Literature & Fiction
Many of our Literature & Fiction speakers have been honored with top accolades in their field, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, PEN/Faulkner Awards, and National Book Critics Circle Awards. Whether giving a speech to a small group of dedicated university students, a lecture to a community library, or an innovative keynote address to a major corporation, our literary legends never fail to engage audiences with stories of their craft, their inspiration, and their unique perspective on the world.
Book Club Favorites
Annie Barrows
Bestselling Novelist of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Children's Book Author
Dan Chaon
National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of literary novels and short story collections
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Bestselling novelist and co-founder of The Camellia Network, assisting foster care youth
Jennifer Egan
Critically Acclaimed Novelist and Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad
Yann Martel
Winner of the Man Booker Prize-Winning Life of Pi and New York Times bestseller Beatrice and Virgil
Darin Strauss
Bestselling novelist and author of the acclaimed memoir Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize Winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Warmth of Other Suns
Markus Zusak
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Book Thief, a Book Club Favorite and Beloved Novel Embraced by Readers of All Ages
