KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

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

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

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Podcast Host & Encourager of Women

Director of Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of Michigan; Author of "The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club"

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Founder of Bedford Books, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

New York Times Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Journalist & Bestselling Author

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

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

Psychotherapist, Corporate Mental Wellness Consultant & Burnout Prevention Expert

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