Lois Lowry

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

J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Mary Karr

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

Donna Tartt

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

Mary Pope Osborne

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

Rick Riordan

No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Series, the "Kane Chronicles" and "Heroes of Olympus"

Erica Jong

Feminist, Social Critic, Poet & Author of "Fear of Dying"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Pam Muñoz Ryan

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

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Laura Numeroff

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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Rainbow Rowell

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

Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Kate DiCamillo

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

Amy Jo Martin

NYT Best-Selling Author, Angel Investor, CEO of Renegade Global & Host of the "Why Not Now?" Podcast

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Tracy Chevalier

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

Janine di Giovanni

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School & Executive Director The Reckoning Project

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

James Dashner

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

Cassandra Clare

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

Martha Quinn

Original MTV VJ, SiriusXM Host. Co-Author of New York Times Best-Seller VJ:The Unplugged Adventures Of MTV's First Wave

Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Emily Giffin

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Iyanla Vanzant

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

Erin Gruwell

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

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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