Authors & Speakers

Stimulating the minds and nurturing the souls of readers.

Main Tent Speakers

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Isabel Allende
Dave Barry
Tom Brokaw
David Brooks
Daniel James Brown
Billy Collins
Billy Collins
Wade Davis
James and Deborah Fallows
Niall Ferguson
Anthony Ray Hinton
Philip K. Howard
Tom Ikeda
Walter Isaacson
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Captain Scott Kelly
Steven E. Koonin
H.R. McMaster
Roger McNamee
David M. Rubenstein
Lisa See
Amy Tan
Dr. Eric Topol
Amor Towles
Jesmyn Ward
Bari Weiss
Simon Winchester, O.B.E.

Breakout Session Speakers

Akbar Ahmed
Dr. Euan Ashley
Jamie Bernstein
Douglas Brinkley
John Briscoe
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
Tim Brown
Charina Chou, Ph.D.
David Crane
Alison R. Crowther
Esi Edugyan
Lukman Faily
Lisa Fenn
Sally Fernandez
Alex Filippenko
Chris Flink
Craig Frazier
Francis Fukuyama, Ph.D.
Don George
J. Douglas Holladay
Pedro Irazoqui, Ph.D.
Steven Johnson
Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D.
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Mack McCarter
Michael McFaul
John McReynolds
Dr. Joyce Mikal-Flynn
Bill Milliken
Alana Nichols
Caitlin O’Connell, Ph.D.
R.J. Palacio
Nicole Perlroth
Bill Petrocelli
Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner
Dr. Ramon Resa
Richard Rhodes
Tom Rinaldi
Joseph Rodota
Daniel Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez
Rebecca Rosenberg
Darcey Rosenblatt
Dan Russell, PhD
John Burnham Schwartz
Michael Shellenberger
Julia Flynn Siler
Dr. Gary Small
Anne Snyder
Claire Spafford
James Strock
Deepa Thomas
Trudi Trueit
Les Vadasz
Jose Antonio Vargas
Matthew Walker
Justin Wangler and Tracey Shepos Cemani
Wells Whitney, Sc.D.
Dr. R. Sanders Williams
Charles E. Young, Ph.D.
Andrew Zaldivar, Ph.D.

Virtual Festival Speakers

Jordan Blashek & Chris Haugh
Robert Franklin
Adam Hochschild
Hawk Koch
Mac McQuown
Naomi Shihab Nye
Colin O’Brady
Jeffrey Rosen
Robert Theleen
Andy Weinberger
Damon West

Legend

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