Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of forty legal, domestic, psychological, and historical thrillers. She has a blockbuster career, having written bestselling books for almost forty years, including her new psychological thriller, This Changes Everything. She has more than 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She […]
Lichtblau
Eric Lichtblau has devoted his career to exposing abuses of power wherever he finds them. For 30 years, Lichtblau was a reporter for such high-profile outlets as The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, where he focused on law enforcement and matters of national security. He has also written for The New Yorker, […]
Storoni
Dr. Mithu Storoni is an eye surgeon and neuroscience researcher turned writer and speaker who explores how to optimize mental performance in the digital age. Trained as a physician at the University of Cambridge, she combines cutting-edge neuroscience with practical insight to help individuals and organizations work in sync with how the brain truly functions. […]
Lin
Tom Lin knew from an early age that he wanted to write books. While still a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Davis, he published his first novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, which received the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for its bold reimagining of the classic Western from the […]
Preston
Douglas Preston is an award-winning author of dozens of bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles. He writes about archaeology and anthropology for The New Yorker, taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University, and served as president of The Authors Guild, the nation’s oldest and largest association of authors and journalists. Growing up in Massachusetts with two equally curious and […]
Okereke
Maynard Okereke, better known as the Hip Hop M.D. or “MayNERD” from his breakthrough kid’s science show MayNERD’s Wild World of Science, graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Civil Engineering. He is an award-winning science communicator, having received the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Social Media, The National Society of Black Engineers’ […]
Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre is the former White House Press Secretary and Senior Advisor to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Born in Martinique and raised in New York by Haitian immigrant parents, she was instilled with the belief that hard work and perseverance could help create a better life for her family. As the first Black person and […]
Hamilton
Jen Hamilton is a labor and delivery nurse with more than a decade of bedside experience helping mothers and families navigate one of the most impactful experiences of their lives. A viral TikTok creator with a social media following of over 6 million across platforms, Hamilton is known for blending clinical expertise with frank humor, empathy, […]
Sewell
Roderick Sewell II made history in 2019 when—at just 27 years old—he became the first double above-the-knee amputee to complete the IRONMAN World Championship. His journey is a powerful testament to athletic determination, personal triumph, and the power of family, sacrifice, and unshakable will. Born without tibias in both legs, Sewell’s future was shaped by […]
Milchtein
Chaya Milchtein is an automotive educator, writer, and advocate dedicated to empowering everyday drivers—especially women and queer people—with the confidence to navigate car ownership. A former foster youth who aged out of the system, Chaya began her career at 18 with a job at a Sears Auto Center in Wisconsin, a turning point that led […]
