KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

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

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

American Photographer, Freelance Writer & Author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America"

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Novelist & Best-Selling Non-Fiction Author; Best Known for "Mindhunter"

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

International Bestselling Author; Known for the "Neal Carey Mysteries"

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls" & "The Woman They Could Not Silence"

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

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

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author