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Business & Marketing Expert & New York Times Bestselling Author of "Purple Cow," "Linchpin," & "Tribes"

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James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Matthew Quick

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Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Janine di Giovanni

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; President of the Jury of the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for War; Current Middle East Editor at Newsweek

Joyce Maynard

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Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Lesley Hazleton

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