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Keynotes
- Mary Gordon
- Michael Chabon
- Francine Rivers
- Yann Martel
- Rob Bell
- Kathleen Norris
- Elizabeth Berg
- Katherine Paterson
Children & Young Adult
- Joan Bauer
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Dorina Lazo Gilmore
- Nancy Hull
- Barry Moser
- Jon J Muth
- Kadir Nelson
- Katherine Paterson
- Gary Schmidt
- Carole Boston Weatherford
Fiction
- Uwem Akpan
- David Athey
- Sefi Atta
- Elizabeth Berg
- Mischa Berlinski
- Davis Bunn
- Michael Chabon
- Hugh Cook
- Lawrence Dorr
- Diane Glancy
- Mary Gordon
- Olga Grushin
- Ingrid Hill
- Eric Jager
- Edward P. Jones
- Beena Kamlani
- Haven Kimmel
- Yann Martel
- Jeffrey Overstreet
- Francine Rivers
- Elizabeth Strout
- Brady Udall
- Helena María Viramontes
Film
- Jeffrey Overstreet
- David Paterson
- Randy Testa
Journalism
- Mischa Berlinski
- Brian Doyle
- Robert Finch
- Cathleen Falsani
- Ed Gilbreath
- Dorina Lazo Gilmore
- Krista Tippett
- John Wilson
Memoir
- Scott Cairns
- Carlos Eire
- Mary Karr
- Haven Kimmel
- Kathleen Norris
- Jon Sweeney
- Phyllis Tickle
- Krista Tippett
Music
- Sam Beam
- Mary Louise Bringle
Non-fiction
- Elizabeth Berg
- Scott Cairns
- Brian Doyle
- Carlos Eire
- Ed Ericson
- Cathleen Falsani
- Robert Finch
- Ed Gilbreath
- Diane Glancy
- Mary Gordon
- Alan Jacobs
- Eric Jager
- Beena Kamlani
- Mary Karr
- Haven Kimmel
- John Leax
- Paul Mariani
- Charle Marsh
- Kathleen Norris
- Jon Sweeney
- Dan Taylor
- Randy Testa
- Phyllis Tickle
- Krista Tippett
- Paul Willis
Poetry
- David Athey
- Barbara Crooker
- Scott Cairns
- Brian Doyle
- Linda Nemec Foster
- Diane Glancy
- Rod Jellema
- Patricia Johnson
- Mary Karr
- John Leax
- Paul Mariani
- Thom Satterlee
- Luci Shaw
- Paul Willis
- Franz Wright
Theatre
- Deborah Brevoort
- Diane Glancy
- David Paterson
Illustration and Visual Arts
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Kevin Huizenga
- Barry Moser
- Jon J Muth
- Kadir Nelson
- Steve Prince