Children
- Mary Brigid Barrett
- Harry Bliss
- Calef Brown
- Carmen Agra Deedy
- Tomie dePaola
- Exquisite Corpse Adventure
- Joe Hayes
- William Joyce
- Dorie McCullough Lawson
- John Bemelmans Marciano
- Sam McBratney
- John McCutcheon
- Julianne Moore
- Jon J Muth
- Chris Van Dusen
Teens
- Cassandra Clare
- Susan Cooper
- Sarah Dessen
- Jack Gantos
- Gordon Korman
- Uma Krishnaswami
- Fredrick L. McKissack Jr.
- Patricia McKissack
- Shelia P. Moses
- Kadir Nelson
- Katherine Paterson
- Gary Schmidt
- Brian Selznick
- Rita Williams-Garcia
Contemporary Life
- Joel Achenbach
- Amy Chua
- Bob Edwards
- Leon Fleisher
- Joshua Foer
- Jessica Harris
- Marc Kaufman
- Hoda Kotb
- Jim Lehrer
- Anne Midgette
- Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Sylvia Nasar
- Sarah Vowell
Fiction & Mystery
- Sherman Alexie
- Russell Banks
- Louis Bayard
- Steve Berry
- Jennifer Egan
- Margaret George
- Laura Lippman
- Gregory Maguire
- Terry McMillan
- Toni Morrison
- Sara Paretsky
- Esmeralda Santiago
- Neal Stephenson
History & Biography
- Eric Foner
- Adam Goodheart
- Maya Jasanoff
- Justin Martin
- David McCullough
- Candice Millard
- Kristie Miller
- Edmund Morris
- Carla L. Peterson
- Eugene Robinson
- James L. Swanson
- Douglas Waller
- Isabel Wilkerson
Poetry & Prose
- Michael Cunningham
- Rita Dove
- Dave Eggers
- Claudia Emerson
- Mary Gordon
- Kimiko Hahn
- Terrance Hayes
- Garrison Keillor
- Yusef Komunyakaa
- Linda Pastan
- Poetry Out Loud
- John Milliken Thompson
- Jonathan Yardley
Family Storytelling Stage
- Wally Amos
- Tom Angleberger
- Mac Barnett
- James H. Billington
- Michael Buckley
- Choo Choo Soul
- Hip Hop Harry
- Daniel Kirk
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Josh Lewis
- Tom Lichtenheld
- Loren Long
- Cedella Marley
- Moona Luna
- Julianne Moore
- Lauren Myracle
- Jane O'Connor
- Okee Dokee Brothers
- Mark Pett
- Matthew Reinhart
- Justin Roberts
- John Rocco
- Gary Rubinstein
- Ellen Sabin
- Bob Shea
- Angela Farris Watkins
- Lisa Yee
The Cutting Edge
- Eric Dezenhall
- Eric Jerome Dickey
- Kia DuPree
- Colleen Houck
- Kimberla Lawson Roby
Graphic Novels
- Kazu Kibuishi
- Rachel Renee Russell
- Allen Say
- Richard Thompson
- Eric Wight
State Poets Laureate
- Kelly Cherry
- Dolores Kendrick
- Wesley McNair
- Carol Muske-Dukes
- Stanley Plumly
