Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Fiction Author & Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Jeff Hobbs

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

Marisa Silver

New York Times-Bestselling Author; Known for "Mary Coin"

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Zakiya Dalila Harris

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Other Black Girl"

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Daniel Gumbiner

Author of "The Boatbuilder"

Kristen Roupenian

Author of the New Yorker's Viral "Cat Person"

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"

Cleo Wade

Artist, Poet & Author

Alissa Nutting

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

Abigail Johnson

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

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

Susanna Clarke

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Lois Lowry

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

John Cantwell

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

Laura Snyder

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

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"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

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