Jeff Hobbs

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

Jill Santopolo

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

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Joy McCullough

Award-Winning Author and Playwright

Tahereh Mafi

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

Leslie Connor

Children's Book Author; Known for "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle"

Daniel Gumbiner

Author of "The Boatbuilder"

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"

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Ali Smith

Scottish Author, Playwright, Academic and Journalist

Fiona Mozley

British Author

Alissa Nutting

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

Kwame Alexander

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

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Mia Alvar

Author Best Known For "In the Country: Stories"

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Danielle Evans

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Kobo in Conversation: Rainbow Rowell

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Jon Bergmann

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

Introduction to Flipped Learning

Marisha Pessl

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

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

Mohsin Hamid

Author, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia"