Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Nancy Kruse

Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company in Atlanta GA, is the best known and most widely quoted menu analyst in the restaurant industry.

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Yangsze Choo

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

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Amanda Bennett

Executive Editor, Bloomberg News Author, "The Cost of Hope"

Noël Jones

Writer, Slam Poet, Former member of the 2000 National Poetry Slam Champion Team NYC-Urbana

Azure Antoinette

CEO, Commissioned Poet & Author, Millennial Advocate

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Lesley Hazleton

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

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Jasmin Darznik

Iranian Immigrant; Author & Cultural Historian

J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

Mohsin Hamid

Author, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia"

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Mark Victor Hansen

Founder & Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series, Mega-Entrepreneur, Business Speaker & Devoted Philanthropist

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Kate Schapira

Author of "Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth"

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Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

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Scott Welker-Reyes

Relationship Leader, CEO of Scott Welker-Reyes

ECommerce Sourcing Solutions - Scott Welker-Reyes

Melissa Rivero

Author of "The Affairs of the Falcóns" & "Flores and Miss Paula"

Ten Questions With... Melissa Rivero

Vanessa Chan

Malaysian Author of "The Storm We Made"

The Storm We Made: A Novel

Arielle Estoria

Actor, Poet, & Author of "The Unfolding"

Arielle Estoria Speaker Reel

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Kyla Jenee Lacey

Writer, Poet, Performer, Spoken Word, & Visual Artist Behind “White Privilege"

Hickory Dickory Dock I Do Not Want Your C*ck: A Book About Patriachy For Manchildren

Michael Easter

Author of "The Comfort Crisis" & "Scarcity Brain"; Motivational Speaker

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