Ella Frances Sanders

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

J. Michael Martinez

Walt Whitman Award-Winning Poet

Jos Charles

Transgender Poet Known for "feeld"

Rae Armantrout

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet

Kim Fu

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

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Kwame Alexander

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

David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Tim Tharp

is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Tim Tharp include The Spectacular Now, Knights of the Hill Coun

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

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Grant Faulkner

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

Patrick Rosal

Poet, Author & Campus Co-director of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers-Camden

Lucy Ellmann

Award-Winning Author & Lecturer in Creative Writing

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Justin Phillip Reed

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

Tahereh Mafi

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

Diamond Stingily

Artist Focused on Racial and Feminine Identities

Alexandra Elle

NYT Bestselling Author, Restorative Writing & Wellness Coach

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Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Cleo Wade

Poet, Bestselling Author & Social Equity Advocate

Remember Love: Words for Tender Times

Alissa Nutting

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

Thomas Sayers Ellis

Award-winning Poet & Photographer

Jeff Hobbs

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

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Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Yangsze Choo

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)