KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Poet, Educator, Publisher & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Author & Documentary Filmmaker

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

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

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

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

Children's Books Author & Illustrator; Best Known as the Author of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for "Waiting to Exhale" & "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

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

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

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

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Award-Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author, Health & Wellness Advocate