KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Chef, Restaurateur, Mixologist & Entertainer Also Known as Suzy Wong

Writer, Activist, Fulbright Scholar, Former Executive Editor at Ms. Magazine

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Original Winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing"

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

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

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

Korean-American Comedian, Actor, TV Host, Podcaster & News Commentator

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

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

E-commerce Expert; Artificial Intelligence in Business; Former Director of Global Key Accounts at the Alibaba Group

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

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Newbery Medal Winning Author of "Out of the Dust", MacArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award Winner, Children's & Young Adult Author