Cassandra Clare

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

Zakiya Dalila Harris

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

Lucy Ellmann

Award-Winning Author & Lecturer in Creative Writing

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Kim Fu

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Kwame Alexander

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

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Rainbow Rowell

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

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

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

James Dashner

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

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

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Mary Karr

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

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"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Bonnie Garmus

Author Known for her Debut Novel, 'Lessons in Chemistry'

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Jen Maxfield

Emmy Award-Winning Reporter; Columbia University Professor; Author of "More After the Break"

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Deanna Singh

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

T Kira Madden

Author of "Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls"

Ella Frances Sanders

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Gail Honeyman

Award-Winning Author Best Known for "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine"

Jill Santopolo

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