Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

Donna Tartt

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

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.)

Jeffrey Kluger

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

Rainbow Rowell

Young Adult & Adult Contemporary Author Known for "Eleanor & Park," "Fangirl" "Carry On" & "Slow Dance"

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Mary Pope Osborne

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

Tracy Chevalier

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

Kelly Oxford

Kelly Oxford is a Canadian author, screenwriter, social media blogger and microblogger, and stay-at-home mom.

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Jill Santopolo

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

Jennifer Pharr Davis

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

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

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.

Kimberly McCreight

Kimberly McCreight is the author of the New York Times Bestselling RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA. "Like Gone Girl it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year," Entertainment Weekly. (Grade A).

Rebecca Kuang

New York Times Bestselling Author of "Babel" and "Yellowface"

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Lois Lowry

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

John Cantwell

John Cantwell, Guest Writer / United States / Superscript. He currently lives in San Francisco and writes for Facebook.

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

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Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

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.

Iman Hariri-Kia

New York Times Bestselling Author of "A Hundred Other Girls" and "The Most Famous Girl In The World"

The Most Famous Girl in the World

Zakiya Dalila Harris

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

Julie Murphy

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

Gail Honeyman

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

Tahereh Mafi

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

Kim Fu

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