KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bestselling Author, Film Adaptations Creator, Philanthropist

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

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

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

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Longmire" Series

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

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for the Joe Pickett Series; Executive Producer on ABC's "Big Sky" & Paramount's "Joe Pickett"