John Demos

American Author and Historian, Best Known for Knowledge on Witch-Hunting; Professor Emeritus at Yale

Laurence Bergreen

Award-winning Biographer, Historian and Author of "Columbus: The Four Voyages" and "Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe"

Todd Purdum

Senior writer at POLITICO and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair

Kate Moore

New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "The Radium Girls"

Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

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.

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Laura Snyder

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

Derek Blasberg

Director of Fashion at YouTube

William Kuhn

Historian & Author of Reading Jackie

James Simon

Award-Winning Biographer & Historian.

Buddy Levy

Adventure Sports & Travel Journalist / Author

Harry Katz

Author , Editor and Curator.

Greil Marcus

Music Journalist, Author & Cultural Critic.

Daniel Pauly

Daniel Pauly is the principal investigator at the Sea Around Us Project, which studies the impact of the world's fisheries on marine ecosystems. The software he's helped develop is used around the world to model and track the ocean.

James Traub

Global Affairs & Politics Writer

Stephen Jay Greenblatt

Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Bing West

Correspondent & Military Author

Donald McCaig

Essayist / Poet / Author

John Mailer

Writer & Playwright

James Patterson

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

Craig Shirley

Author, Historian, and Lecturer

Peter Thiel

Former CEO and Co-founder of PayPal; Technology Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

Larry Schweikart

Former Rock Drummer, Historian, Film Producer & Co-Author of "A Patriot's History of the United States"

Karen Abbott

Bestselling Author of "Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy"

Raj Patel

Award-Winning Writer, Food Politics Activist, Filmmaker & Academic

Michael Lewis

Best-Selling Author of "The Fifth Risk", "Moneyball", and "The Big Short"

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Mark Kurlansky

Author & Historian; Known for "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World"

Caroline Elkins

Professor of African Studies at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Imperial Reckoning"