Food & Culinary

Marzieh

Abbas

Award Winning Author

Karachi, Pakistan

Mary Kay

Andrews

Bestselling Novelist & Cookbook Author

Atlanta, GA

Natalie

Baszile

Award-Nominated Fiction Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Erica

Bauermeister

Bestselling Author & Educator

Seattle, WA

John

Chester

Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker

Burbank, CA

Yangsze

Choo

Bestselling Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Lisl H.

Detlefsen

Picture Book Writer

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Mariah

Gladstone

Indigenous Cookbook Author

Kalispell, MT

Deborah

Hopkinson

Award Winning Children’s Author

Portland, OR

Rebecca Gayle

Howell

Award Winning Poet

Fayetteville, AR

Carolyn

Huynh

Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Marjan

Kamali

Bestselling Author

Boston, MA

Edward

Lee

James Beard Award Winning Author

Oge

Mora

Award Winning Children’s Author

Providence, RI

Stephanie

Morningstar

Scholar

Buffalo, NY

Mallory

O’Meara

Author of Nonfiction

Burbank, CA

Scott

Rothman

Children’s Author

Providence, RI

Michelle

Sterling

Children’s Book Author

Santa Ana, CA

Danielle

Trussoni

New York Times Bestselling Novelist

Mexico

Shanna

Upchurch

Award-Winning Author of Children’s & Middle Grade Books

Dallas, TX

Crystal

Wilkinson

Poet Laureate, Kentucky

Lexington, KY