Adam Johnson

American Novelist and Short Story Writer; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Finalist for National Book Award

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"

Rolf Potts

American Travel Writer, Essayist & Author, Lecturer at Yale, Director of the Paris Writing Workshop

Ian McEwan

Critically Acclaimed English Novelist & Screenwriter

William Gibson

Popular American-Canadian Speculative Fiction Novelist

Kevin Powers

Author and Iraq War veteran; Known for "The Yellow Birds"

Jim Butcher

Best-Selling Author; Known for The Dresden Files Series

Rainbow Rowell

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

Philipp Meyer

Fiction Writer Known for "The Son" and "American Rust"

Bob Shacochis

Acclaimed Novelist, Short Story Writer & Literary Journalist

Bob Shacochis on Easy in the Islands

Parul Sehgal

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

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestselling & Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Dav Pilkey

Children's Author, Best Known for the "Captain Underpants" and "Dumb Bunnies" Series

Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captai...

John Cantwell

John Cantwell, Guest Writer / United States / Superscript. He currently lives in San Francisco and writes for Facebook.

Jon Bergmann

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

David Guterson

Guterson’s newest book “Descent: A Memoir of Madness” is a starkly revealing memoir of his fall into depression in the wake of a national tragedy, and his courageous journey to recovery.

Colm Toibin

Award-winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Playwright, Journalist, Critic and Poet; Author of "Brooklyn"

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Tracy Chevalier

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

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Bernard Marr

Futurist, Influencer, Thought Leader & Big Data Guru; Founder & CEO, Advanced Performance Institute & Bestselling Author

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists.

Marisha Pessl

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

David Hayter

Canadian-American voice and screen actor and screenwriter known for writing the screenplay for X-Men and co-writing the screenplay for The Scorpion King and X2.