Marisha Pessl

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

James Dashner

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Rainbow Rowell

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

Parul Sehgal

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

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).

Cassandra Clare

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

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

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Lois Lowry

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

Kate DiCamillo

Newberry Medal Award-Winning Children's Author, Known for "Because of Winn-Dixie" & "The Tale of Desperaux"

Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestselling & Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Tracy Chevalier

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

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.

Sahar Delijani

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

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.)

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Jeffrey Kluger

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

J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

Grant Faulkner

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

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Zakiya Dalila Harris

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

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Jill Santopolo

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

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

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"