Brent Lambert, Acquiring Editor and Social Media Manager, FIYAH Lit Magazine
Tamara McNeil, Founder and CEO, Just Like Me! Box
Michele Martin, Vice President and Publisher, North Star Way, Simon and Schuster (Published I Don’t Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice by Keke Palmer)
Marjaun Canady, CEO, Co-Founder, and Author, Callaloo Kids
Nabeeh Bilal, CCO, Co-Founder, and Illustrator, Callaloo Kids
Shannon Hitchock, Author (Scholastic) One True Way
Deanne Urmy, Senior Executive Editor, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Edited This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe)
Matia Burnett, Assistant Editor, Children’s Reviews Department, Publishers Weekly
Tamar Rydzinski, Vice President and Director of Subsidiary Rights, Laura Dail Literary Agency
Box Brown, Cartoonist and Author
Katrina Walker, Entrepreneur and Author, Unbreakable: The Katrina Walker Story 5 Husbands, and from Homeless to Self-Made Millionaire
Kellye Garrett, Author and #PitchWars Mentor
Kendra Levin, Executive Editor, Viking Children’s Books, Penguin Young Readers Group
John Maher, Associate Editor, Publishers Weekly
Christine Pride, Senior Editor, Simon and Schuster
Tony Forte, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, WOODstack /GMM and co-partner of the Angela Yee Book Club.
Joy Peskin, Editorial Director, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Tasha Hilton, Digital Marketing Manager, Atria Books, Simon and Schuster
Lisa DuBois, Artist and Illustrator of Rugrats #1
Keturah Ariel, Artist and Illustrator of I Am Enough by Grace Gealey-Byers
Tawanna Sullivan, Associate Director of Subsidiary Rights (Berkley, Jove, and Ace), Penguin Random House
Lisa Morton, President of the Horror Writers Association
Michael Bush, Author of The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson [Insight Editions]
Marla Frazee, Author and Illustrator of It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton, The Boss Baby, The Bossier Baby
Charli Hodge, Author of Hello Beautiful Brown Girl!
Octavia Samuels, Author and Publisher of Hello Beautiful Brown Girl!
Dr. Ashley Denmark, Author of Olivia’s Doctor Adventures
Andrea Davis Pinkney, Author and Vice President, Executive Editor, Trade Editorial, Scholastic
Carrie Thornton, Editorial Director, Dey Street Books, HarperCollins
Mathew Knowles, Phd.D, Author, Racism From the Eyes of a Child, The DNA of Achievers; and The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music
Teri Coaxum, Founder, CEO, Coaxum Connects, Author, Peaceful Pondering: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Inner Peace
Emma Dryden, Founder and Principal, drydenbks
James Mtume, Grammy-Award winning musician, songwriter, activist, radio host [Unsung life story]
Deborah Gregory, Author, The Cheetah Girls
Alessandra Balzer, Co-Publisher, Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins
Nono The Poet, Author, Publisher, Soul Vagina: In Between Sex and God, Who Am I?
Diann Valentine, Author, Publisher, Going The Distance For Love: 22 Tips On Handling Your Issues and Finding Love…Wherever It May Be
Daniel José Older, Author, Shadowshaper series, Dactyl Hill Squad (Fall, 2018), etc.
Allen Maldonado, Writer, A Father’s Love; blackish; The Last OG
Kellon Akeem, Producer, A Father’s Love
Pratima Rao Gluckman, Author, Nevertheless, She Persisted
Yahdon Israel, Writer, and Creator of Literaryswag
Michelle Staubach Grimes, Author, Pidge Takes The Stage
Megan Devine, Author, It’s Okay That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
D.B. Moffatt, Author, The Misbirth
Curtis Bunn, Author and Founder, National Book Club Conference
Markette Sheppard, Author, What is Light?; television host
Angelo Ellerbee, Public Relations guru; Author, The Sense of Success
Marc Shapiro, Author, Renaissance Man: The Lin Manuel Miranda Story, An Unauthorized Biography
Mollie Glick, Literary Agent, CAA
Mathew Knowles, Author, The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music; music mogul
Tom Wascoe, Author, Child of the Dust
Zachary S. Williams, Actor, I Am Frankie
Chas Bronxson, CEO, M.O.U.N. Records
Jerald L. Hoover, Author, My Friend, My Hero
Naghmeh Shirkhan, Filmmaker, Maki
Michelle Wolett, Owner and Designer, Once Upon a Book Club
Walter J. Tucker, MBA, Founder and President, LiveThe.Biz
Alvaro, Painter and Illustrator, Part 1 and Part 2
Julia Young, Comedy Writer, Performer, Author, Please Don’t Grab My P#$$Y: A Rhyming Presidential Guide; Wild N’ Out
Mimi, Recording Artist, The Life of Mimi
Jacob Tolliver, Rock ‘N’ Roll Pianist and Artist, “Santa Baby”
Lathea Williams, Book Publicist
