Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Kwame Alexander

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

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Rita Williams-Garcia

Award-Winning Author Best Known For "One Crazy Summer"

Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Jill Santopolo

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

Nicole Chung

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

Kristan Higgins

New York Times Bestselling Author

Michiko Kakutani

Bestselling Author & Former Chief Book Critic at The New York Times

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Pam Muñoz Ryan

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Laura Numeroff

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

Meet Laura Numeroff, Author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Jenny Blake

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Gary Paulson

Gary Paulson knows all of the rules of writing, and he is brilliant each time he breaks the rules. He is truly an outdoor adventurer who races in the Iditarod. His life experiences in the wilderness of Canada and Alaska appear on the pages of his books th

Patricia Polacco

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Derek Blasberg

Director of Fashion at YouTube

Holly George-Warren

Two-Time Grammy Nominee & New York Times Best-Selling Author, Known for "The Road to Woodstock"

Dr. Gary Chapman

Pastor, Speaker & Author of "The 5 Love Languages"

Loving Adopted Children Well: A 5 Love Languages® Approach

James Patterson

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Fatima Mirza

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Chrystal Evans Hurst

Author of "Show Up for Your Life: What the Girl You'll Be Tomorrow Wants You to Know Today"

Jo Marchant

Science Journalist & Author of "Cure"