James Patterson

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

James Dashner

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

Lee Child

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Lena Dunham

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

Calvin Trillin

Author, Columnist, Humorist & Political Satirist

Jon Stewart

Talk Show Host, Comedian & Producer

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Nicholas Sparks

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

Dr. Phil McGraw

"Dr. Phil" Host, NY Times Bestselling Author, Psychologist

Patrick Lencioni

Management Consultant, Founder & President of The Table Group

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Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Sir Richard Branson

Businessman & Founder of Virgin Group

Rainbow Rowell

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

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Lois Lowry

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

Jon Bergmann

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

R.L. Stine

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Dan Brown

Author of "The Da Vinci Code," "Angels & Demons," "The Lost Symbol"

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Max Brooks

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

Tara Moss

Best-Selling Author and Media Personality

Jeffrey Eugenides

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Grant Cardone

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Business Innovator & Top Sales Trainer

Bruce Boxleitner

Actor & Science Fiction and Suspense Writer

Charles Bock

Best-selling Author

Robert Cialdini

New York Times Best-Selling Author; The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence & Persuasion

Emily Giffin

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

Wil Wheaton

Actor, Author & Blogger; Known for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" & "The Big Bang Theory"

Stephenie Meyer

Author of the Best-Selling "Twilight" Series

Peter Thiel

Former CEO and Co-founder of PayPal; Technology Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

Jeffrey Kluger

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