Marc Shapiro, Author, John McCain: A View from the Hill
Kyle Knight, Conscious Lyricist, Artist, The Truth Remix
Re Mattei, Country artist/musician, Feels Like It’s Gonna Rain (single)
Courtney Young, Executive Editor, Riverhead Books
Romola Hodas, Author, The Princess of 42nd Street: Surviving My Childhood as the Daughter of Times Square’s King of Porn
Ben Philippe, Author, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager (Balzer + Bray)
FATi, Singer, “L.O.V.E. Love”
RJ Young, Author, Let It Bang: A Young Black Man’s Reluctant into Odyssey
Elaine Halligan, Author, My Child’s Different: The Lessons Learned from One Family’s Struggle to Unlock Their Son’s Potential
Brent Kinetz, Co-director, 1 Billion Orgasms
Terence Mickey, Co-director, 1 Billion Orgasms
Dionne Warwick, Artist, She’s Back
Tanya, Founder, General Manager, Blu Notebooks
Ashley Thompson, Author, Founder, Ella’s Greatest Adventures
Charles Ford, Author, The Anatomy of a Corporate Lynching
Kate Napolitano, Senior Editor, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tara Gyemibi aka Mz Tara Bell, Natural Hair Influencer
Nadia Kalman, Editor and Curriculum Designer, Words Without Borders Campus; and author, The Cosmopolitans
Patrick Kilpatrick, Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Writer, Author, Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot: VOLUME ONE – UPBRINGING. Part 2
Heidi Yewman, Director, Producer, Author, Behind the Bullet
Zeke Zelker, Director, Producer, Writer, Billboard
Stephen Davis, Journalist, Author, Truthteller: An Investigative Reporter’s Journey Through the World of Truth Prevention, Fake News and Conspiracy Theories
Suzanne Skees, Author, Curator, MY JOB book series, Founder and Board Chair, Skees Family Foundation
Lou Alpert, Author, Surrender: A Love Letter to My Daughter
Akira Chan, Entrepreneur and Filmmaker, Black Star
Roberto Tostado, MD, Author, wtf* is wrong with our health? *what the food: A Rebel Physician’s Manifesto for Reversing Disease and Increasing Smiles
Liana Ramirez, Actress, Power Rangers Beast Morphers, Author, The Secrets Within Me
Gary Merritt, Author, The Altered Adventure
Katrina Walker, Playwright, Ms. Dee’s Kitchen
Arjun Marwaha, Author, Our Changing Earth: Why Climate Change Matters to Young People
Nolan Gross, Actor, Model, Creator
Lisa Moore Ramée, Author, A Good Kind of Trouble . Part 1 and Part 2.
Lydia Dean, Author, Jumping the Picket Fence
Mariama J. Lockington, Author, For Black Girls Like Me . Part 1, Part 2
Marc Shapiro, Author, Burn the Stage: The Rise of BTS and Korean Boy Bands
A. Lee Martinez, Author, the Constance Verity series
Kyle Grappone, Author, Founder, To The Next Step
Chris Kenneally, Filmmaker, Already Gone and Side By Side
Layng Martine, Jr., Songwriter, Author, Permission to Fly: A Memoir of Love, Crushing Loss, and Triumph, Part 2
Jonathan Corbblah, Trivia Expert, Best Ever Trivia Show
Julian Winters, Author, How to Be Remy Cameron. Part 2
Cevin Soling, Author, The Student Resistance Handbook, Filmmaker
Cody Newman, Musician, End of Infinity
Dr. Brian P. Simon, Real estate entrepreneur and author, The Real Estate Journey: From Dreaming & Home Buying to Realty & Entrepreneurship
Marcellas Reynolds, Author, Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion. Part 2, Part 3
Rob Price, Co-founder, Gatekeeper Press
Tony Chellini, Co-founder, Gatekeeper Press
Casey Suchan, Co-director, The Animal People, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
Peter Lee, Director, Angelfish, Part 1, Part 2
Malcom X. Bowser, Author, Urban Xcellence: Unveiling Extraordinary Stories by Everyday People
Nandi Taylor, Author, Given
Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Actor, HBO’s Mare of Easttown
J.E. Mooney, Author, The Siren of Good Intentions
Matthew Dawkins, Wicked, Wild, Wonderful
Jane Harrington, Lucy’s E-Journal; EXTREME PETS!; In Circling Flight
Jenny Block, Author, Be That Unicorn: Find Your Magic, Live Your Truth, and Share Your Shine
Markette Sheppard, Author, My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
Jeremy Bhandari, Author, Trust the Grind: How World-Class Athletes Got To The Top
Charly Palmer, Fine artist, painter, illustrator, My Rainy Day Rocket Ship, There’s a Dragon in My Closet
Crown Shepherd, Author, Black Boy, Black Boy
Robert Pascuzzi, Author, The Ravine
Dr. Eric Goodman, Author, Your Anxiety Beast and You: A Compassionate Guide to Living in an Increasingly Anxious World
Jessica Kim, Author, Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
Tõnya Lewis Taylor, Author, Be You, Not Her: Becoming the Woman You Were Created to Be
Daven McQueen, Author, The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
