KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health 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"

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Podcast Host & Professional Troublemaker

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

Bestselling Author, Finance Expert, Founder & CEO of Clever Girl Finance

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Award-Winning Harvard Medical School Psychologist; TED Speaker; WSJ Bestselling Author of "Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life"

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

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

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

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