Naomi Novik

Author of the New York Times Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed "Temeraire" Novels

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Jen Maxfield

Emmy Award-Winning Reporter; Columbia University Professor; Author of "More After the Break"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Catherine Steadman

English Actress & Author Best Known for "Downton Abbey"

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Wayne Gladstone

Writer, Humorist & Novelist; Best Know for "Notes from the Internet Apocalypse"

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Jingfang Hao

Founder of WePlan; Science Fiction Writer

Alex Salkever

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology Futurist; Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future"

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Tim Dorsey

Author Best Known for "Florida Roadkill"

Pam Muñoz Ryan

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Maggie O'Farrell

Contemporary Fiction Author Best Known for "The Hand That First Held Mine"

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

Stephanie Danler

Writer & New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Sweetbitter"

Laura Numeroff

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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Emma Donoghue

Playwright, Literary Historian & Novelist Known for "Hood" and "Room"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Susanna Clarke

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

Ian Tregillis

Fantasy Author

Hilary Mantel

Author of "Wolf Hall" & "Bring Up the Bodies"

Paula Hawkins

Author of "The Girl on the Train"

Laura Vanderkam

Author of "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think" & "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast"

Jenny Blake

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Ian Frazier

Author & Humorist; Staff Writer at "The New Yorker"

Lois Lowry

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