KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

NYT Best-Selling Author & Podcaster Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

New York Times Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

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

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

Critically Acclaimed Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"

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

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

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

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

Science Fiction Author, Cyberpunk Pioneer, Design Critic

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

Award-Winning, Bestselling Author of "You Should See Me in a Crown"; Founder of Loudmouth Books Bookstore

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

Author & Screenwriter Known for the "Charlie Thorne" Series