KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning, Bestselling Author of "You Should See Me in a Crown"; Founder of Loudmouth Books Bookstore

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

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

Bestselling & Award-Winning Crime Novelist of "Forsaking Emma" and "Forsaken Country"; Former Criminal Defense Attorney & Author

NYT Best-Selling Author & Podcaster Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

NYT Bestselling Award-Winning Author; Associate Professor of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington; Former Pediatrician

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

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

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

Latinx Award-Winning Author, Arts Activist &Translator; Writing Explores Issues of Social Justice & Identity

NAACP Image Award Nominee. Author of "The True Definition of Neva Beane"

Children's Book Author; Known for "Braced," "Focused," and "Taking Up Space"

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year Author; Children's Book Illustrator; Non-Fiction Author

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

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

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

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

Author & Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist for the Los Angeles Times

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"; Facilitator of Dialogues on Equity, Identity, and Social Justice in America

Social Media Futurist, High Tech Influencer & Expert in Virtual Reality & Extended Reality; Children's Book Author