KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Spiritual Life Coach, Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

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

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

Bestselling Author, Finance Expert, Founder & CEO of Clever Girl Finance

Feminist, Social Critic & Program Chair at The New Institute; Author of "Can Feminism Be African?" & "Sensuous Knowledge"; Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Lawyer; Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"; Freelance Writer & Editor

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"; Richards Family Asisstant Professor at Cornell University

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

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the DNC; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Award-Winning Playwright, Producer & Actress; Life Coach, Mental Health Advocate & Author of "Black Girl in Love (with Herself)"

Humanitarian, Children's Rights Advocate, Journalist & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Psychotherapist, Corporate Mental Wellness Consultant & Burnout Prevention Expert