KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls" & "The Woman They Could Not Silence"

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

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

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

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the Joe Pickett Series; Executive Producer on ABC's "Big Sky" & Paramount's "Joe Pickett"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Bestselling, Prolific Author of Over 100 Children & Young Adult Books; Master of Adventure & Realistic Fiction

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist; Associate Editor, The Washington Post & Author of 23 Bestsellers

International Bestselling Author; Known for the "Neal Carey Mysteries"

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

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