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

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

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

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"

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls"

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

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

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

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Digital Creator, VidCon Co-Founder & Entrepreneur

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "Jamberry"