J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

Elizabeth Atkins

Best-Selling Author & Screenwriter

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.

Tracy Chevalier

Historical Novelist Best Known for Her Second Novel, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Jeffrey Kluger

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

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

What's Your Story? with author Rebecca Walker

Naomi Wolf

Bestselling Author; Social Activist; Former Political Advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Amy Goodman

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Maddy Dychtwald

Co-Founder & Senior VP of Age Wave, Author & Changing Demographics Trends Expert

Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Gail Honeyman

Award-Winning Author Best Known for "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine"

Naima Coster

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Jenny Blake

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

Rainbow Rowell

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

Donna Tartt

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

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

Lois Lowry

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

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Janine di Giovanni

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School & Executive Director The Reckoning Project

Suzanne Collins

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Nancy Kruse

Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company in Atlanta GA, is the best known and most widely quoted menu analyst in the restaurant industry.

Marisha Pessl

Marisha Pessl is an American writer best known for her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"