KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author Known for "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963"; First African-American Man to Win the Newberry Medal

Award-Winning & NYT Bestselling Children's Book Author & Illustrator Known for "Dreamers"

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

Renowned Author & Lecturer Known for His Influential Work in Education, Parenting & Human Behavior

Bestselling, Prolific Author of Over 100 Children & Young Adult Books; Master of Adventure & Realistic Fiction

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Novelist & Short-Story Writer Exploring Identity, Gender, and the Immigrant Experience; Known for "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Founder of Developing Minds Inc., Educational Leadership Expert, Bestselling Author

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

2021 Teacher of the Year & Author of "The Emotionally Healthy Child"

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian