KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

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

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

British Psychological Crime Thriller Author

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Novelist & Best-Selling Non-Fiction Author; Best Known for "Mindhunter"

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Canadian Journalist & Author of Mystery Novels

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

Fiction Author & Founder of the Tara Foundation, a Dog Rescue

NY Times Bestselling Author of the "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" Series & "Merry Gentry" Series of Paranormal Thrillers