KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

#1 New York Times-bestselling Author of "The Lunar Chronicles", "Heartless", "The Renegades Trilogy" & "Instant Karma"

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

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

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

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

Bestselling Crime & Thriller Author; Founder of Save the Libraries; Known for "Pieces of Her" & the Will Trent Series

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author, Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

Angel Investor & CEO of Renegade Global; NYT Bestselling Author, Host of the "Why Not Now?" Podcast

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Perennial Bestselling Author

Actor, Bestselling Author, Advocate & Wounded U.S. Army Veteran; Motivational Speaker on Resilience & Optimism

Former All-Star for the Charlotte Hornets & NBA Ambassador; Founder of the Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation

Author of "Getting Things Done", Productivity Expert, Executive Coach

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

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

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

English Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author Known for "The Bedford Boys" & "The Longest Winter"; Honorary Colonel in the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division