Clay
(they/ze)
Author-Illustrator #kidlitart
🍃 nature nerd 🎨 avid doodler
🌊 beachcomber 📚 bookworm
🏳️🌈 queer 🏳️⚧️ trans
♾️ autistic 📱AAC user
🪬Jewish ⭐️ Acadian
@chloeitoward.bsky.social
📚 Author. Educator. Mom. ☀️ MADE FOR MORE - HC 2/25/25 🥢 CHOPSTICKS ARE - Chronicle 26 ✨️ chloeitoward.com 💜 Rep'd by @HeatherCashman Preorder MADE FOR MORE below! https://bookshop.org/p/books/made-for-more-chloe-ito-ward/21713485?ean=9780063334144
@candygourlay.bsky.social
KidLit author. Makes comics. Loves dogs. My website: https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/ My new blog https://houseofprocrastination.substack.com/ My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candygourlay/
@emlynas.bsky.social
Kidlit author UK. Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
@krmclough.bsky.social
Hi there, I draw and make children's books- why don't you stay a while? 🏳️🌈 Repped by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary https://www.krmcloughlin.com/
@rsinclair-art.bsky.social
Kidlit Illustrator ✨ Open for representation 🌟 • Academy of Art University 2017 🎓 • SCBWI MI📍 www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com
@martinaloart.bsky.social
artist and illustrator based in Oregon 🌿 AAPI for book project inquiries, please contact my agent Andrea Morrison at Writers House martinalo.com
@brookebaum.bsky.social
🎨 Aspiring #kidlit author-illustrator 📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian 😴 Current tired mom 🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching 💚 #scbwi member ✏️ #12x12PB member heybrookebaum.com
@padfootblack25.bsky.social
Kidlit Illustrator (Seeking Representation) Animator/Illustrator/Person
@1stlinepit.bsky.social
A pitch event for writers using only the first few lines. Next event: TBD Past events: Apr-25, Sept-24 Created & hosted by: Ann Glimmer @annglimmer.bsky.social
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social
Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids!
@kdzpodcast.bsky.social
We'll mine children's books for tools you can use in your own stories. https://linktr.ee/kdzpodcast #Kidlit Deconstruction Zone Podcast #kdzpodcast hosted by @me-mwai.bsky.social, @morganlau.bsky.social, and Rona Shirdan. Art by Mel Mwai
@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/
@calmercon.bsky.social
Sensory Friendly Comics & Pop Culture Convention! September 6, 2025 at Meadowbrook School in Weston, MA https://www.calmercon.org/
@cassfederman.bsky.social
Creator of graphic novels and picture books for kids! ND mom to a PDA kid💪 Rep: @marchsoloway.bsky.social 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CassFederman 📚GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! (Random House, 2025) 📚AQUAMANATEE (DC, 2025) 📚STORY SPINNERS (S&S/Aladdin, 2025)
@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
@myrafayeturner.bsky.social
Children’s book author | Lover of coffee and naps | #kidlit |Highlights 2025 SCBWI Impact Fund Scholarship Recipient
@ndkidlit.bsky.social
We lift up and support neurodivergent storytellers, making more room for authentic stories in children’s literature, to help young readers be seen and create increased empathy and understanding by neurotypical readers. https://ndkidlit.org
@kaileipewbooks.bsky.social
Children’s Book Author THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED KID-VENTORS I SEE COLOR Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit kaileipewbooks.com
@booksbytrenise.bsky.social
🇯🇲 🇺🇸 | #KidLit author | ⭐️ Co-Director of PB Rising Stars ⭐️ | BOOKed and Busy 📚| Repped by Jem at ABLA| Movie buff | Fueled by College Football ❤️💛✌️, Taylor Swift, Showtunes, 2010s hip hop and SPITE | Storyteller. Creator. Wonderer
@queerkidlit.bsky.social
Queer Kidlit Mentorship Program and Space for Queer Kidlit Creators & Allies Founded by Jeanette Bradley & Dani Duck https://queerkidlit.weebly.com/ #QueerKidlit 🌈 📚 ✨ Illustration by Taylor Barron
@queerliblib.bsky.social
hey, we’re QLL — a fully digital library fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ // follow for updates! 💜🪶 https://linktr.ee/queerliblib
@nickydrew.bsky.social
* Kidlit illustrator & writer * Nature lover & Practicing bookwyrm * *Member of SCBWI * www.nickydrewillustration.com
@patzmiller.bsky.social
Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
@trreadathon.bsky.social
Official account of the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon! 🏳️⚧️ March 21-31. 🏳️⚧️ https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co
@kidlitjenny.bsky.social
📚 Debut picture book author ❤ I Love Harriet Kippley (by myself and Alessia Girasole) is now available 📚 SCBWI 💜 BTS army since 2019 Host of.... 📚 #ChatWithThePBLady 🥳 #PartyWithPicturebooks 🔎Zoom into Picture Books ✍#KidlitCritiqueDay
