Brenda Peynado

Dominican American Fiction Writer

Adam Lorenzo

TV & Film Screenwriter; Comedy Writer for "Everybody Loves Raymond" & SNL

Everybody Loves Raymond, Everybody Hates Chris

Howard Michael Gould

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Patrick DeWitt

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Screenwriter

Rebecca Serle

Author, Producer & Screenwriter

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Ernest Cline

Screenwriter & Author

Chuck Wendig

New York Times Bestselling Novelist, Screenwriter & Game Designer; Known for "Star Wars: Aftermath"

J. Michael Straczynski

Writer and Producer for TV series, Feature Films, Comicsa & Author of "Becoming Superman"

Becoming Superman Lib/E: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood

Caroline Kepnes

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Author of of the Netflix Television Series Adaptation "You"

Michelle Miller

Award-Winning CBS News Correspondent Based in New York

Emma Donoghue

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

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Shalom Auslander

Essayist & Author; Known for "Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir"

Feh: A Memoir

James Cooper

Editorial Director, ADWEEK

Gustavo Santaolalla

Grammy and Academy Award-Winning, Musician, Composer Record Producer

Donna Tartt

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

Dee Snider

Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor.

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Lucy Alibar

The movie that Alibar cowrote, Beasts of the Southern Wild, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah; at Cannes in May, where it was given a 15-minute standing ovation, it scored the Camra dOr prize for best first feature.

Ang Lee

Oscar-winning director of films like "Life of Pi," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Jake Gyllenhaal

Academy Award-Nominated & BAFTA Award-winning Actor; Environmental Activist

George R.R. Martin

Author of the "Game of Thrones" Series

Timothy Bottoms

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Judd Apatow

Director, Producer

Cybill Shepherd

Award-Winning Actress; Best Known for "Taxi" & "The Last Picture Show"

Jack Nicholson

Two-time Academy Award and Seven-Time Golden Globe-winning Actor

Shirley MacLaine

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Author