KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Podcast Host & Encourager of Women

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

Former Navy SEAL & Author Known for "The Terminal List" Series; Host of the "Danger Close" Podcast

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Bestselling Author; Creator of the Grishaverse; Netflix-Adapted Fantasy Writer

Author of the New York Times Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed "Temeraire" Novels

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Expert on Terrorism, Safety, & Security; Author

Award-Winning Motivational Speaker on Maximizing your Personal & Professional Potential; Media Personality, Bestselling Author of "An Attitude of Excellence"

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Author & Activist; Chicano Art Collector; Best Known for "Cheech & Chong"

Interior Designer & Host; Founder & Director of Genevieve Gorder Brand; Home Product Designer; Known For HGTV's "Dear Genevieve"

Designer and Host of HGTV's "Tough Love with Hilary Farr"; Internationally Renowned Home Designer; Former Host of HGTV's "Love It or List It"