A Nobel laureate, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, a Jeopardy! champion and pioneer, two celebrated chefs, two Emmy-winning journalists, and the author of what Vogue called “the sexiest novel of the year” — these are among the 22 honored authors at this much-anticipated annual event! Completing the list are naturalists, storytellers, activists, scholars, and commentators on the wildly diverse world around us.