Samantha Irby

Essayist and New York Times Best Selling Author

Quietly Hostile: Essays

Laura Esquivel

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Annie Proulx

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

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

M. NourbeSe Philip

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Eric Fair

Army Veteran & Puschart Prize Winner for His 2012 Essay, "Consequence"

David Ebershoff

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

Ben Marcus

Acclaimed Novelist & Story Writer

Phillip Lopate

Distinguished Essayist & Novelist Acclaimed Film Critic

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

Anthony Horowitz

English Novelist and Screenwriter in Mystery and Suspense, "The Diamond Brothers," "Alex Rider," and "The Power of Five" series

Nick Jans

Nature Writer & Photographer; Bestselling Author of "A Wolf Called Romeo"

Helen MacDonald

English Writer & Naturalist, Bestselling Author of "H is for Hawk"

Susanna Clarke

Author of Award-Winning Book, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell"

Alice McDermott

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

Sebastian Barry

Playwright, Poet, Award-Winning Author

Nora Roberts

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Kevin Powers

Author and Iraq War veteran; Known for "The Yellow Birds"

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

Lois Lowry

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

Kate DiCamillo

Newberry Medal Award-Winning Children's Author, Known for "Because of Winn-Dixie" & "The Tale of Desperaux"

Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"

Colm Toibin

Award-winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Playwright, Journalist, Critic and Poet; Author of "Brooklyn"

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Laura Snyder

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

Amanda Lindhout

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

Suzanne Collins

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"