Award & Prize Winners
Our speakers have been honored with numerous awards and accolades for their work, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, Newberry and National Book Awards. Beyond being recognized in their respective fields, these speakers deliver compelling presentations to audiences at major corporate events, notable medical and business conferences, colleges and universities, as well as community libraries and book clubs.
Jennifer Egan
Critically Acclaimed Novelist and Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad
Patricia Reilly Giff
Two-time Newbery Honor winning author of such beloved novels as Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods
Gary Paulsen
Prolific Three-Time Newbery Honor Winner, Hailed as "One of the Best Loved Writers Alive" by The New York Times
Darin Strauss
Bestselling novelist and author of the acclaimed memoir Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
Dr. James D. Watson
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Who Discovered, Along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, the Structure of DNA
Tim Weiner
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the National Book Award-winning Legacy of Ashes
Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize Winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Warmth of Other Suns
Lawrence Wright
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning The Looming Tower, Screenwriter and New Yorker Journalist
Markus Zusak
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Book Thief, a Book Club Favorite and Beloved Novel Embraced by Readers of All Ages
