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Guest Speakers
Learn from the best creative minds and industry leaders.
New York Times Bestselling Author, Lessons in Chemistry
President Emeritus, Producers Guild of America
New York Times Bestselling Author, The Henna Artist
Songwriter, multiple Grammy winner and Oscar winner
Screenwriter, There’s Something About Mary
New York Times Bestselling author, Maid
Literary Agent, Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.
Literary Agent, Young Adults
Music supervisor, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Gilmore Girls
NYT Bestselling author, Blow Your House Down
Screenwriter, Christmas on Cherry Lane
New York Times Bestselling Author, Before We Were Yours
NYT bestselling author, The Wedding Veil
USA Today bestselling author, The Vibrant Years
Writer and director, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull
New York Times Bestselling Author, The Many Lives of Mama Love
Chairman, Motion Picture Corporation of America
Essayist and former editor on Interview magazine
TV Writing Veteran, Showrunner, and Author of A Paper Orchestra
Writer-director, Low Tide, and The Bomb
Screenwriter, Dumb and Dumber
Screenwriter, Carry-On (2024)
Screenwriter, Disturbia, Red Eye
Manager and President of Avatar Entertainment
Writer-Director, Disney’s Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
New York Times Bestselling Author, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Author, The Virginia Mysteries
Publicist for authors, Taeckens Marketing and PR
Emmy winning writer and executive producer, The Bear
President Emeritus, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Author, Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself
Writer and Co-Creator, Friends and Grace and Frankie
President, Denise Di Novi Productions
Producer, Director, and Screenwriter, Hocus Pocus, and Stephen King's Bag of Bones
Screenwriter, The Christmas Card
Literary Agent, Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.
Oscar-nominated composer and conductor
Literary Agent, Andy Ross Literary Agency
Screenwriter, The Housewives of the Northpole
International Bestselling Author, Across the Winding River
NYT Bestselling author, All the Missing Girls
Author, His Perfect Partner
Pulitzer Prize, Doubt; Academy Award, Moonstruck
President Emeritus of Women in Film, and Producer
Producer, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award Winner, Best Picture, Nomadland
Academy Award-Nominated Writer Pirates of the Caribbean
Author, Maria’s Scarf: A Memoir of a Mother’s Love, a Son’s Perseverance, and Dreaming Big
International bestselling author, The Hundred Foot Journey
Co-Director, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Co-Director, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Author, Black Titan: A. G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Editor, Harper Collins
Director of international blockbuster, Grease
Author, Beyond Wanting: The Art of True Manifestation
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