Philip Connors

Author of "All The Wrong Places"

Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'

Brad Gooch

Author of "Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the 70s and the 80s"

Jamie Brickhouse

Author of "Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir"

Tonya Craft

Author of "The Truth Will Set You Free" and "Accused"

Amber C. Haines

Author of "Wild in the Hollow"

Monte Burke

Staff Writer at Forbes Magazine, Senior Editor at ForbesLife & Author

Clay Marzo

Professional Surfer Who Has Asperger's

Mary Anna King

Author of "Bastards"

Allan G. Johnson

Nonfiction Author, Novelist, Sociologist, & Public Speaker

Cleary Wolters

The Real-Life Inspiration for Alex Vause in "Orange is the New Black" & Author of "Out of Orange"

Jennifer Ridha

Attorney, Scholar & Author of "Criminal That I Am"

Steve Osborne

Author, "The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop"

Amanda Berry

Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor; Author of "Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland"

Tom Roberts

Mental Health Advocate & Author of "Escape from Myself: A Manic Depressive's Journey to Nowhere"

Robert Vera

Writer, Photographer and Activist

Martin Pistorius

Web Developer, Designer, and Author of "Ghost Boy"

Joey Graceffa

YouTube Personality & Author of "In Real Life"

Lawrence Hill

Canadian Novelist, Essayist & Memoirist Best Known for "The Book of Negroes" & "Black Berry, Sweet Juice"

Yascha Mounk

Writer & Public Speaker; Author of "Stranger in My Own Country"