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

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Podcast Host & Speaker

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Author of the Best-Selling "Twilight" Series

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

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

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