KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Critically Acclaimed Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"

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

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

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

Science Fiction Author, Cyberpunk Pioneer, Design Critic

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

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

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

International Best-Selling Author

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

New York Times Bestselling Children's Author

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

NYT Bestselling Author, Restorative Writing & Wellness Coach

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

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

Poet, Bestselling Author & Social Equity Advocate