KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Author, Known for "Here Comes the Sun" & "Patsy"

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"

NYT Best-Selling Author of "Something Borrowed" & "Heart of the Matter"

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

NYT Best-Selling Author & Podcaster Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

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

NYT Best-Selling Author of "The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury"

Best-Selling Author, Creator of the Grishaverse; Netflix-Adapted Fantasy Writer

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Bestselling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

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

Perennial Bestselling Author & Voice of Contemporary American Literature

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate