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Bestselling Novelists (see all speakers)

Eric Jerome Dickey

New York Times bestselling novelist

Susan Vreeland

Award-winning and bestselling author of GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE and THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA

Kim Edwards

Author of the New York Times bestselling novel THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER


Business & Finance (see all speakers)

Bethany McLean

Fortune Magazine editor and co-author of the national bestseller THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

Derek Gatehouse

Sales performance consultant and author of THE PERFECT SALESFORCE: The 6 Best Practices of the World's Best Sales Teams

Rod Beckstrom

Serial start-up entrepreneur and co-author of four books, including THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER


Culture & Society (see all speakers)

Michael Pollan

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA and IN DEFENSE OF FOOD

Julie Salamon

Award-winning journalist, author, and critic

Joshua Kendall

Award-winning journalist and author of THE MAN WHO MADE LISTS: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus


Diversity (see all speakers)

Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant

Founder and Pastor of The Empowerment Temple

Jacki Lyden

NPR Senior Correspondent

Bich Minh Nguyen

Author of STEALING BUDDHA'S DINNER and writing professor at Purdue University


Environmental Issues (see all speakers)

Rod Beckstrom

Serial start-up entrepreneur and co-author of four books, including THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER

John Perkins

Author of the New York Times bestseller CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN and THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

Steve Ettlinger

Writer, editor, book producer, and author of TWINKIE, DECONSTRUCTED


Health & Wellness (see all speakers)

Lauren Kessler

Bestselling author of DANCING WITH ROSE: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's

Mary Pipher

American Clinical Psychologist and author of the revolutionary bestseller REVIVING OPHELIA

Michael J. Breus, PhD

WebMD's official expert on sleep


Journalism (see all speakers)

Steve Coll

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New Yorker journalist

Ana Marie Cox

Original voice of the political blog Wonkette and Time magazine columnist

Bethany McLean

Fortune Magazine editor and co-author of the national bestseller THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM


Literary Fiction (see all speakers)

Dinaw Mengestu

Recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and Author of THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS

Nathaniel Rich

Senior editor of The Paris Review and author of THE MAYOR'S TONGUE

Junot Díaz

WINNER OF THE 2008 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION


Motivation & Inspiration (see all speakers)

Richard Glaubman

Award-winning co-author of LIFE IS SO GOOD and renowned humanitarian

Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant

Founder and Pastor of The Empowerment Temple

Suzanne Braun Levine

Writer, editor, and nationally recognized authority on women, and author of INVENTING THE REST OF OUR LIVES: Women In Second Adulthood


Our Youth (see all speakers)

Judy Gelman

Co-author of THE BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK and THE KIDS' BOOK CLUB BOOK

Greg Mortenson

Founder of the Pennies for Peace program and co-author and subject of the #1 New York Times bestseller THREE CUPS OF TEA

Richard Peck

Newbery Award–winning children’s author


Politics (see all speakers)

Mark Krikorian

Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies

Jan Crawford Greenburg

ABC News correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of SUPREME CONFLICT

Thomas E. Ricks

Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post journalist and bestselling author of FIASCO


Religion & Spirituality (see all speakers)

Elizabeth Gilbert

One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2008, and author of the New York Times bestseller EAT, PRAY, LOVE

Marilyn Paul, Ph.D.

Organization and management consultant

Rosemary Altea

Spiritual medium, healer, and international bestselling author of THE EAGLE AND THE ROSE


Science & Technology (see all speakers)

Ray Kurzweil

Award-winning technology expert and New York Times bestselling author

Michael Pollan

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA and IN DEFENSE OF FOOD

Bart Kosko, Ph.D., J.D.

Bestselling author of NOISE and FUZZY THINKING


Women's Interests (see all speakers)

China Galland

A leading authority on the Black Madonna, and lecturer and teacher of religion, race, and reconciliation

Marie C. Wilson

Founder and president of The White House Project

Lauren Kessler

Bestselling author of DANCING WITH ROSE: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's