Literary Speakers

NY Times Bestselling and Newbery Award-Winning Author, Poet, Educator, Best Known for Novels "Booked" and "The Crossover"

Essayist and New York Times Best Selling Author

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

International Bestselling Novelist & Screenwriter, Known for "The Notebook"

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

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

Former New York Times Reporter & Columnist; Best-Selling Author of "At Home in the World" & "Labor Day"

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

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Founder & Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series, Mega-Entrepreneur, Business Speaker & Devoted Philanthropist

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

CEO of Evidence Based Psychology & Author of "Emotional Agility"

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

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Comedian, Writer, Actress & Illustrator; Known for "Broad City"