David Goodman
Bestselling thriller and SF novelist/short fiction writer | A RELUCTANT SPY from @headlinebooks.bsky.social & in development with Carnival Films | SF at Clarkesworld & Analog | Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social | https://www.davidgoodman.net/links/
Starter Packs
Created by David Goodman (4)
SFFH People I Follow - Part 3
Here's a starter pack of authors, editors, agents, illustrators, reviewers and readers I follow in the SFFH world! This is Part 3 because I follow a lot of people.
SFFH People I Follow - Part 2
Here's a starter pack of authors, editors, agents, illustrators, reviewers and readers I follow in the SFFH world! This is Part 2 because I follow a lot of people.
SFFH People I Follow - Part 1
Here's a starter pack of authors, editors, reviewers and readers I follow in the SFFH world! This is Part 1 because I follow a lot of people.
Crime, thriller and spy authors I follow
Here's all the spy novelists, crime authors and thriller writers, editors, reviewers and podcasters that I follow on BlueSky!
@plstuart-author.bsky.social
www.plstuart.com Picky Bookworm Best Mythology '22; Reader Views Bronze Medal '24; Kirkus Mag '21 4 Great Fantasy; Ast/Ed Before We Go Blog; Co-host Page Chewing; https://www.youtube.com/@thedrownedkingdomsaga7847; He/Him
@martinafackova.bsky.social
Fantasy illustrator working on Magic the Gathering, book covers and other cool stuff NOT using AI. www.martinafackovaart.com
@writerjilljohnson.bsky.social
Author DEVIL’S BREATH-BBC Between The Covers book club pick, HELL’S BELLS and BELLA DONNA Pub’d by @bwpublishing. Ngaio Marsh Award double category finalist. Rep'd by Pontas Agency Insta: jilljohnsonwrites Info: http://jilljohnsonwrites.com
@cassandrafarrin.com
SFF writer, poet & folklorist (rep: Thais Afonso & Jen Azantian) 👾 Director, Erewhon Books 📚 Shin Buddhist & adoptive parent of 3 w/my twin sis 🍵 Guilty of writing in my journals AND my books. 🫣 Clarion West NWW ‘25. https://linktr.ee/CassaCassaCassa
@markstay.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter and podcaster. https://markstaywrites.com/all-the-links/
@brianmcgilloway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter and PhD candidate. www.brianmcgilloway.com
@balancingthebooks.bsky.social
✨Coming soon!✨ A podcast to help writers balance the books … along with everything else in life. Hosted by @caileansteed.bsky.social
@gordonjbrown.bsky.social
Crime author and founding board director of Bloody Scotland. The Cost, starring Blake Glover, out now - published by Severn House.
@bwfilm.bsky.social
🎥 Multi-award-winning filmmaker & videographer based in the UK | Passionate about storytelling, collaboration, and creating stunning visuals | 🏞️ Nature lover | Always chasing the next great shot!
@zazzeaux.bsky.social
📝 Writer - Analog, Escape Pod, Reckoning… Codexian 🏆 Winner of the 2022 ServiceScape Story Award 🏆Pushcart Prize nominee. 🎙️ Narrator of audio fiction 📚tsundoku specialist 🩺 anesthetist 🎮 gamer www.Sandyparsons.com
@johnbarnes.org
I read the network news on all 40 BBC local radio stations & BBC Radio 5 Live from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford. Bewhiskered historian, reenactor, folkie & morris dancer. Former academic. Made in the Black Country. Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social
@pamplumb.bsky.social
Writer of crime stuff Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Finalist 2024 #DYCP recipient Blog at https://pamjplumb.wordpress.com
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
@jasonsanford.bsky.social
Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
@sarahgovett.bsky.social
Award-winning YA author and screenwriter. Debut crime thriller, BELIEVE, out with Penguin Michael Joseph June 2025.
