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

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

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

Science Fiction Author, Cyberpunk Pioneer, Design Critic

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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"

Palestinian Award-Winning Poet, Writer & Journalist

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

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

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

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

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

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

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