Allison L. Bitz, author/psychologist
Nebraska Book Award winner, The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom (HarperCollins)
Out now: Three Things About Emmy Crawford
Licensed psychologist
Dogs | Empathy | Anecdotes
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A few of my fave fellow authors
@thetobiasagency.bsky.social
A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction. https://thetobiasagency.com/
@abwycisk.bsky.social
Pronounced why-zick. NYC. Literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. Opinions my own. Cat mom; fast talker; Garamond enthusiast; she/her. SUNY Geneseo alum.
@aabbri.bsky.social
The Bluesky home of Authors Against Book Bans Rhode Island , a coalition of book creators united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. Learn more and join at https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
@btaylorbooks.bsky.social
Literary agent, military spouse, Kentucky boy, #1 fan of sweet potato fries. btaylorbooks.com
@justinemanzano.bsky.social
YA Author of The Keys & Guardians Series 🗝 , Never Say Never 💕, Editor-in-Residence at @Write_Hive, Director of Operations @IKnowWhySheStayed Neurodiverse Spoony, Mama, Wife, Geek, Badass. She/Her 🏳️🌈
@recitrachel.bsky.social
yallwest | yallfest (book festival producer) reader's digest | paste | teen librarian toolbox/slj (freelance book media coverage) teen librarian she/her
@what-eats-owls.bsky.social
doodler, demi, NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of LITTLE THIEVES, THE MERCIFUL CROW, & more ✨ Next up: HOLY TERRORS (Little Thieves #3) She/her. Rep: Victoria Marini
@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
author of NYT bestsellers “Cemetery Boys”, “Lost in the Never Woods”, “The Sunbearer Trials” and “Celestial Monsters”. currently writing: “Cemetery Boys 2: Espíritu” just Some Guy. https://linktr.ee/aidenschmaiden
@katefussner.bsky.social
📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025) 📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins) ✍ DVMentor '22 ✍ MFA Lesley ‘21 🏳🌈Queer she/her rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary
@gitatrelease.bsky.social
Author of the Enchantée series, lover of magic (she/her)✨ Author website: gitatrelease.com ✨ Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
@meghanscottmolin.bsky.social
|Writer: THE FRAME-UP, THE QUEEN CON, THE VIGILANTE GAME| Corgi enthusiast | FEI equestrian | child wrangler | audiophile | Rep'd by Nelson Literary | She/her |
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@anniefox.com
#indieauthor My YA sci-fi novel “Leeta Simtar: A Life on Two Planets” available #KU ebook print audiobook. My paranormal mystery “The Little Things That Kill” is available in all realms. AnnieFox.com linktr.ee/anniefoxauthor #YAauthor #Resist
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH (Holiday House). LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press). #KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.” Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social Www.Authorkellymangan.com #NoAIArt
@marzkim.bsky.social
#KidLit Artist Writer. ND Fam. Turtle on a marathon 💚SCBWI Co-Illo Coord, SF NEB ...drawing writing gardening sewing... Always Making Something. https://maritzaruizkim.com My name sounds like🧜♀️mer-izza🍕
@thatpaulachase.bsky.social
On the lam from my day job moonlighting as a critically acclaimed Upper MG and YA author, Co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf and momager to MDBallerina. Rep: Jennifer Carlson, DCL Literary Linktr.ee/paulachase
@doucette515.bsky.social
Author | Poet | San Diego Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti @Open Book Lit | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET/6pm PT] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for American History ‘24 | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
@sarahburr.com
Writer, mom, cat lover Author of 4 series: Math Pirates Funny Math Stories Preemie Sibling Gobbled (YA) sarahburr.com Querying two contemporary fantasy novels: Sunrise Psychiatric (vampires) The Bridge to Nowhere, New Mexico (ghosts)
@medenkuyatt.bsky.social
Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23 rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social http://www.megedenbooks.com/
@kidlitchat.bsky.social
#kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news. Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
@gregpincus.bsky.social
Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
@manuscriptacademy.bsky.social
The Happiest Place in Publishing! Classes, agent consultations + a thriving community at ManuscriptAcademy.com. Brought to you by the makers of Manuscript Wish List® + #MSWL.
@alexborbolla.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her www.editoralexborbolla.com
@publisherslunch.bsky.social
Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
@bookdesignbee.bsky.social
Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator Rebeccasyracuse.com She/her 💚HAROLD THE ICEBERG IS NOT A SUPER FOOD💚 is now available wherever your favorite books are sold.
@rizzyfig.bsky.social
Author-illustrator based in San Diego. Repped by Natascha Morris @ Tobias Literary Agency
@zoepersico.bsky.social
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR SUCCULENT 2025. Author & Illustrator. She/Her. Work inquires to persico.zoe at gmail and/or to Natascha Morris at Tobias Literary https://zoepersico.com/
@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
@scbwi.bsky.social
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
@christapaolucci.com
🌼 community + marketing & production in games 🏗️ creative marketing dev @ strange scaffold 🌲 past: winter burrow, potionomics, ooblets 📚 illustrator / rep'd by tobias literary agency 🦊 https://linktr.ee/itsachrista
@papertiki.bsky.social
(He/Him) Story person. Actor. Managed by The Gotham Group. Union: TAG, SAG. The views expressed here are my own. https://michael-herrera.com/
@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
@janefriedman.com
I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
@katebrauning.com
#Kidlit author (How We Fall, Ballad of Dinah Caldwell, +) of #LGBTQ YA romance & suspense about queer girls & furious joy. Editor in publishing. Come for the books & bakes, stay for the exvangelical rage. Bi af 🏳️🌈 www.katebrauning.com
@jennpnguyen.bsky.social
Writer. Book fanatic. Kdrama ❤️. Young Adult Romance Author. THE WAY TO GAME THE WALK OF SHAME, FAKE IT TILL YOU BREAK IT, & JUST ANOTHER MEET CUTE (Scholastic May 2025) Repped by the talented Natascha Morrison & Sarah Fisk at The Tobias Literary Agency
@debbieohi.com
Writes & illustrates books. 🇨🇦 #CanKidLit. Comics, board games, poetry. Illus in books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Alt-text fan. #Uplift https://debbieohi.com/ What I'm working on: @work.debbieohi.com
@misanthromantic.bsky.social
Nemophilist, Goblin, Swordsman, Socialist. 34 summers to my name, here to learn interesting things, shoot the shit and have a space to just be myself. Pfp alt text: an image of myself sat on a log staring into the distance.
@sandhyamenon.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. Working on my 10th book. 🤯 Trying to be a speck of calm in an ocean of chaos. 🧘🏾♀️Mostly on IG: sandhyamenonbooks
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.
@rainbowrowell.bsky.social
Yes! My mother named me this! Author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow Trilogy. My new book, SLOW DANCE -- a novel about adults, set in the real world -- is out now.
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@nicolayoon.bsky.social
#1 NYT bestseller & National Book Award finalist. Everything, Everything, The Sun is also a Star, Instructions for Dancing & One of Our Kind Co-publisher: Joy Revolution Books Rep: Jodi Reamer (Writers House)
@mindymcginnis.bsky.social
Edgar-Award winning author of The Female of the Species and Heroine. Upcoming: Under This Red Rock. Banned in a lot of places. Okay with that.