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Poet, Educator, Publisher & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

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

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

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Children's Books Author & Illustrator; Best Known as the Author of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

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

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Best-Selling Author Known for "A Short History of Nearly Everything" & "A Walk in the Woods"

Leading Authority on Work-Family Issues, Author, Creator of Mind in the Making Programs

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; Mental Health Advocate