Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Allen Eskens

Crime Novelist & Best-selling Author of "The Life We Bury" and "The Guise of Another"; Former Criminal Defense Attorney

Patricia Polacco

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

John Kralik

Bestselling Author & Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court

Three Bodies by the River

Rita Williams-Garcia

Award-Winning Author Best Known For "One Crazy Summer"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Jill Santopolo

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

Chanel Cleeton

Best Selling Author of "Next Year in Havana"

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"

Katherine Applegate

Young Adult & Children's Fiction Writer; Author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld" series

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Samantha R. Vamos

Children's Book Author

Monica Brown

Children's Book Author

Duncan Tonatiuh

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Beth Clark

Founder of Thinkspot Communications

Lisa Congdon

Fine Artist, Author & Illustrator

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin

Swedish Author

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

Victoria Schwab

American Fantasy Author, Best Known for Novel "Vicious"

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

Faith Ringgold

Civil Rights Activist, Women's Right Activist, Author, Educator & Painter

Artist Faith Ringgold’s life’s work celebrated in New York exhibit

Benjamín Alire Sáenz

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Deborah Ellis

Award-Winning Author of International Best-Seller, "The Breadwinner", Feminist and Peace Activist

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Lois Lowry

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

Kate DiCamillo

Newberry Medal Award-Winning Children's Author, Known for "Because of Winn-Dixie" & "The Tale of Desperaux"

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.