Michiko Kakutani

Bestselling Author & Former Chief Book Critic at The New York Times

Nadifa Mohamed

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

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Beth Clark

Founder of Thinkspot Communications

Wayne Gladstone

Writer, Humorist & Novelist; Best Know for "Notes from the Internet Apocalypse"

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Jingfang Hao

Founder of WePlan; Science Fiction Writer

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Bella Forrest

Best Selling Author known for "The Gender Game" Series

Alex Salkever

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology Futurist; Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future"

How Our Technology Choices Can Change The Future

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Leigh Bardugo

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Laura Esquivel

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

Maggie O'Farrell

Contemporary Fiction Author Best Known for "The Hand That First Held Mine"

Annie Proulx

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

Beth Revis

New York Times Bestselling Author of Young Adult Fiction

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Eric Litwin

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Ally Condie

Author of the "Matched" Trilogy, a #1 New York Times and International Bestseller

Emily Henry

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

Funny Story

Nick Jans

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

Emma Donoghue

Playwright, Literary Historian & Novelist Known for "Hood" and "Room"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Susanna Clarke

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

Neal Stephenson

NY Times Best-Selling Author

Belinda Acosta

Poets & Writers

Christine Feehan

American Romance-Paranormal Writer

Paula Hawkins

Author of "The Girl on the Train"

Kristin Hannah

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Between Sisters: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)

Stephanie Perkins

New York Times Best-Selling Author