KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

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"

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

CEO & Chief Lifestyle Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide; Supermodel & Health Advocate

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Psychotherapist, Graduate Instructor at Purdue University, Author

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

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

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Actress, Author & Radio Host; Columnist for the Washington Times