KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Books 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, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

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

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

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"

Best-Selling Romance Author, Film Adaptations Creator & Philanthropist

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"

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

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

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

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

Motivational Speaker, Author & Producer; Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy" Starring Sean Astin

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"