Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Sandra Cisneros

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist & Essayist Known for "The House on Mango Street"

J. Michael Martinez

Walt Whitman Award-Winning Poet

Kim Fu

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

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

Grant Faulkner

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

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

Adam Silvera

New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "Infinity Son" & "They Both Die at the End"

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Alissa Nutting

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

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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

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"

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

Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

Melania Luisa Marte - Afro-Latina

José Olivarez

Poet, Educator & Performer; Known for "Citizen Illegal" and "Promises of Gold"

José Olivarez presents Promises of Gold

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Erika Sánchez

New York Times Bestselling Author, National Book Award Finalist, and 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Lucy Ellmann

Award-Winning Author & Lecturer in Creative Writing

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Ana Castillo

Chicana Author, Essayist & Poet

Jill Santopolo

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

Justin Phillip Reed

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

Jos Charles

Transgender Poet Known for "feeld"

Rae Armantrout

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet