Speakers

Freelance writer and former science reporter for The New York Times

Journalist and author of Futureface

Acclaimed memoirist and author of Bad Mother and Love and Treasure

Journalist and author of The Art of Noticing

Organizational design expert, television and radio personality, and New York Times bestselling author

Human rights advocate and author of The Girl Who Smiled Beads

Neurosurgeon, Iraq War veteran, and author of I've Seen the End of You

Award-winning author of Lot and Memorial

Chef, author, activist, and founder of Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard Project

Bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman and Founder of Tempest, Inc.

Bestselling author on Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad

Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste

Author of Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture

Actress, writer, and advocate for dementia research and caregivers

Author of The Interestings and The Ten-Year Nap

Founder and board co-chairman of Room to Read and author of Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

Former President of Uncomfortable Learning at Williams College, author of Uncensored, and free speech advocate

National Book Award and four-time Newbery Honor Winner, MacArthur Fellow, and bestselling author of Red at the Bone

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and staff writer for The New Yorker

Columbia law professor, originator of the term "net neutrality," and contributing writer for The New York Times