KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

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

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"