KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Books 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"

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

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

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

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

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & Chinese-American Graphic Novelist

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

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

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

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

MIT Engineer, Author, Emmy-Nominated Science TV Host of "Emily's Wonder Lab"

Education Expert, Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board