KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

Canadian-British Blogger at Pluralistic; Bestselling Science Fiction & Non-Fiction Author; Social Media & Tech Activist For Change

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls" & "The Woman They Could Not Silence"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

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

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the Joe Pickett Series; Executive Producer on ABC's "Big Sky" & Paramount's "Joe Pickett"

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

International Award-Winning NYT Bestselling Novelist; Known for Her Work in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Perennial Bestselling Author

Psychotherapist, Corporate Mental Wellness Consultant & Burnout Prevention Expert

Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer & Podcast Host; Known for Offbeat Sense of Humor