KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Canadian-British Blogger at Pluralistic; Bestselling Science Fiction & Non-Fiction Author; Social Media & Tech Activist For Change

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

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

International Bestselling Author, Espionage Novelist, Former Journalist

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Digital Creator, VidCon Co-Founder & Entrepreneur

Attorney & 13-Time Bestselling Author; Known for Legal Thrillers Such as "Presumed Innocent" & "The Burden of Proof"

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

Award-Winning Journalist; Founder of Katie Couric Media; Co-Founder of Stand Up to Cancer

Civic Leader, New York Times Bestselling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama; CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation

TV Personality & Co-Founder of the HollyRod Foundation; Compassionate Care Advocate for Autism & Parkinson's Disease

Tony-Award Winning Broadway Star & Actress Best Known for "Wicked"

Actress, Comedian & Podcast Host of "Best Friends"; Known for "SNL" & "Home Economics"

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; National President of SAG-AFTRA

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actor Known for the "Star Wars" Sequel Trilogy, "Dune" & "Frankenstein"