KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

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

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Author's of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & The Misadventures of Max Crumbly

Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

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

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

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Producer, Author & Retired NFL Player

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Author of "The Reincarnationist Papers"

Award-Winning Author

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Technology & Healthcare Futurist; Sci-Fi Novelist; Geopolitical Expert