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Literary Speakers

Inspiring Literary Speakers, Authors & Poets

These bestselling authors, famous screenwriters, and popular bloggers are paving the way for creative thinking, innovation, and think-outside-the-box business savvy. In a fast-paced world, these literary speakers and business authors are popular thought leaders who make their audiences stop to admire, to think, or simply to be entertained. This category includes novelists, poets, and writers with wide varieties of expertise, including philosophy, literature, culture, diversity and gender studies, and activism. Whether they're bestselling authors or leading figures in the art and film industries, there is a creative keynote speaker or performer for every event.

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Kwame Alexander
(1 rating)

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

Joyce Maynard

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

Kate White
(1 rating)

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

Lois Lowry
(3 ratings)

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

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Alice Walker

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

Patricia Polacco

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Lesley Hazleton

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

Mark Victor Hansen

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

Susan David
(1 rating)

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

Jeff Hobbs
(1 rating)

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

Jenny Han

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

Jennifer Pharr Davis
(1 rating)

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

Jon Bergmann

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

Jeffrey Eugenides
(1 rating)

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

Annette Gordon-Reed
(2 ratings)

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

Iyanla Vanzant
(2 ratings)

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

Marshall Goldsmith
(1 rating)

Executive Educator & Coach; Best-Selling Author of "What Got You Here Won’t Get You There"