Vanessa Chen, Author, A Butterfly Universe
Patrick Sweeney, Political Director, EveryLibrary
Jeannine Amber, Book collaborator, I Tried to Change so You Don’t Have to: True Life Lessons by Loni Love; Co-author, Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls with Carrie Goldberg
Kristin Harper, Author, The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career
Lisa Moore Ramée, Author, Something to Say
Ryan Leak, Speaker, Author, Unoffendable: No Offense. None Taken
Victoria Garrick, Founder, The Hidden Opponent, and resource in Geese Are Never Swans by Kobe Bryant and Eva Clark
Jay Coles, Composer, and Author, Tyler Johnson Was Here
Adam Cruz, DJ, Record Label Owner, Radio Host, Author, Free the Music Business: Tips and Tales from an Indie Music Nerd
Nena Erb, ACE, Editor, Insecure; Little America
Janice McLean DeLoatch, Entrepreneur, Founder, TheBlackShoppingNetworks.com, Author, Autobiography of an Entrepreneur; Part 1; Part 2
Ssanyu Lukoma, Founder, Executive Director, Brown Kids Read; host, The Book Junkie Podcast
Katherin Hervey, Director, Producer, The Prison Within
Troy Williams, Cinematographer, Subject, The Prison Within
Booki Vivat, Author, Illustrator, Frazzled series; Abbie Wu’s (not so) Epic Quarantine Diary
Sajidah “S.K.” Ali, Author, Saints and Misfits; Love From A to Z; The Proudest Blue; Once Upon An Eid; Part 2
Ben Philippe, Author, Charming As A Verb
Hezues R, Filmmaker, Suicide Saint
Kelly Starling Lyons, Author, All Aboard! and Zip, Zoom! from Ty’s Travels
Nena Erb, ACE, Film & TV Editor, Q&A
Phlipp Yaw, Filmmaker, Rudeboy’s Restaurant
Jen SluMac, Author, soulnotskin: becoming the me I was meant to be; host, Just Say It
Alyson Williams, Singer, Summer Nights in Harlem
Marcus E.T., Author, Chimera Revolution: The Nue-Gaea Chronicles
Ivy Claire Pochoda, Author, Epoca: The River of Sand
Devyn Bakewell, Author, Greater Love
Jane Owen, Publicist, Author, Tom Woof & Max the Owl
Luomei Lyu, Founder, Chang-E Project; Author, YES, I AM A FEMINIST: An Introduction For Young Students On Their Way To Becoming Life-Long Feminist
Marissa Valdez, Illustrator, Ambitious Girl
Glenn Lewis, Author, Sparring With Smokin’ Joe: Joe Frazier’s Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
Dave Wooley, Producer & Entrepreneur, Featured in Mike Tyson: The Knockout
Latoya B. McPherson, Author, Scars That Never Heal
Arjun Vij, Author, In Bad Water
Ammon and Liahona, singers/songwriters, “Make Me Forget It”
Rachelle Storm, Author, Absolution series
Melba Moore, Singer, Imagine
Kristin Marguerite Doidge, Author, Nora Ephron: A Biography
Matt Wade, YouTube Creator, the detail.
Omar Mora, Author, Publisher, Ancient Explorers: The Lost City of Peru
Ava Della Pietra, Singer/Songwriter, long way home
Hope Goins, Senior congresswoman, Author, The Adventures of Chloe and Chris: The Three Branches of Government.
Rachelle Storm, Author, Absolution: Revelations
Robert Agis, President, Starry Forest Books
John Bray, Author, The End
Josh Cleland, Illustrator, The End
Josephine Atluri, Responding to Life Podcast Host, Author, Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present, and Connected; 5-Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy: Simple Practices to Feel Calm, Present, and Connected to Your Baby
Phoebe White, Recording artist and musician, UnXpected
Charles Ford, The Anatomy of a Corporate Lynching audiobook
María Amparo Escandòn, Author, L.A. Weather
David Banks, Actor, Author, How To Make a Living As a Commercial Actor: Tips to Give You the Ultimate Advantage in the Auditioning Game
Tiffany Lanier, Entrepreneur, Author, I Can’t Wait to Vote
Larry Hart, Author, The Recruit’s Playbook: A 4-Year Guide to College Football Recruitment for High School Students
Suzanne Park, Author, The Christmas Clash
Randee Dawn, Author, Tune in Tomorrow
Simone Gordon, Founder and CEO, The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation
Devyn Bakewell, Author, Greater Life
Stacie Davis Hamilton, Filmmaker, Another Christmas
Sam Benjamin, Actor, Writer, The Pay Day
Jerald LeVon Hoover, Author, A Basketball Hero is Born
Sheena Faust, Actor, Another Christmas
Jessi Park, Author, Soul Beneficiary: The Good, Better, Best Guide to Success in Selling Insurance; Entrepreneur
Hexael Rivera, Novelist, Mysteries of Sir Lionheart: The Intricate Code
Dr. Sidjae Price, Author, Chasing Rainbows; Entrepreneur
Jared McPhoy, Author, By Grace Through Faith: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Cheyenne Gadsden, Author, Dream Big Young One: Believe it and It Will Come True
Barry Jay, Director, Writer, The Way Out
Mike Manning, Actor, The Way Out