Science & Technology

Omar

Abed

Children’s Author

Dulles, VA

Kerri

Arsenault

Award Winning Author

Hartford, CT

Marie

Benedict

Bestselling Historical Novelist

Pittsburgh, PA

Erika

Bolstad

Author of Narrative Nonfiction

Portland, OR

Greg

Cajete

Indigenous Educator

Albuquerque, NM

John

Chester

Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker

Burbank, CA

Amitav

Ghosh

Award Winning Author & Global Thinker

New York, NY

Lyanda Lynn

Haupt

Award-Winning Author

Seattle, WA

Alison

Hawthorne Deming

Award Winning Poet and Essayist

Tucson, AZ

Linda

Hogan

Chickasaw Novelist, Poet & Essayist

Denver, CO

Ken

Liu

Award Winning Fantasy Author

Boston, MA

Jen

Malia

Professor of English & Creative Writing

Virginia Beach, VA

Ira

Marcks

Award-Winning Cartoonist

Albany, NY

Stephen

Markley

Bestselling Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Emma

Marris

Author of Environmental Nonfiction

Portland, OR

Lindsay

Metcalf

Award Winning Children’s Author

Concordia, KS

Bryn

Nelson

Science Writer

Seattle, WA

Leila

Philip

Award-Winning Nonfiction Author

Woodstock, CT

Cassandra

Quave

Author & Scientist

Atlanta, GA

Katherine

Roy

Author & Illustrator of Children’s Books

Portland, OR

Elizabeth

Rusch

Award Winning Author

Portland, OR

Dana

Schwartz

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Ed

Steckley

Children’s BookIllustrator

Milwaukee, WI

Sofi

Thanhauser

Writer & Artist

Brooklyn, NY

Barbara

Wall

Storyteller& Educator

Keene, ON

Kinari

Webb

Nonfiction Writer

San Francisco, CA

Kyle

Whyte

Professor

Detroit, MI