Lois Lowry

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

Patricia Polacco

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Stephen King

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Jeffrey Kluger

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

Laura Lippman

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Chloe Gong

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Courtney Summers

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Alice Schertle

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Children's Book Author

Rachel Renee Russell and Nikki Russell

Author's of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & The Misadventures of Max Crumbly

Greer Hendricks

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Jay Bonansinga

NYT Best-Selling Author of "The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury"

Rita Williams-Garcia

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

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Fatima Mirza

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Phil Bildner

New York Times Bestselling Children's Author; Former New York City Public School Educator

Ruth Ware

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Jill Santopolo

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Tahereh Mafi

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Meg Medina

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Samantha R. Vamos

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Monica Brown

Children's Book Author

Duncan Tonatiuh

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Gordon Korman

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Beth Clark

Founder of Thinkspot Communications

Lisa Congdon

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Mark Olshaker

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Bonnie Rochman

Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author of "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids - And the Kids We Have"

Rachael O'Meara

Sales Executive at Google; Author of "Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break"

Elyse Kopecky

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Jon Klassen

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