KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

Critically Acclaimed Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"

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

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision; Known for Children's Books That Celebrate Creativity & Self-Expression.

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

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

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

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

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist