Historians & Best-Selling Authors

Acclaimed for their storytelling and unique perspectives, these leading historians and bestselling authors bring both new and old worlds to life on stage. As keynote speakers, their captivating narratives and insights inspire audiences.

Ken Burns

Award-winning documentary filmmaker

David Baldacci

Best-selling novelist and founder of Wish You Well Foundation
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Captain Scott Kelly & Colonel Eileen Collins

Captain Scott Kelly & Colonel Eileen Collins

Pioneering “Year-in-Space” astronaut joins the first female space shuttle pilot in NASA history
Keywords:
  • NASA;
  • Astronaut;
  • Leadership;
  • Author;
  • Breaking Barriers;
  • Space Exploration
David Baldacci

David Baldacci

Best-selling novelist and founder of Wish You Well Foundation
Keywords:
  • Storyteller;
  • Novelist;
  • Attorney;
  • Literacy Advocate;
  • Author;
  • Exclusive
Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Master Storyteller, Host & Producer
Keywords:
  • Comedian;
  • Author;
  • Storyteller;
  • Humor;
  • Exclusive
Captain Scott Kelly

Captain Scott Kelly

History-making NASA astronaut; Real-life hero whose bestselling memoir was optioned for a major motion picture by Sony
Keywords:
  • Astronaut;
  • American Hero;
  • NASA;
  • Author;
  • Year In Space;
  • Exclusive
Safi Bahcall

Safi Bahcall

Award-Winning Physicist, Biotech Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author of Loonshots
Keywords:
  • Best-Selling Author;
  • Business Strategy;
  • Business Growth;
  • Creativity;
  • High Performing Teams;
  • Innovation;
  • Teamwork;
  • Leadership;
  • Storyteller;
  • Entrepreneurship;
  • Disruption;
  • Change;
  • Peak Performance;
  • Theoretical Physics
Dave Barry

Dave Barry

Humorist and best-selling author
Keywords:
  • Pulitzer Prize;
  • Author;
  • Cultural Commentary
Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein

Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist and investigative reporter
Keywords:
  • Journalist;
  • Best-Selling Author;
  • Politics;
  • American Presidency;
  • Pulitzer Prize;
  • Watergate
Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss

Award-winning presidential historian
Keywords:
  • Politics;
  • Historian;
  • World Affairs;
  • Media Personality;
  • Author;
  • American Presidency
Shannon Bream

Shannon Bream

Host of Fox News Sunday; FNC Chief Legal Correspondent and SCOTUS Expert
Keywords:
  • Best-Selling Author;
  • Fox News;
  • Leadership;
  • Journalist;
  • Politics;
  • Supreme Court;
  • Legal Affairs
Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Keywords:
  • Documentarian;
  • filmmaker;
  • Storyteller;
  • Historian
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Public Intellectual & Best-Selling Author
Keywords:
  • Diversity;
  • Race;
  • Social Issues;
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Black History Month
Jeffrey Engel

Jeffrey Engel

Leading Presidential Historian of our time; Podcast host, The Past, The Promise, The Presidency; and Founding Director, SMU's Center for Presidential History
Keywords:
  • Historian;
  • Politics;
  • World Affairs;
  • American Presidency;
  • Author