KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision; Known for Children's Books That Celebrate Creativity & Self-Expression.

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

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

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "Jamberry"

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

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

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

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Journalist & Bestselling Author

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Writing About Culture, War, and Identity; Professor & Distinguished Senior Poet at New York University

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Bestselling Author; Organizational Expert; Co-Founder of Care4th; Co-Founder & Senior Partner Emeritus at CultureSync

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