Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

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Megan Stielstra

Writer, Educator, Storyteller & Author “The Wrong Way To Save Your Life”

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Lois Lowry

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

Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Ellen Oh

Young Adult & Middle Grade Author & Editor; Founding Member of We Need Diverse Books

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Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

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Catherine Wigginton Greene

Writer, Educator & Filmmaker Committed to Strengthening Human Connection

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Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

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Mariah Rankine-Landers

Cultural Strategist, Inclusive Teaching Advocate, Author of "Do Your Lessons Love Your Students?" & Co-Principal of Studio Pathways

Caleb Gayle

Award-Winning Journalist, Writer, & Author of "We Refuse To Forget"; Professor at Northeastern University

What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

Chris Rodell

Author of "Use All The Crayons! The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness;" and "Growing up In The REAL Mr. Rogers Neighborhood"

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent

Mitch Teemley

Writer, Filmmaker & Humorist; Best Known for his Multi-Award-Winning Feature Films "Healing River" & "Notzilla"

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Aurielle Marie

Award-Winning Poet, Essayist, Storyteller & Cultural Strategist

Christopher Paul Wolfe

Army Veteran, Writer & Inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Columbia University

Allegra Hyde

Novelist & Creative Writing Professor at Oberlin College

Kerri Arsenault

Book Critic, Contributing Editor at Orion magazine & Author of "Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remain"

Lancelot Schaubert

Novelist of "Bell Hammers," Editor, Performer, Artist Chaplain

Leigh Stein

Author, Activist, Teacher & Book Coach

Alli Frank

Co-Author of "Tiny Imperfections"

Gail Honeyman

Award-Winning Author Best Known for "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine"

Benjie Williams

Jessica Pettitt

Jonathan Mayes

SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Albertsons Companies

Justine Simmons

Motivator & Philanthropist

Clifford A Bailey

Co-Founder, Owner & CEO of TechSoft Systems, Inc.