Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Jeff Hobbs

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Zakiya Dalila Harris

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Other Black Girl"

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Sahar Delijani

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

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Kobi Yamada

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Naima Coster

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Alice McDermott

Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University

Anjanette Delgado

Award-Winning Novelist, Speaker & Journalist

Jenny Blake

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Outdoor School: Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide

Dr. Scilla Elworthy

Founder of the Oxford Research Group

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Yangsze Choo

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Jill McCorkle

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)