KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

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

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

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls"

Vietnam War Veteran & Author of "Matterhorn" and "What it is Like to Go to War"

New York Times Best-Selling Author

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

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist; 22-Time Best-Selling Author & Associate Editor at The Washington Post

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy