KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

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

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

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

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

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

Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

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

Children's Book Author

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator