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

Award-winning sports writer and editor, author of The Captain Class

Human rights advocate and author of The Girl Who Smiled Beads

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

Author of the New York Times bestseller, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency.

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 bestseller The Warmth of Other Suns

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

Corporate lawyer turned professional forager and author of Foraged Flavor

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

Editor at The Guardian and former President of Uncomfortable Learning at Williams College and free speech advocate

National Book Award and four-time Newbery Honor Winner, and bestselling author of Brown Girl Dreaming

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