Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

David M. Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian & Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University

Magnus Larsson

Sustainable Architect & TED Talker; Seeks to Turn Harsh Landscapes into Habitable Structures

Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Josef Joffe

Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations at the Hoover Institution; Publisher/Editor of Die Zeit.

Michael Chorost

Leading Expert on Human/Machine Integration

Anita Diamant

Fiction & Non-Fiction Author; Best Known for "The Red Tent" and "The Boston Girl"

Alice Sebold

Alice Sebold was born September 6, 1963 and is an American novelist

Lydia Davis

Acclaimed fiction writer and translator

Judith Butler

Professor of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Who's Afraid of Gender?

Jabari Asim

Author, Poet, Playwright, & Associate Professor at Emerson College

Michael Perelman

Sex Therapist

Elinor Lipman

New York Times Bestselling Author

Heather Hiscox

Morning News Anchor, CBC

Mary Karr

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

Sanford Levinson

W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair Professor of Government, The University of Texas School of Law

Josh Elliott

Josh Elliott was named news reader for ABC’s Good Morning America in March 2011. He had been the host of ESPN’s SportsCenter each weekday morning since August 2008.

Tanya Holland

Chef & Owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen; Host of "Tanya's Kitchen Table"

Julie Clark

Early Childhood Consultant at Teaching Strategies; Creator of "Baby Einstein" Series; Entrepreneur; Breast Cancer Survivor

Luis Rodriguez

Official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles; Poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist.

Leelee Sobieski

Actress Known for her Roles in "Public Enemies," "88 Minutes," "The Wicker Man," "The Glass House" and "Joy Ride"

Dr. Ruth Simmons

President of Prairie View A&M University & Former President Emerita of Brown University

Up Home: One Girl's Journey

Scott Steindorff

An American film and television producer who specializes in adapting literary bestsellers into movies, one being The Lincoln Lawyer (2011).

Harold McGee

Renowned and Award-Winning Chemist & Author on Food and Cooking

Bitsie Tulloch

Bitsie Tulloch stars on NBC’s new drama hit “Grimm,” a dark, fantastical series about a world in which characters inspired by Grimm’s Fairy Tales exist.

Neal Gabler

Author, Cultural Historian and Television Commentator

Tatiana de Rosnay

Celebrated Novelist

Jedediah Bila

Emmy-Nominated TV Host; Author & Columnist; Former Teacher/Dean, Fox News Contributor, & Host of "The View"

Sam Cawthorn

CEO & Founder of Speakers Institute and Speakers Tribe; 11 Times International Best Selling Author; Speaking Coach

Ron Rosenbaum

Journalist & Author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil"