Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Alan Murray

CEO of Fortune Media Group

Mark F. Twight

Alpine Mountaineer & Founder of Gym Jones

Sahar Delijani

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

Gerald Vizenor

Writer, Scholar & Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico

Lorna Dee Cervantes

Award-Winning Voice in Chicana Literature, Feminist & Activist Poet

Nancy Kruse

Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company in Atlanta GA, is the best known and most widely quoted menu analyst in the restaurant industry.

Stephen Jay Greenblatt

Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

R. Dwayne Betts

Founder of Freedom Reads, Poet, Author, Memoirist & Teacher

Jill McCorkle

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Mimi Pond

Illustrator/Cartoonist known for work in The Simpsons, National Lampoon, NY Times

Dr. Ruth Simmons

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

Up Home: One Girl's Journey

Ellen Forney

Cartoonist & Author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Jane Yolen

Author, Editor & Writer of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Children's Books

Michael Perelman

Sex Therapist

Jabari Asim

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

Harold McGee

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

Neal Gabler

Author, Cultural Historian and Television Commentator

M.T. Anderson

Novelist, Winner of the National Book Award