KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Bestselling Young Adult Fiction Author; Known for "The Ascendance Trilogy"

Bestselling Author Known for "All About Lulu," "Lawn Boy" & "Again and Again"

Journalist & Bestselling Author

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

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

Former Fighter Pilot & Best-Selling Author

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

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

Internationally Recognized Educator & Best-Selling Author

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Leadership and Communication Expert & President of Peggy Klaus, Inc.