Fiction Authors Speakers

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

Award-Winning Actor, Literacy Advocate & Pop Culture Icon; Star of "Roots" & "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; Host of "Reading Rainbow"

New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

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

MIT Engineer; Author & Emmy-Nominated Science TV Host of "Emily's Wonder Lab"

Global Technology & Healthcare Futurist; Author of "Hacking Darwin"; Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council; Founder of OneShared.World

Legendary Children's Horror Author & Storyteller; Creator of "Goosebumps" & "Fear Street"; Guinness World Record Best-Selling Author

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

Actress Known for "The Newsroom," "X-Men: Apocalypse" & "Magic Mike"; Breast Cancer Survivor & Women's Rights Advocate

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

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

Crime Fiction & Thriller Author; Creator of the Joe Pickett Series; Edgar Award Winner; Executive Producer of "Joe Pickett"

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

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

Award-Winning Journalist, Novelist & Dynamic Futurist Exploring Technology, Culture & Human Nature; Author of "Email from the Future: Notes from 2084"

Poet, Educator & Children's Literature Innovator; No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author; Newbery Medal & Emmy Award Winner

Physician & Bestselling Author; Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"; Known for "Clean & Lean"

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

First Canadian to Walk in Space; Retired Astronaut & Former Commander of the International Space Station; Bestselling Author