KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

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

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Historical and Contemporary Romance Novels

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

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

New York Times Best-Selling Author

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

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

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"

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

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

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

New York Times Best-Selling Author