KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author , Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

NYT Best-Selling Author & Podcaster Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

American Author and Storyteller; Known for "The Last Kings"

New York Times Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Science Fiction Author, Cyberpunk Pioneer, Design Critic

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Novelist and Bestselling Author of "A Short History of Women"

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer