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"

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

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

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

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

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

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

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

Author of Over 145 Children's Books, Including "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" Series

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

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

Children's Author & Anti-Bullying Advocate

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

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"