Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Emily Henry

Author of “Happy Place;” Known as The Queen of Romance

Funny Story

Zakiya Dalila Harris

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Other Black Girl"

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

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

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

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Julie Murphy

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Ella Frances Sanders

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Jill Santopolo

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

Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Tahereh Mafi

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

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Fiction Author & Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Kim Fu

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

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Alissa Nutting

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

William Esparza

Executive Creative Director at R/GA LA

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

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Jeff Hobbs

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

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Outdoor School: Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide

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

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.