Theresa MacPhail
Medical anthropologist and author of Allergic
Speakers
Rebecca Makkai
Author of Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Great Believers and I Have Some Questions for You
Emily St. John Mandel
Author of 2014 National Book Award finalist Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility
Yann Martel
Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi and New York Times bestseller Beatrice and Virgil
Sarah McBride
Delaware State Senator, LGBTQ activist, and National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign
Carine McCandless
Author of New York Times bestseller The Wild Truth and consultant and contributor to Jon Krakauer's book and Sean Penn's critically acclaimed film Into the Wild
Dr. Matt McCarthy
Bestselling author of Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic and Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
Christopher McDougall
Author of Born to Run, journalist, and innovator of the barefoot-running movement
Greg McKeown
Author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, CEO of THIS Inc., and Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum
Paula McLain
New York Times-bestselling author of The Paris Wife, Circling the Sun, Love and Ruin and When the Stars Go Dark
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
Author of Becoming Heroines, activist, and founder and CEO of The Gaia Project for Women's Leadership
Bethany McLean
Vanity Fair contributing editor and co-author of All the Devils are Here and the national bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room
Dinaw Mengestu
Named one of The New Yorker "20 Under 40" writers to watch and author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air
Tara Mohr
Founder of the acclaimed global Playing Big leadership program and expert on women's leadership and well-being
Leila Mottley
Author of Oprah’s Book Club selection Nightcrawling and former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland