Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Kwame Alexander

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

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

James Dashner

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

Simon T. Bailey

Speaker, Author, Life Coach & Entrepreneur

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Naima Coster

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

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Cassandra Clare

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

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Deanna Singh

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Julie Murphy

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Dolores Barclay

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

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Jeff Hobbs

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

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

Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestselling & Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Ken Kalfus

Author of the New Novel, "Equilateral," About the Centuries-Old Quest for Life on Other Planets

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.)

Max Brooks

Author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" & "World War Z"

Corban Addison

Best-Selling Author, Attorney & Activist

Jeffrey Eugenides

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Christopher Darden

Writer, Lecturer & Practicing Attorney; Co-Prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial

Dave Logan, PhD

Co-Founder of Care4th LLC & Author of New York Times #1 Bestseller "Tribal Leadership"

Josh Linkner

Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Venture Capital Investor