Creative Writing Speakers

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

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

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

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

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

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

Industrial & Organizational Psychologist; Workplace Strategist

Stand-Up Comic, Actor & Writer Known for "Take Me As Your Wife" & the "Queery" Podcast

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

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

Creator, "Orange is the New Black"

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

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Writer, Researcher & Blogger; Autism Sister/Advocate

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

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

Fashion Designer & Founder of Dion Lee

Award Winning Education Leader With a MSEd in Instructional Design and Technology

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author