Speakers

Featured Speakers

Innovative & Trailblazing Authors

Keynote Speaker: Bella Andre

Having sold more than 5 million books, Bella Andre's novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists 23 times. After signing a groundbreaking 7-figure print-only deal with Harlequin MIRA, Bella's "The Sullivans" series is now in mass market paperback in the US, Canada, and Australia. Winner of the Award of Excellence, The Washington Post called her "One of the top writers in America" and she has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine. A graduate of Stanford University, she has given keynote speeches at publishing conferences from Copenhagen to Berlin to San Francisco, including a standing-room-only keynote at Book Expo America in New York City.

Bella will be speaking at the Keynote Champagne Brunch on Monday

Featured Speaker: Barbara Freethy

Barbara Freethy is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 42 novels. Traditionally published for many years, in 2011 Barbara began self publishing her backlist and to date, has sold over 5 million ebooks. In 2014, she held the distinctive honor of being named the bestselling KDP Author of all time. Nineteen of her titles have appeared on the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Barbara recently entered into a history-making print venture and innovative partnership with Ingram Publishing Services (IPS). Through her new publishing imprint Hyde Street Press, Barbara will be working with Ingram’s full-service sales team to sell and distribute her NYT bestselling novels in print format around the world.

Barbara will be speaking at the Speaker Breakfast on Tuesday

Featured Speaker: Liliana Hart

A New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of more than 40 titles, Liliana has sold more than 3 million ebooks and been translated into eight languages since first self-publishing in 2011. She's appeared at #1 on lists all over the world and all three of her series have appeared on the New York Times list. Liliana is a sought after speaker and she's given keynote speeches and self-publishing workshops to standing-room-only crowds from California to New York to London. Liliana also gives workshops for SilverHart International, a company she founded with her partner, Scott Silverii, where they provide law enforcement, military, and fire resources for writers.

Liliana will be speaking at the Speaker Lunch on Wednesday

Featured Speaker: Melody Anne

New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Author Melody Anne has sold over 7 million books. Since first publishing in 2011, Melody has over 40 contemporary romance and young adult titles, both indie-published and traditionally published, which have earned her numerous best seller list accolades, including being hailed an Amazon overall Top 100 bestselling author for 3 years in a row.

Melody will be speaking at the Evening Reception on Friday