Sherman Alexie, winner of the California Young Reader Medal and author of
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
W.S. Merwin, current Poet Laureate of the United States; winner of two Pulitzer prizes and the National Book Award
Carol Jago, English teacher, Director of the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA, President of NCTE, editor of California English, author
Jim Burke, English teacher, author of more than 20 books including What's the Big Idea? and The English Teacher's Companion; founder, CATEnet and creator, English Companion Ning