Jamie Metzl

Technology & Healthcare Futurist; Sci-Fi Novelist; Geopolitical Expert

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James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Kristin Hannah

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Between Sisters: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Bruce Sterling

Futurist; Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Author; Journalist; Editor; Critic

Kinky Friedman

Political Satirist & Musician

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Bruce Boxleitner

Actor & Science Fiction and Suspense Writer

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists.

Carolina De Robertis

Award-Winning Author Known for "The Invisible Mountain"

Sahar Delijani

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

Adriana Trigiani

New York Times Best-selling Author & Award-winning Playwright, Television Writer, and Documentary Filmmaker

Neal Stephenson

NY Times Best-Selling Author

Robert Kingett

Writer; LGBTQ and Disabled Activist; Motivational Speaker

Mary Louise Kelly

Co-Host of NPR's "All Things Considered" & Author

Anonymous Sources

David Hayter

Canadian-American voice and screen actor and screenwriter known for writing the screenplay for X-Men and co-writing the screenplay for The Scorpion King and X2.