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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

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

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

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

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

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

Author of the Bestselling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series; Creator of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Television Series

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