David John Almond was born May 15, 1951 and is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim..

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist.

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.

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

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker.

Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin..