Sandra Cisneros

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist & Essayist Known for "The House on Mango Street"

J. Michael Martinez

Walt Whitman Award-Winning Poet

Kim Fu

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Adam Silvera

New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "Infinity Son" & "They Both Die at the End"

Ana Castillo

Chicana Author, Essayist & Poet

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist

Jos Charles

Transgender Poet Known for "feeld"

Rae Armantrout

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet

Tahereh Mafi

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Shatter Me" Series

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Alissa Nutting

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

Pam Muñoz Ryan

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Benjamín Alire Sáenz

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Jeff Hobbs

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Lauren Green

Novelist & Poet; Author of "The World After Alice"

Lauren Aliza Green - About the Authors TV

Rigoberto González

Chicano Author, Poet & Professor

Poets Samuel Miranda, Rigoberto González, and José Olivarez at MLK Library

Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Patrick Rosal

Poet, Author & Campus Co-director of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers-Camden

Erika Sánchez

New York Times Bestselling Author, National Book Award Finalist, and 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Lucy Ellmann

Award-Winning Author & Lecturer in Creative Writing

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures, Innovation Executive, Sci-Fi Strategist

Ella Frances Sanders

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Jill Santopolo

Best-selling Author Best Known for "The Light We Lost"