Literary Speakers

Poet, Educator, Publisher & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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

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

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

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

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

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

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

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist, Texas Monthly Executive Editor & Heart Disease Expert

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

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

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

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"