Amanda Lindhout

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Expert on Resilience & Extraordinary Mindset

Amanda Lindhout | Keynote Speaking Reel

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Susanna Clarke

Author of Award-Winning Book, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell"

Donna Tartt

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

Lois Lowry

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

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Bestselling Author

How the Light Gets In: A Novel

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

Scott Brick

Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator & Audible Narrator's Hall-of-Famer

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

Jen Maxfield

Emmy Award-Winning Reporter; Columbia University Adjunct Professor; Author of "More After the Break"

Jen Maxfield of NBC New York shares her worst job interview

Leah Johnson

Award-Winning Author of "You Should See Me in a Crown"

Patrick DeWitt

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Screenwriter

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Kabu Kabu

Lauren McKeon

Author of "F-Bomb: Dispatches from the War on Feminism"

Alan Light

American Journalist

Robin Givhan

Fashion Editor for The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize Winner

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Morgan Jerkins​

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

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Stacey Abrams

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

Lindy West

Feminism & Popular Culture Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times

Celeste Sansregret

Writer, Producer, Performer, Researcher, Writing Instructor & Story Editor

Elaine Welteroth

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

Elaine Welteroth- MAKERS Conference

Deborah Levy

British Playwright, Novelist & Poet

Susan Goldberg

Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners & Editor in Chief of National Geographic Magazine

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer