Born in 1933 and educated at Yale, **David McCullough** transformed American popular history by bringing the past to vivid life through masterful storytelling.

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is an American psychologist and author best known for her research on mindset, motivation, and success. She coined the term "growth mindset" and brought it mainstream with her 2006 book *Mindset: The New Psychology of Success*. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured worldwide, and is married to David Goldman, a national theatre director and founder of the National Center for New Plays at Stanford.

Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author.

Bessel van der Kolk is a Boston-based Dutch-American psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator.

Walter Seff Isaacson is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk.

Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator based in California. Known for creating illustrated books that highlight women throughout history and explore science and technology, she has described herself as an illustrator and designer. Her works include *The History of the Computer*, inspired in part by her own early experience with computers at age seven.