Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Jill Santopolo

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

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Joy McCullough

Award-Winning Author and Playwright

Tahereh Mafi

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Shatter Me" Series

Leslie Connor

Children's Book Author; Known for "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle"

Daniel Gumbiner

Author of "The Boatbuilder"

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Kim Fu

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

Mira T. Lee

Author of "Everything Here is Beautiful"

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Fiona Mozley

British Author

Emily Fridlund

Author of 'History of Wolves'

Alissa Nutting

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

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Jeff Hobbs

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Danielle Evans

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

Rainbow Rowell

Young Adult & Adult Contemporary Author Known for "Eleanor & Park," "Fangirl" "Carry On" & "Slow Dance"

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Mary Pope Osborne

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

Marisha Pessl

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

Sahar Delijani

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

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

Mohsin Hamid

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

Callie Hart

USA Today Best-Selling Author of Fantasy & Dark Romance Novels, Best-known for "The Fae & Alchemy Series"

Quicksilver (The Fae & Alchemy Series Book 1)

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Melissa Baron, GovState Alumna and PW Starred Review Author