Sameena Nazir

Founder and Executive Director of Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), Pakistani Peace Activist and Human Rights Director

Sebastian Faulks

Novelist, Journalist, and Broadcaster

The Oh Hello's

Indie Folk Rock Duo

Dr. Dog

Folk Rock Band Known for Songs Like "Shadow People" and "The Breeze"

Chad Dickerson

CEO of Etsy

Sonya Walger

Actress Known for her Roles in the ABC Series "Lost," ABC's "FlashForward" and "Common Law"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

Michael Perelman

Sex Therapist

Karley Scott Collins

Actress & Country Musician

Christopher Pissarides

British-Cypriot Economist; Professor of Economics & Political Science at the London School of Economics; Nobel Prize Recipient in Economic Sciences

Dan Brown

Author of "The Da Vinci Code," "Angels & Demons," "The Lost Symbol"

Da Vinci Code

Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu

Ornithologist/ Conservation Ecologist

Jabari Asim

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

Gregory Maguire

Award-winning, Best-selling Author of the Wicked Years Novels

Leelee Sobieski

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

Kelly Bensimon

Author, Model, Jewelry Designer & Former Editor of Elle Accessories

Harold McGee

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

Neal Gabler

Author, Cultural Historian and Television Commentator

Thomas C. Foster

Authority on Reading and Understanding Literature

M.T. Anderson

Novelist, Winner of the National Book Award

Tanya Holland

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

Lauren Oliver

Author, Known for "Before I Fall"

Christine Feehan

American Romance-Paranormal Writer

Rosamund Pike

English Actress and "Bond Girl" Known for "Pride & Prejudice" and "Gone Girl"

Monica L Coleman

Monica L. Coleman obtained such an affinity for words and the power they create in helping others build successful personal and professional lives that she dedicated her life to learning how to use them effectively.

Margaret Laws

President & CEO, Hopelab

David Green

CEO and Founder of Hobby Lobby

Steven Nissen

Cardiologist, Researcher and Patient Advocate; Chairman at Cleveland Clinic

Paula Vogel

Pulitzer Winning Playwright for "How I Learned to Drive" and Tony Award Nominated "Indecent"; Former Head of the Yale School of Drama Playwriting Department

Nathaniel Popper

New York Times Reporter and Author of Digital Gold