A.N. Wilson

English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history

A.S. Byatt

Award-winning Novelist and Short Story Writer, Author of Possession: A Romance and The Children’s Book

Aaron Paquette

Writer, Artist, Speaker

Aaron Vermut

CEO, Prosper Marketplace

Abdellah Taia

Franco-Moroccan writer.

Adam Fleischman

Founder & Chairman of Umami Restaurant Group

Adam Gidwitz

Award-winning and New York Times Bestselling Author of "In a Glass Grimmly" and "A Tale Dark and Grimm"

Adam Sessler

Adrienne Baker

Online Comm Mgr Interfaith Youth Core

Adrienne Brodeur

Award-Winning Editor & Author; Executive Director of Aspen Words; Best Known for her Memoir "Wild Game"

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

Adrienne Clarkson

Former Governor General of Canada

Adrienne Russell

Professor, Author, Co-Director of Institute of Digital Humanities.

Afua Hirsch

Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster & Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality, Co-host of "Enslaved" with Samuel L Jackson

Ahlam Bolooki

Festival Director of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

Ahn Trio

With cello, piano and violin, sisters Maria, Lucia and Angella Ahn are constantly redefining the art and architecture of chamber music.

Alain de Botton

Swiss Writer, Philosopher & Television Presenter

Alan Dershowitz

Harvard Law School Professor; Leading Expert in Civil Rights

Alan Murray

CEO of Fortune Media Group

Alane Salierno Mason

Founder, Words Without Borders

Aleksandar Vucic

President of Serbia; Former Prime Minister of Serbia