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

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

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author, Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Bestselling Children's Mystery & Adventure Author; Creator of "Spy School," "Charlie Thorne" & "FunJungle" Series

New York Times Bestselling Mystery & Thriller Author; Former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan

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

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Novelist & Short-Story Writer Exploring Identity, Gender, and the Immigrant Experience; Known for "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Canadian-British Blogger at Pluralistic; Bestselling Science Fiction & Non-Fiction Author; Social Media & Tech Activist For Change

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"; Distinguished Writer in Residence at Seton Hall University

Former Fighter Pilot & Best-Selling Author

Bestselling Crime & Thriller Author; Founder of Save the Libraries; Known for "Pieces of Her" & the Will Trent Series

Legendary Children's Horror Author & Storyteller; Creator of "Goosebumps" & "Fear Street"; Guinness World Record Best-Selling Author

Bestselling Crime & Legal Thriller Author; Known for "Bosch" & "Lincoln Lawyer" Book Series & Television Series