@hdeanbrewer.bsky.social
Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander LOVE IS POWERFUL, 2020 MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026 ONWARD, 2026 OUR MICHIGAN PARKS, 2026 heatherdeanbrewer.com instagram.com/hdeanbrewer/ bracketpublishing.com
@nonspeakingkiku.bsky.social
FTM He/Him Nonverbal/Nonspeaking/unreliably speaking /it's complicated Autistic Apraxic Aphasia AAC user/Speller Physically disabled Polyfragmented DID system Nonhuman/Otherkin Deafblind Mobility aid user Primarily on tumblr
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
I'm that person who taught introductory abstract algebra to the people you refused to show multiplication saying they were "too disabled" disabled queer trans aac user. eternally exhausted they/them
@mscharnke.bsky.social
Disabled, Autistic, advocate, AAC user. Dehumanisation, education, justice, rights, access. Nothing about us without us. Founder @AACIL. Best compliment I ever received was that I was a "dangerous radical eroding the foundations of society."
@autismstims.bsky.social
hello my name is ellie :) i use she/her pronouns. i have autism, adhd, tourettes and schizophrenia. i am an AAC user, an NDIS participant and am on the DSP
@bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social
Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚 Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕 Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
@authorsabb.bsky.social
We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
@ibpa.bsky.social
IBPA leads and serves the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success. More than 3,000 independent publishers and author publishers have discovered the value of IBPA webinars, marketing programs, discounts and more.
@reviseresub.bsky.social
#CampRevPit provides community-led opportunities to get feedback, encouragement, and keep the games and support going #RevPit is a contest for #authors by #editors with the aim of presenting agent-ready manuscripts linktr.ee/reviseresub
@pitchdis.com
An online pitch event for unagented disabled authors. Hosted by @despinakarras.com Logo and banner by @mxcarmilla.bsky.social
@despinakarras.com
🌪️Certified weather geek | Award-winning contemporary romance writer | Disability rights advocate | @pitchdis.com founder | 🐶 & 🐱 mom | Coffee addict | ♊️ Repped by @evascalzo.bsky.social www.despinakarras.com www.medium.com/@despinakarras
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
reading books, writing books, defending books https://linktr.ee/maiakobabe
@bookendsliterary.bsky.social
We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators. www.bookendsliterary.com
@lollipopcomics.bsky.social
Canadian teacher turned authorpreneur. Creating a brighter world for kids, one educational comic at a time. 🍭 ©Jennifer Cuthbert (she/her) https://linktr.ee/adventuresoflollipop
@catoliveirastudio.bsky.social
✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ AuDHD ✦ Graphic designer turned Kid Lit Illustrator ✦ Rep Nicole, The T2 Agency ✦ 🇵🇹🇨🇦 in Portugal ✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️ catarinaoliveirastudio.com ✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/ #KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
@michellejingchan.bsky.social
✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator 💜 Rep: @jemiscoe.bsky.social 📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE 💻 https://linktr.ee/michellejingchan
@ckwritesbooks.bsky.social
Intersex (Bigender) Autie///Chkee/white///Hearing Impaired///Repped by Daniel Cramer of Page Turner Literary///POPI'S ALL SOULS SONG 2024///A COSTUME FOR CHARLY ///#kidlit #12x12 #pbrisingstars
@hannahlock.bsky.social
Illustrator. Chaotic Egg. Clients include NYT, Bronte Parsonage Museum, Mother Jones and Politico.
@beccalangton.bsky.social
Literary agent at #TeamDACBA everything from illustrators for the tiniest readers to crossover and new adult. Scotland at home, London at work. Banner by Tim Mack
@anneappert.bsky.social
they/them. Nonbinary 💛🤍💜🖤 author/illustrator. BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH? (2024, HarperCollins). Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency. #KidLitArt Portfolio: anneappert.com Other links: https://linktr.ee/Anneappert
@paperpencilplay.bsky.social
Kidlitart🎨📚📓 ✨Children’s Illustration✨ ❤️Picture Books and Middle Grade🫶🏻 Loriantubooks.com
@oaktreecomics.bsky.social
An independent children’s book publisher 📚 Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍 Based out of Los Angeles ☀️ Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳 www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree