Christopher Goffard

Author & Journalist for the Los Angeles Times

Closing Keynote with Christopher Goffard

Amy Poehler

Comedian & Actress Best-Known for Writing, Producing and Starring in NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Katherine Applegate

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

Katherine Applegate – Award-Winning Children's Author – is ...

Diana Gabaldon

Author Best Known for the "Outlander" Series of Novel; Won Best Romance for "Written in My Own Heart's Blood" in the GoodReads Choice Awards of 2014

Voyager: A Novel (Outlander)

Jodi Kantor

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

Amy Webb

Leading Authority on Forecasting & Strategy for Business and Society; Founder, Future Today Institute; Professor, NYU Stern Futures Forecasting; Best-selling Author, “The Signals Are Talking”

Gillian Flynn

Author & Former TV Critic for Entertainment Weekly; Known for the Hit "Gone Girl"

Pam Muñoz Ryan

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for "Esperanza Rising," and "Becoming Naomi León"

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

Thi Bui

Cartoonist; Known for her Award-Winning Memoir "The Best We Could Do"

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

New LAS Faculty: Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Department of English ...

Michael Koryta

Author of Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Known for "The Ridge"

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Lois Lowry

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

The Giver

Sam Quinones

Journalist & Author of "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic"

Antonio's Gun And Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration

Bob Woodward

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Associate Editor for The Washington Post

Bob Woodward - "The Age of the American Presidency"

Kathryn Erskine

Children's Author, Best Known For "Mockingbird"

American Library Association announces 2018 youth media award ...

Anne Tyler

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist, Short Story Writer and Literary Critic

Angie Thomas

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist

Dr. Paul White

Psychologist, Author, Speaker, and Consultant; Providing Effective Coaching in the Workplace

Michael Port

Bestselling Author of "Book Yourself Solid" & "The Think Big Manifesto"

Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Cl...

Dan Negroni

Founder & CEO of launchbox; Author of "Chasing Relevance"

Chasing Relevance: 6 Steps to Understand, Engage and Maximize Next Generation Leaders i...