Cleo Wade

Poet, Bestselling Author & Social Equity Advocate

Remember Love: Words for Tender Times

Bella Forrest

Best Selling Author known for "The Gender Game" Series

Jon McGregor

British Novelist and Short Story Writer

Alex Salkever

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

Brian Selznick

Author and Illustrator of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"

Paul Acampora

Former Kindergarten Teacher & Children's Author Known for "I Kill the Mockingbird"

Valeria Luiselli

Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Paolo Bacigalupi

Award-Winning Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer Known for "The Windup Girl," "The Water Knife" and "Navola"

Abigail Johnson

Contemporary Young Adult Author, Known for "If I Fix You"

Robert Schenkkan

Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright & Screenwriter

Deborah Levy

British Playwright, Novelist & Poet

Ted Chiang

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

Ted Chiang: Beyond techno-utopias and techno-dystopias

Laura Esquivel

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

Eric Litwin

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

David Ebershoff

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

Laura Numeroff

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Ron Marz

American comic book writer

Jesse Raudales

Celebrity Olympic Artist

Mom, Dad What’s COVID-19?

Christine Michel Carter

Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, Policy Advisor & #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Bonnie Wright

English Actress & Filmmaker Best Known for the "Harry Potter" Franchise; Environmental Activist & Author, " Go Gently"

Gabriella Lascano

Actress, TED Speaker, Creative Director, and Author

Gabriella Lascano - TED

Dee Caffari

British Sailor; First Woman to Single-Handedly Circumnavigate the Globe Non-Stop in Both Directions; Awarded MBE

Who is Dee Caffari?

Amy Shoenthal

Journalist & Author of "The Setback Cycle"

Amy Shoenthal - KATU

Martin J. Eppler

Professor of Communications Management, Founder and Director of Visual Literacy, & Author of "Meet Up!: Better Meetings Through Nudging"

Martin J Eppler - TED

Richard Stiennon

Cybersecurity Expert; Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest; Bestselling Author of "Surviving Cyberwar" & "There Will Be Cyberwar"

There Will Be Cyberwar: How The Move To Network-Centric War Fighting Has Set The Stage ...

Rachel Armstrong

Designer, Scientist & Sustainability Innovator; Professor of Experimental Architecture

Rachel Fleit

Documentary Filmmaker & Alopecia Awareness Advocate Known for "Bama Rush" and "Introducing, Selma Blair"

Sean Astin

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; Known For "Lord of the Rings"

Ethan Herisse

Television & Stage Actor Best Known for Playing Young Yusef Salaam on "When They See Us"