KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

YA Novelist; Known for Author of "Deepfake," "Backlash," "Some Kind of Hate"

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"

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

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

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

Award-Winning Author & Central Figure in Critically Acclaimed Documentary "Batman & Bill"

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

Professor of BioSciences at Rice University; Co-Author of "A City on Mars" & "Soonish"

Literary Scholar, Novelist, Youth Advocate & Educator; Award-Winning Author of "Out of Darkness"

Founder of Two Percent; Author of "The Comfort Crisis" & "Scarcity Brain"

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

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

Former Award-Winning, Influential Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Award -Winning Chinese-American Graphic Novelist & Comic Book Author; Known for "Dragon Hoops" & "American Born Chinese"

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Perennial Bestselling Author & Voice of Contemporary American Literature