College & University

Karen Abbott (the “pioneer of sizzle history,” according to USA Today) is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and Liar,...

Mohammed AL Samawi was born in Sana’a, Yemen and grew up as a practicing Muslim. His memoir, The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America (William Morrow),...

Jack Andraka was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers....

Awista Ayub is the founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange (AYSE), an organization dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer and the author of However Tall...

Simon T. Bailey is the CEO of Simon T. Bailey International, a premium education company specializing in creating learning and development content for individuals and...

Chris Ballard is a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated, and the author of One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season (Hyperion)....

Tom Bergeron is the enormously appealing and gregarious host of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, which now boasts a viewership of nearly 20 million viewers an...

Andrew Blum is a journalist and the author of two books that demystify the everyday infrastructure of our lives: The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast (Ecco)...

Walter R. Borneman may be best-known in Colorado's mountains as the co-author of A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, the history and standard routes of Colorado's...

Dr. Douglas Brinkley has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “America’s new past master,” and the late Stephen E. Ambrose called him “the best of the new generation...

Marvelyn Brown, a 26-year-old native Tennessean, learned she was HIV-positive at age 19. Since then, she has moved both live and television audiences across the United...

Ken Budd is the author of the memoir The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem (Morrow Avon), the story...

Benjamin Busch is an award-winning writer, actor, photographer, film director, decorated United States Marine Corps Infantry Officer who served two tours of combat duty...

Wiley Cash's debut New York Times best-seller, A Land More Kind Than Home (William Morrow), is a literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they...

Professor John L. Casti, popular-science author and internationally-recognized complexity scientist, received his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Southern California...

Tara Conklin is a writer and former lawyer whose first novel, The House Girl (William Morrow), was a New York Times bestseller, #1 IndieNext pick, Target book club pick...

Amanda Coplin is the New York Times best-selling author of The Orchardist, a stunningly original and haunting debut novel in which Coplin spins an engrossing tale of...

David Crabb is a performer, writer, teacher & storyteller in New York City. He is the co-creator/producer of the live storytelling series ASK ME and has been a host of...