Memoir & Personal Journeys

Eddie

Ahn

Graphic Novelist & Artist

San Francisco, CA

Elissa

Altman

Food Writer & Literary Memoirist

Hartford, CT

Kerri

Arsenault

Award Winning Author

Hartford, CT

Erica

Bauermeister

Bestselling Author & Educator

Seattle, WA

Barbara

Becker

Award Winning Author

New York, NY

Erica

Berry

Prize Winning Non-Fiction Writer

Portland, OR

Jenna

Blum

Bestselling Novelist & Memoirist

Boston, MA

Erika

Bolstad

Author of Narrative Nonfiction

Portland, OR

Emily

Bowen Cohen

Award Winning Graphic Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Patrick

Bringley

Bestselling Author

New York NY

Abby

Chava Stein

Memoirist & Educator

New York, NY

John

Chester

Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker

Burbank, CA

Jasmin

Darznik

Novelist & Memoirist

San Francisco, CA

Jennifer

De Leon

Young Adult & Memoir/Essay Author

Boston, MA

Jonathan

Eig

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Chicago, IL

Phyllis

Elmore

Author & Speaker

Orlando, FL

Andrew

Forsthoefel

Memoirist & Nonfiction Writer

Freeport, ME

John

Francis

UN Goodwill Ambassador

Cape May, NJ

Jack

Gantos

Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Boston, MA

Malaka

Gharib

Award Winning YA Graphic Novelist

Nashville, TN

Laurel

Goodluck

Award Winning Picture Book Author

Albuquerque, NM

Reyna

Grande

Bestselling Memoirist & Novelist

Sacramento, CA

Winona

Guo

TED Residency Fellow

San Francisco, CA

Winona & Priya

Guo & Vulchi

TED Residency Fellows

San Francisco, CA

Lyanda Lynn

Haupt

Award-Winning Author

Seattle, WA

Leigh Ann

Henion

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boone, NC

Michelle

Horton

Writer and Activist

Westchester, NY

J.R.

Jamison

Award-Winning Memoirist & Fiction Writer

Indianapolis, IN

David

Joy

Award Winning Novelist

Charlotte, NC

Kathlyn J.

Kirkwood

Middle Grade Author

Memphis, TN

Chris

La Tray

Métis storyteller

Missoula, MT

Jenny

Lawson

Award Winning Author

San Antonio, Texas

Julia

Lee

Korean American Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Justin

Lee

Bridge-Builder

Charlotte, NC

Edward

Lee

James Beard Award Winning Author

Elizabeth

Letts

NYT Bestselling Author

Wilmington, DE

Laurie

Lico Albanese

Award Winning Novelist

Newark, NJ

Larry

Loftis

New York Times Bestselling Author & Screenwriter

Orlando, FL

Meredith

Maran

Nonfiction Writer & Memoirist

Los Angeles, CA

Andrew

Maraniss

New York Times Bestselling Author

Brentwood, TN

Mallory

McDuff

Spiritual Nonfiction Author

Asheville, NC

Kelly

McMasters

Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Jasminne

Mendez

Award Winning Author

Houston, TX

Margot

Mifflin

Nonfiction Writer

Newark, NJ

Adiba

Nelson

Inspirational Speaker & Memoirist

Tucson, AZ

Nora

Neus

Emmy-nominated Journalist

Brooklyn, NY

Leigh

Newman

Award Winning Author

Matthew

Pearl

Novelist & Nonfiction Writer

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Andy J.

Pizza

Bestselling Author-Illustrator

Columbus, OH

Cassandra

Quave

Author & Scientist

Atlanta, GA

Saïd

Sayrafiezadeh

Award-Winning Memoirist & Fiction Writer

New York, NY

Viola

Shipman

Internationally Bestselling Author

Palm Springs, CA & Saugatuck, MI

Kate

Swenson

Bestselling Author

St. Paul, MN

Deborah

Taffa

Award Nominated Author

Santa Fe, NM

Michelle

Tea

Memoirist & Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Dawn

Tripp

Bestselling Author

Providence, RI

Lisa

Unger

Bestselling Novelist

Tampa, FL

Jamie

Varon

Bestselling Non-Fiction Author

Los Angeles, CA

Sarah

Vogel

Nonfiction Author

Bismarck, ND

Priya

Vulchi

Author

Cambridge, MA

Kirk

Wallace Johnson

Nonfiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Jonathan

Waterman

Award-Winning Author and Photographer

Vail, CO

Irvin

Weathersby

Writer & Journalist

New York, NY

Ian

Williams

Author of Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Toronto, ON

Lakita

Wilson

Children’s/Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Baltimore, MD

Monica

Wood

Novelist & Memoirist

Portland, ME