KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

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

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

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

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

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

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

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

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

NYT Best-Selling Author, Angel Investor, CEO of Renegade Global & Host of the "Why Not Now?" Podcast

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach