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

Zakiya Dalila Harris

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

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Tahereh Mafi

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

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Bruce Degen

Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "Jamberry"

John Cantwell

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

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

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.)

Jill Santopolo

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

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist

Duncan Tonatiuh

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Hugh MacLeod

Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Gapingvoid

Leigh Bardugo

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

Emily Henry

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

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David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Jeff Hobbs

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

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Patricia Polacco

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

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Marisha Pessl

Marisha Pessl is an American writer best known for her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics