Speakers

Thomas Cahill

New York Times-bestselling historian and author of Heretics and Heroes

Alisyn Camerota

Author, journalist, and anchor of the CNN morning news program New Day.

Francisco Cantú

Former US Border Patrol Agent and author of The Line Becomes a River

John Carreyrou

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller Bad Blood

Susan Casey

New York Times-bestselling author of The Wave and former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine

Brian Castner

Decorated war veteran and author of The Long Walk and Disappointment River

Ed Catmull

Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and author of Creativity, Inc.

Casey Cep

New York Times bestselling author of Furious Hours and New Yorker staff writer

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Former Washington Post journalist and award-winning author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City (inspiration for the 2010 movie Green Zone), Little America, and For Love of Country

Ron Chernow

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton

Lee Child

New York Times-bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels

Richard A. Clarke

America’s first czar of cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, and author of The Fifth Domain.

John Coates

Neuroscientist, former Wall Street trader, and author of The Hour Between Dog and Wolf

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#1 New York Times-bestselling author of Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer

Steve Coll

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New Yorker staff writer, and author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S

Ron Currie, Jr.

Author of Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles, Everything Matters! and God is Dead