KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Author of the Bestselling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series; Creator of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Television Series

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

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

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

Journalist & Bestselling Author

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

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Filmmaker & Author

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Actor, Bestselling Author, Advocate & Wounded U.S. Army Veteran; Motivational Speaker on Resilience & Optimism

Former All-Star for the Charlotte Hornets & NBA Ambassador; Founder of the Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation

Author of "Getting Things Done", Productivity Expert, Executive Coach

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

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate

English Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author Known for "The Bedford Boys" & "The Longest Winter"; Honorary Colonel in the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division

Chef, NYT Bestselling Author & Emmy-Nominated Host of Netflix's "Queer Eye" & "No Taste Like Home"

Acclaimed TV Journalist & Women's Empowerment Advocate

Academy Award-Winning Actress Known for "Mighty Aphrodite"; United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Human Trafficking