Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Iyanla Vanzant

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

A.J. Jacobs

Best-Selling Author & "Human Guinea Pig"

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Richard Dreyfuss

Academy Award-Winning Actor

Steven Cojocaru

Fashion Guru, Host, Television Personality & Kidney Disease Survivor

Marcus Luttrell

Decorated Navy SEAL & Bestselling Author of "Lone Survivor"

Amy DuBois Barnett

Chief Content Officer, theGrio.com & EVP Digital, Entertainment Studios

Emily Giffin

NYT Best-Selling Author of "Something Borrowed" & "Heart of the Matter"

James Patterson

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

David Goodman

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Jesse Dylan

Founder/CEO of Wondros & Filmmaker

David Silverman

Animator; Longtime Director & Producer of "The Simpsons"

Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Janine Turner

Actress, Author & Radio Host; Columnist for the Washington Times

Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Brad Meltzer

Host of History Channel’s "Lost History" & "Brad Meltzer’s Decoded;" New York Times Best-Selling Author

Rami George Khouri

Executive Editor of Lebanese Newspaper, The Daily Star

Chris Hedges

Foreign Correspondent & Author

David Corn

Veteran Journalist, Political Commentator & Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones Magazine

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Larry Levin

Lawyer & Animal Rescue Advocate

Jon Bergmann

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

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

James Dashner

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

Max Brooks

Author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" & "World War Z"

Harry Katz

Author , Editor and Curator.