Creative Writing Speakers

Fashion Designer & Founder of Dion Lee

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

Humorist, Author & The New Yorker Staff Writer

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Stand-Up Comic, Actor & Writer; Known for "Rape Jokes"; Author of "Save Yourself"

Full Time Artist at Chinaka Hodge, Inc; Poet, Filmmaker, Playwright

Previous Tech Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur; Founder of Chineasy; Author of Four Best-Selling Books on Software

Writer, Researcher & Blogger; Autism Sister/Advocate

Prize-Winning International Journalist and Best-Selling Author of “The Good Nurse” and “The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer”

Six-Time Coretta Scott King Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Best Known for "Uptown," "I, Too, Am America" & "Rosa"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Director, Producer & TED Speaker; Known for 1 Second Everyday

Industrial & Organizational Psychologist; Workplace Strategist

Rapper, Author & Activist

Futurist, Influencer, Thought Leader & Big Data Guru; Founder & CEO, Advanced Performance Institute & Bestselling Author

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Poet Laureate of Philadelphia