KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

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

British Psychological Crime Thriller Author

Children's Author, Best Known For "Mockingbird"

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Children's Book Author

Children's Book Author

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Author and Illustrator of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"

Contemporary Fiction Author Best Known for "The Hand That First Held Mine"

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

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

Playwright, Literary Historian & Novelist Known for "Hood" and "Room"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man