Film and TV Adaptation Speakers

Giving behind-the-scenes insights, these film and TV adaptation author speakers bring stories to life at the podium that we have come to love on the page and screen.

Gillian Flynn

Award-winning author of the #1 bestselling novel Gone Girl

Diana Gabaldon

#1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Outlander series

John Green

#1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska, YouTube content creator, podcaster, and philanthropist

Cheryl Strayed

Author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir Wild and "Dear Sugar" columnist

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Matt Bai

National political columnist for Yahoo News and author of All the Truth is Out

Annie Barrows

Bestselling novelist of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and children's book author

Deborah Blum

Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Poisoner's Handbook and The Poison Squad

Pierce Brown

Author of New York Times bestselling Red Rising series

Ken Burns

Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker

John Carreyrou

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

Ed Catmull

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

Lee Child

New York Times-bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

Gayle Forman

Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay

Karen Joy Fowler

Award-winning and bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Lisa Gardner

#1 New York Times-bestselling crime thriller novelist

Charlaine Harris

New York Times-bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, the basis for the hit HBO series True Blood

Emily Jenkins

Acclaimed author of the popular Toys Go Out and Upside Down Magic series

Craig Johnson

New York Times-bestselling author of the Walt Longmire series

Aaron Mahnke

Creator, writer, and producer of the hit podcast Lore

Yann Martel

Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi and New York Times bestseller Beatrice and Virgil

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

Celeste Ng

Author of the New York Times bestseller Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere

Philippe Petit

Famous french high-wire artist and author of Creativity: The Perfect Crime

Kiley Reid

Debut novelist of instant New York Times-bestselling Such a Fun Age

Louis Sachar

Newbery and National Book Award-winning author of Holes

Marjane Satrapi

Academy Award-nominated director, cartoonist, and author of Persepolis

Neil Shubin

Evolutionary biologist and discoverer of the "Missing Link," and author of Your Inner Fish and The Universe Within

Steve Silberman

Award-winning science writer and New York Times-bestselling author of NeuroTribes

Peter Walsh

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

Colson Whitehead

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

Charles Yu

National Book Award-winning author of Interior Chinatown

Gabrielle Zevin

New York Times-bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Markus Zusak

#1 New York Times- bestselling author of The Book Thief