KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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

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

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

Canadian Journalist & Author of Mystery Novels

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

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

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

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

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

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

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

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

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