KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

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

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

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

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

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

Author & Illustrator of Children's Books; Best Known for "The Polar Express"

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

Aerospace Engineer; Host & Producer of FOX's "Xploration Outer Space"

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Author's of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & The Misadventures of Max Crumbly

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

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

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"