Grant Faulkner

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

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

James Dashner

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

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Allegra Hyde

Novelist & Creative Writing Professor at Oberlin College

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Fiction Author & Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Alissa Nutting

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

Danielle Evans

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

Max Brooks

Author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" & "World War Z"

Bill Bryson

Best-Selling Author Known for "A Short History of Nearly Everything" & "A Walk in the Woods"

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Michael Easter

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

"Ice baths are stupid" | The Rundown: Michael Easter | Huckberry

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Heather Harpham

Award-winning Memoirist & Playwright

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Tahereh Mafi

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

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Kim Fu

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

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Leigh Bardugo

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

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

Emily Henry

Author of “Happy Place;” Known as The Queen of Romance

Funny Story

Adam Johnson

American Novelist and Short Story Writer; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Finalist for National Book Award

Mia Alvar

Author Best Known For "In the Country: Stories"

Alice McDermott

Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University