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

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

#1 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"

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

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

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

Author of Over 145 Children's Books, Including "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" Series

Author & Illustrator of Children's Books; Best Known for "The Polar Express"

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

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

MIT Engineer, Emmy-nominated TV Host, Author

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

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

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Author, Editor & Writer of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Children's Books