KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Bestselling Author, Film Adaptations Creator, Philanthropist

Bestselling Author Known for the Critically Acclaimed Novel "The Hate U Give"

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

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

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

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

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

International Bestselling Author & Producer of "Crazy Rich Asians"

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Digital Creator, VidCon Co-Founder & Entrepreneur

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

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

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

Expert on Terrorism, Safety, & Security; Author

Award-Winning Motivational Speaker on Maximizing your Personal & Professional Potential; Media Personality, Bestselling Author of "An Attitude of Excellence"

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Author & Activist; Chicano Art Collector; Best Known for "Cheech & Chong"