KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

New York Times Best-Selling Author

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

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

Young Adult & Children's Fiction Writer; Author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld" series

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

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL, Bestselling Author & Leadership Expert

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology Futurist; Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future"

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

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

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

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

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

Playwright, Literary Historian & Novelist Known for "Hood" and "Room"