KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

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

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

Award-Winning Christian Cowboy Rancher & Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

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

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

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series