Rainbow Rowell

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

Suzanne Collins

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Paola Mendoza

Filmmaker, Activist, Co-author of NYT Bestseller; Together We Rise

Donna Tartt

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

Lena Dunham

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

Xochitl Gonzalez

Cultural Critic, Producer, Screenwriter & New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Olga Dies Dreaming"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

George Pelecanos

Author, Independent Flim Producer & Television Writer

Abbi Jacobson

Comedian, Writer, Actress & Illustrator; Known for "Broad City"

Anthony Horowitz

English Novelist and Screenwriter in Mystery and Suspense, "The Diamond Brothers," "Alex Rider," and "The Power of Five" series

Alex Garland

English Novelist, Screenwriter, Film Producer & Director

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

George R.R. Martin

Author of the "Game of Thrones" Series

Chris Colfer

Golden Globe Winning Actor, Singer, Screenwriter & New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for His Role in "Glee"

Nicholas Sparks

International Bestselling Novelist & Screenwriter, Known for "The Notebook"

James Lapine

Award-Winning Playwright, Director, and Screenwriter; Pulitzer Prize-Winner for "Sunday in the Park with George"; NYT Bestselling Author

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

Philip Wang

Co-Founder of Wong Fu Productions & Author of "Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now"

David Baddiel

Comedian, Author, Screenwriter & Television Presenter

Sara Gruen

NYT Best-Selling Author of 'Water for Elephants'

Carl Weber

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Howard Michael Gould

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Emerald Fennell

English Actress, Author, Screenwriter, Producer and Director

Bess Kalb

Emmy-Nominated Writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live; 2016 WGA Award-Winner; Writer for Numerous Emmy and Academy Awards Shows; Author of "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me"

Sarah Watson

Creator of the Hit TV Show "The Bold Type"; Author of "Most Likely"

Rebecca Serle

Author, Producer & Screenwriter

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Geoff Rodkey

Emmy Award Winning Screenwriter & Children's Book Author Known for "The Tapper Twins" Books & "Daddy Day Care" Films

Mark Dery

Cultural Critic & Author of "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts"

Jonny Sun

Humorist, Author & Illustrator

Michael Soussan

Screenwriter, Journalist