KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

National Book Award Finalist & New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist

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

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

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

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

Writer, Voice Actor & Youth Empowerment Advocate; Founder & CEO at Weird Enough Productions; Creator of "The UnCommons"; Author of "Weirdo"

Six-Time Coretta Scott King Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Best Known for "Uptown," "I, Too, Am America" & "Rosa"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Creator of "Ivan the Terrier" & "Monkey & Robot"; Children's Literature Educator

Acclaimed Graphic Novelist & Illustrator; National Book Award Winner; Four-Time Eisner Award Recipient; New York Times Bestselling Author

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

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

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

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

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Children's Author; Retired Defensive End in the NFL

Animator, Autism Advocate & Educator