Creative Writing Speakers

Stand-Up Comic, Actor & Writer; Known for "Rape Jokes"; Author of "Save Yourself"

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

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

Industrial & Organizational Psychologist; Workplace Strategist

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

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

Digital correspondent. Producer/writer/editor. Strategist. FAVES + CO. Birthed Twitter industry chats.

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

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

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

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Author, Criminal Justice Reform Activist & Head of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at TripActions

Fashion Designer & Founder of Dion Lee

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Host of Healthline Media's "Inside Mental Health" Podcast & National Bipolar Advocate

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Creator, "Orange is the New Black"