Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Faith Ringgold

Civil Rights Activist, Women's Right Activist, Author, Educator & Painter

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Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Sahar Delijani

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

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Yangsze Choo

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

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Michelle Duster

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Danielle McGuire

Award-Winning Author & Historian of Racial and Sexual Violence

Kobi Yamada

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

Kristan Higgins

New York Times Bestselling Author

Michael Arceneaux

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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

Brendan Kiely

Critically Acclaimed Author Known for "All American Boys" & "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege"

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Laura Numeroff

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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Tamara Day

Host of Magnolia Network's "Bargain Mansions"

Erik Therwanger

Founder of Think GREAT, Author of "The Think GREAT Collection" & Former U.S. Marine

Unleash Your Business Warrior: Military Tactics for Business Victories

Tatanka Means

Native American Actor & Stand-Up Comedian

Anita Archer

Educational Consultant, Author of "Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching"

David Mead

Pop Singer-Songwriter

Kym Worthy

First African-American Woman to Serve as a County Prosecutor in Michigan

Carol Geary Schneider

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities