Marisha Pessl

Marisha Pessl is an American writer best known for her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

James Dashner

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

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

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Tracy Chevalier

Historical Novelist Best Known for Her Second Novel, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

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.)

Jeffrey Kluger

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

Jill Santopolo

Best-selling Author Best Known for "The Light We Lost"

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

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.

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

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.

Kimberly McCreight

Kimberly McCreight is the author of the New York Times Bestselling RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA. "Like Gone Girl it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year," Entertainment Weekly. (Grade A).

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Kim Fu

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Alissa Nutting

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Susanna Clarke

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

Danielle Evans

Author of "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" & Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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"

John Cantwell

John Cantwell, Guest Writer / United States / Superscript. He currently lives in San Francisco and writes for Facebook.

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Laura Snyder

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

Kelly Oxford

Kelly Oxford is a Canadian author, screenwriter, social media blogger and microblogger, and stay-at-home mom.