Lesley Hazleton

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

J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

Grant Faulkner

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

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Lucy Ellmann

Award-Winning Author & Lecturer in Creative Writing

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Dolores Barclay

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

Gail Honeyman

Award-Winning Author Best Known for "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine"

Jill Santopolo

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

Heather Harpham

Award-winning Memoirist & Playwright

Laurie Frankel

New York Times Bestselling Author Best Known For "This Is How It Always Is"

Family Family: A Novel

Kelly Notaras

Founder of kn literary arts

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Justin Phillip Reed

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

Kobi Yamada

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

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

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"

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Ali Smith

Scottish Author, Playwright, Academic and Journalist

Fiona Mozley

British Author

Emily Fridlund

Author of 'History of Wolves'

Annie Proulx

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Emily Henry

Author of “Happy Place;” Known as The Queen of Romance

Funny Story

David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Elmaz Abinader

Writer, Performer, Poet

Mia Alvar

Author Best Known For "In the Country: Stories"