Fiction Authors Speakers

Actor, Author & Blogger; Known for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" & "The Big Bang Theory"

Actress Known for "The Newsroom," "X-Men: Apocalypse" & "Magic Mike"; Breast Cancer Survivor & Women's Rights Advocate

Award-Winning, Multiple Bestselling Author; Known for "Postmortem" & the Kay Scarpetta Series; Forensic Thriller & Crime Novelist

Journalist & Bestselling Author

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; Known For "Lord of the Rings"

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Actor Known for "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" & "X-Men: Apocalypse"

Emmy-Winning Television Host, Best-Selling Author, Cancer Survivor & Public Speaker

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

Actress, Known for Her Role as Amy Pond on "Doctor Who" & Nebula in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Actor Known for "Harold & Kumar" Series & "Star Trek" Reboot Series

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Filmmaker & Author

Serial Entrepreneur; Syndicated Columnist; Radio Talk Show Host & Bestselling Author

Emmy Award-Winning News Anchor, Journalist & Author

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

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

Co-Host of Podcast "Unashamed"; Treasure Hunter & Star of "Duck Family Treasure"; Interracial Adoptive Father; Best Known for A&E's "Duck Dynasty"

Young Adult & Children's Fiction Writer; Author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld" series

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Novelist and Bestselling Author of "A Short History of Women"