KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

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

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Contemporary Fiction Author Best Known for "The Hand That First Held Mine"

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Feminism & Popular Culture Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times

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

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Author Best Known for "Florida Roadkill"

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

CEO of THIS Inc. & Best-Selling Author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Director of Fashion at YouTube