KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Legendary Profiler & FBI Investigative Support Unit Founder

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

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

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

International Bestselling Author; Known for the "Neal Carey Mysteries"

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

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

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

Bestselling Author, Film Adaptations Creator, Philanthropist

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"

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

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

New York Times Best-Selling Author

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Award Winning Author, Historian & Feminist

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author