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Faridah

Àbíké-Íyímídé

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

London, UK

Elissa

Altman

Food Writer & Literary Memoirist

Hartford, CT

Rose

Bousamra

Comics Professional and Illustrator

Detroit, MI

Willie

Carver

Award Winning Author

Lexington, KY

Michelle Jing

Chan

Author & Illustrator

Seattle, WA

e.E.

Charlton-Trujillo

Kid Lit Author

Bloomington, IN

Abby

Chava Stein

Memoirist & Educator

New York, NY

Lydi

Conklin

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Nashville, TN

Robbie

Couch

Young Adult Author

Los Angeles, CA

Federico

Erebia

Young Adult Author

Boston, MA

Camryn

Garrett

Young Adult Author

New York, NY

Byron

Graves

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Winona

Guo

TED Residency Fellow

San Francisco, CA

Winona & Priya

Guo & Vulchi

TED Residency Fellows

San Francisco, CA

Laurie

Halse Anderson

Young Adult Novelist & Memoirist

Philadelphia, PA

Jas

Hammonds

Award Winning Author

Newark, NJ

Silas

House

Bestselling Novelist

Lexington, KY

J.R.

Jamison

Award-Winning Memoirist & Fiction Writer

Indianapolis, IN

Adib

Khorram

Young Adult Novelist

Kansas City, MO

A. S.

King

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

Philadelphia, PA

Michael

Leali

Award-Winning Writer & Educator

San Francisco, CA

Justin

Lee

Bridge-Builder

Charlotte, NC

Darcie

Little Badger

Award Winning Lipan Apache Author

Corona del Mar, CA

Zelda

Lockhart, PhD

Award-Winning Novelist

Durham, NC

Meredith

Maran

Nonfiction Writer & Memoirist

Los Angeles, CA

Sam J.

Miller

Award Winning Author

New York, NY

Madeline

Miller

#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist

Philadelphia, PA

Edward Kelsey

Moore

Bestselling Novelist

Chicago, IL

Vita

Murrow

Award Winning Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Bryn

Nelson

Science Writer

Seattle, WA

Rex

Ogle

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Patricia

Ononiwu Kaishian

Mycologist

Albany, NY

Claribel A.

Ortega

Bestselling Middle Grade Novelist

White Plains, NY

Sonora

Reyes

National Bestselling Author

Phoenix, AZ

Marcellas

Reynolds

Award Winning Author

Los Angeles, CA

John

Searles

Award Winning Novelist

New York City, NY

Viola

Shipman

Internationally Bestselling Author

Palm Springs, CA & Saugatuck, MI

Amber

Smith

Young Adult and Middle Grade Author

Ithaca, NY

Brandon T.

Snider

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

New York, NY

Courtney

Stevens

Young Adult Novelist

Nashville, TN

Elisa

Stone Leahy

Children’s and Middle Grade Author

Columbus, OH

Michelle

Tea

Memoirist & Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Colleen AF

Venable

Award Winning Author

North Adams, MA

Rebekah

Weatherspoon

Romance Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Brittany N.

Williams

Young Adult Novelist

New Orleans, LA