KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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"

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

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

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

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

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

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

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; National President of SAG-AFTRA

Best-Selling Romance Author, Film Adaptations Creator & Philanthropist

Renowned NYT Bestselling Author & Champion for Promoting Literacy; Host of "Hungry Dogs" Podcast

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"; Authority in Historical Fiction

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Digital Creator, VidCon Co-Founder & Entrepreneur

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series