KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Bestselling Author; Known for "The Rest of the Story," "Someone Like You" & "That Summer"

National Book Award Finalist & New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist

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

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

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author Known for "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963"; First African-American Man to Win the Newberry Medal

New York Times Bestselling Mystery & Thriller Author; Former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan

Contemporary Fiction & Young Adult Author; Creator of "The Christmas Box"; Founder of The Christmas Box International

Bestselling Children's Mystery & Adventure Author; Creator of "Spy School," "Charlie Thorne" & "FunJungle" Series

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

Award-Winning Author, Poet & Editor; Writer of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Children's Books

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

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