@chiarab.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher in Publishing Studies & Literature, investigating Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Production | Teaching English Lit & Publishing | Writing | Glasgow
@andydiggle.bsky.social
Writer of Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, The Expanse, The Losers, Daredevil, James Bond, Hellblazer, Green Arrow: Year One etc. Former editor of 2000AD. #ADHD
@pauljholden.com
Comic Artist. Based in Belfast. Website: www.pauljholden.com Portfolio: www.pauljholden.com/portfolio 2000AD/DC/Marvel/Image/Dynamite/Ahoy/etc/ CURRENT STATUS: FOR HIRE (page rate only) Contact: pjholden at gmail dot com /
@mikecarey.bsky.social
Writer, lapsed Scouser, atheist, mild irritant, ageing like fine milk
@benholroyddell.bsky.social
Podcaster (The Tiny Bookcase - BFS Award Winner), Writer, and RPG fanatic. http://benholroyd-dell.com/
@julesarbeaux.bsky.social
Author | Next: CAGE OF STARLIGHT (Hodderscape, June '25) | cats, paints, plants, disaster boys & ace love stories | rep: Maddy Belton
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. https://www.rusi.org/people/snell arthursnell.substack.com
@lesleykara.bsky.social
Sunday Times Top Ten and Amazon #1 bestselling author of THE RUMOUR (coming soon to Channel 5 🤩) and other psychological thrillers. Co-presenter of the In Suspense podcast. Rep’d by Amanda Preston, LBA Books. THE OTHER TENANT is out now. www.lesleykara.com
@misterkristoff.bsky.social
#1 International, NYT, USAToday and Sunday Times bestselling liar. EMPIRE OF THE DAWN - November 2025
@crimebookgirl.bsky.social
Crime fiction aficionado. Book blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons Prize academy member, 2021/22/23 Ngaio Marsh Awards judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime here!
@maudmarianw.bsky.social
✨ Weird & Speculative fiction writer. 💜 Rare bookseller at La Doyenne. 🏳️🌈 ENG/SPA/FRE (She/Her) https://linktr.ee/marianwomack
@bingereadingbooks.bsky.social
Join self professed literary novice Hugo Powell, and award winning author Nicholas Binge each month to tackle a new book, discuss what makes it work, and write the best book ever. https://bingereadingbookclub.com
@natlibscot.bsky.social
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@echallewell.bsky.social
Writer of stories, dreamer of dreams, parent of child, and so on... I like shiny things 🌟 @em.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
@nplusonemag.com
n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
@jamestopham.bsky.social
Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner. https://james-topham.com
@jonathanleft.bsky.social
Husband, father, son, journalist doing culture and business writing/editing for, among others over the past year, @sfxmagazine.bsky.social, @historyextra.bsky.social, @electronicsound.bsky.social & @thequietus.bsky.social
@readeratwork.bsky.social
Book blogger and reviewer at Fantasy Book Critic and Ginger Nuts of Horror! https://readeratworkblog.wordpress.com/
@reedtucker.bsky.social
NYC-based journalist and editor. Author of Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC. Also Duke Sucks and Duke Still Sucks.
@drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social
Lapsed historian, having the best mid-life crisis. Personal account: all the stupid opinions expressed are entirely my own, and nobody else's. he/him
@lisbethcampbell.bsky.social
Writer. THE VANISHED QUEEN (Saga Press). Baseball fan and hobbyist photographer. Codex, SFWA. She/her.
@rebeccamaewrites.bsky.social
Writer ✏️ Reader 📚 Tutor 📝 Cat Mama x 3 🐈 Bona Fide Martian 👽 🏳️🌈
@nataliechandler.bsky.social
Bestselling psychological thriller author. Fan of pubs, rugby & cockapoos. All cheese & wine gratefully received. The Voices out now!👇 https://amzn.eu/d/bwTOeKM
@thmurdock.bsky.social
Fiction writer based in Bristol, UK. First novel coming 2026. Sometimes musician. Agent: Madeleine Milburn
@edinwritersforum.bsky.social
Monthly event providing ongoing professional development and networking opportunities for writers featuring guest speakers from across the industry. Since 2019
@jsdewes.com
video game writer & sci-fi author ✨ rep'd by Tricia Skinner The Divide series (The Last Watch, The Exiled Fleet, The Relentless Legion) + Rubicon out now from Tor Books linkin.bio/jsdewes/
@r-emrys.bsky.social
Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Hopeful futures and sympathetic monsters. Future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive psychology nerd, collective decision-making wonk.
@philipkallan.bsky.social
Author of Naval Fiction, Writer and Speaker on Naval History Visit my website to learn more at http://philipkallan.com
@eadbrookes.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, dilatory author. 'FRAGILE CARGO: The World War Two Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City'. Also some spy novels. Opinions valid.
@threadinburgh.scot
Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets