KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Author's of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & The Misadventures of Max Crumbly

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

6x Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Vietnam War Veteran & Bestselling Author of "Matterhorn" & "What it is Like to Go to War"

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

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

Award-Winning Food & Travel Writer; Founder of "Go Eat Give" & Author of the "Beato Goes To" Series

Award-Winning Author, Poet & Editor; Writer of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Children's Books

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Children's Author & Anti-Bullying Advocate

American Photographer, Freelance Writer & Author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America"