KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Children's Book Author

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "Infinity Son" & "They Both Die at the End"

Children's Book Author

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

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Author and Illustrator of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"

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

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

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

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man