KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Novelist, Poet, Critic & Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Award-Winning Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; Known for "The Liars' Club"; Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University

International Best-Selling Author

New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "Infinity Son" & "They Both Die at the End"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

Former Navy SEAL & Author Known for "The Terminal List" Series; Host of the "Danger Close" Podcast

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Bestselling Crime Fiction Author

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

British Psychological Crime Thriller Author

Children's Author, Best Known For "Mockingbird"

Young Adult & Children's Fiction Writer; Author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld" series

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Author & Managing Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University

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

International Bestselling Author & Producer of "Crazy Rich Asians"