Simon Winchester, best-selling author, journalist, and broadcaster, has worked as a foreign correspondent for most of his career and lectures widely at universities, geological and historical societies, and libraries. His New York Times best-seller, The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom, details the remarkable story of Joseph... read full bio
Sister Souljah is an American author, activist, recording artist, and film producer who is best known for her criticism of Bill Clinton’s remarks about race in the United States during his presidential campaign. Souljah was born in Bronx, New York, and she has earned her B.A. in American History and African Studies from Rutgers University. She has also taken a... read full bio
Sophia Nelson is an American award-winning author, journalist, lawyer, motivational speaker, and political commentator. Nelson was born in Munich, Germany, and was raised in Somerdale, New Jersey. She went on to earn her B.A. in economics and political science from San Diego State University and went on to earn her J.D. from American University. Nelson has been a legal counsel... read full bio
Award-winning, best-selling novelist Sophia Thakur also performs poetry. Sophia will be working on a number of projects to empower communities as the Youth Creator and Educator Ambassador for Jordan's Jumpman23 women's squad. She was been named one of Forbes' under-30 artists and cultural figures in Europe. A room full of career experts were mesmerized by the spoken word artist, who entered the stage... read full bio
Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director who is best known for writing the New York Times best-selling novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” as well as writing and directing the film version of the same name. Chbosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and while growing up, he was influenced by the writings of F. Scott... read full bio
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author and journalist who lives in New York City. He is the co-author, with Steven D. Levitt, of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. He is also the author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family (1998), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper (2003), and a children's... read full bio
Internationally renowned speaker, strategist, and author Stephen Harvill is renowned for his knowledge of organizational dynamics, leadership, sales behavior, and corporate education. Harvill has established himself as a respected counselor and mentor to many companies and leaders throughout the world because of his enthusiasm for fostering success and growth in organizations. Stephen Harvill is a charismatic and captivating speaker who enthralls... read full bio
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From 2007 to 2013, Steve Coll served as the President and CEO of New America. He is currently the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a staff writer for the New Yorker. Coll was managing editor at the Washington Post from 1998-2005, and was previously a feature writer, a foreign correspondent, and an editor at the... read full bio
Steve Martini holds a law degree from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. Martini’s first career was in journalism. He entered private law practice in California, where he appeared in both state and federal courts. During his legal career, he worked as a legislative representative for the State Bar of California, served as special counsel to the... read full bio
Steven Johnson is the host of the BBC TV/PBS series, “How We Got to Now,” and is the best-selling author of the book “Wonderland” and “How We Got to Now.” Johnson was born in Washington, D.C. and he has earned his B.A. in Semiotics from Brown University and his M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University. Johnson is a popular... read full bio
Steven Johnson is an American science author and esteemed media theorist born in Washington, D.C. Johnson is the author of several books detailing issues of science, media, and technology. He has contributed to many networks and websites, including editing for "Wired" and regularly writing for the New York Times, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Johnson has assisted... read full bio
Steven Rinella is an avid outdoorsman and star of the award-winning outdoors hunting series MeatEater, on The Sportsman Channel. He authored The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine; American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon; Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter, and the two-volume series The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game. His... read full bio
Born in Manchester, Georgia, a small Southern town, Stuart Woods attended the public schools in his hometown before earning a BA in sociology from the University of Georgia. He lived in Atlanta for a year after graduating from college and went through two months of basic training for the Air National Guard's "draft-dodger program." Subsequently, he relocated to New York... read full bio
Sunni Brown is an American author, leader of The Doodle Revolution, and founder of Summi Brown Ink, which is a visual thinking consultancy. Through ‘The Doodle Revolution,’ Brown has led the movement to inform people that doodling is good for your brain and isn’t just a distraction. Brown took her concept to a TED conference and gave a TED talk... read full bio
Susan Burton is an author, prison reform activist, and is the Executive Director and founder of the non-profit, A New Way of Life. Burton was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. She was raised in housing projects and had a rough upbringing. Burton later in life had a son who was accidentally hit and killed by a police... read full bio
A self-described "crusader for joy and our common humanity," Susan Fales-Hill has dedicated her twenty-seven-year writing career to bridging the American racial divide by demolishing stereotypes of women and of people of color. One might say it is the job for which she was born. An engaging and dynamic speaker, her topics are all woven with the thread of identity,... read full bio
Thirty works of fiction have been published by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the most recent of which are The Harder They Come, The Terranauts, The Relive Box, Outside Looking In, Talk To Me and I Walk Between the Raindrops. He earned his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, his Ph.D. in Nineteenth Century British Literature from the University of Iowa and his... read full bio
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a well-known author and storyteller who works as a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where her perceptive and provocative writing has won praise from many quarters. Her ability to craft gripping stories for various media is demonstrated by her two novels, including the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble, which she turned into an Emmy-nominated limited... read full bio
Tahl Raz is a New York Times bestselling author, founder and principal of Tahl Raz, and an award-winning journalist. Raz has earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Vassar College and has also studied at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Raz began his career as a reporter at the Jerusalem Post and has gone on to be an editor at Myprimetime.com,... read full bio
