Delano Brown
Author, Lover of the Word 🇯🇲 🇨🇦 Coming soon from @randomhousestudio in 2026 MY NEIGHBORHOOD - #PBRisingStar Alumni - CANSCAIP - SCBWI - #12x12ChallengeMember - Rep'd by @ArianaPhilips.bsky.social @jvnlainc
@sylviaichen.bsky.social
TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
@laylafallah.bsky.social
✿ Baby Agent at BookEnds Literary ✿ Co-Director of PB Rising Stars Mentorship ✿ Kurdish-Canadian #KidLit Author ✿ Member of AALA Find me elsewhere: www.linktr.ee/laylafallah
@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
@ladyteapot.bsky.social
Lover of a good brew, dunking biscuit, book and all things social justice! Nobody is free until we are all free.
@tashahilderman.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, #KidLit, 12x12, 📕METIS LIKE ME Tundra Books 📗Tundra 2025 TBA 📙Random House 2026 TBA 📘Candlewick 2027 TBA 📕Kids Can Press 2027 TBA Rep’d by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
@bevbaird.bsky.social
Cares too much - about education, art, truth, peace, dignity & respect for all. Proud Canadian.
@loupiccolo.bsky.social
I write & help children’s authors & poets ✨ write & revise stories ✨ learn to write in rhyme ✨ market their work with an author newsletter https://loupiccolo.myflodesk.com/thekidlitterletter www.rhymemadeeasyer.com/ Start 👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
@gennie.bsky.social
📖📚 Picture books 👧🧒 Parenthood 🧠🎉 Learning Through Play Represented by Katie Bircher at Sara Crowe Literary https://www.genniegorback.com/
@hilarysmith.bsky.social
#kidlit author. Member of SCBWI, Inked Voices, Courage to Create, Storyteller Academy, and 12X12. Boy mom.
@carrietillotson.bsky.social
Children's author of COUNTING TO BANANAS (2022), B IS FOR BANANAS (2023) & ALPACAS HERE, ALPACAS THERE (2025). Former biostatistician. Runner and ice cream lover. https://linktr.ee/carrietillotson
@heatherkinser.bsky.social
Picture book author: IN A CAVE, NATURE IS A SCULPTOR, SMALL MATTERS | rep'd by @sarah_redfoxlit | Inform, Delight & Shine a Light! SCBWI/12x12/InkedVoices
@aprilberrybooks.bsky.social
Introvert, travel writer, children's book author. Rep'd by Katie Monson of SBR Media. #kidlit #writingcommunity #12x12PB AprilBerryBooks.com
@korena.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, and Children's Author ❤️ SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL (Candlewick 2025) 🌕 A HANBOK FOR HANA (Candlewick 2026) Rep: Lisa Amstutz, Storm Literary www.korenahowley.com
@tschmidtwrites.bsky.social
Writer. MIT Biology Ph.D. Kid mom, cat mom. #PBRisingStars Runner Up '24, #PBParty Finalist '20. #SCBWI #12x12PB #amquerying #PB #CB #MG
@thefelttippen.bsky.social
bit.ly/jeanettefazzarijones Meatballs for Grandpa (Two Lions Press, 2024) Ava's Chalk (Ever Imagine Press, 2025) Duck, Duck, Groove (The Little Press, 2026) Author. Teacher. Baker. Former ninja. Seeking new rep due to the sad & sudden closure of BRLA.
@katiedavisburps.bsky.social
I write, I draw, teach, do critiques, host(ed) podcasts, co-founded Picture Book Summit, make videos, do presentations, ran a #writers school. I need a nap.
@lilliepardo.bsky.social
Picture Book Writer ✏️ 4th Grade Teacher 🍎 Filipino American 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 #PBRisingStars mentee ‘23 #SCBWI work-in-progress award winner ‘24 #12x12 scholarship winner ‘25 #PBParty Finalist ‘25 #Kidlit Seeking representation www.lilliepardo.com
@michelleskennedy.bsky.social
https://www.michelleskennedy.com/ https://x.com/MichelleSKenned #PBWriter rep'd by https://x.com/MaraCobbWrites Wife & Mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI, #50PreciousWords HM, 3 x #PBParty Finalist ('24, '23, & '22) , #PBRisingStars Runner-up '23
@kristin-012726.bsky.social
Author to upcoming PB: THE SUBSTI-TOOTH (Lawley Publishing, 2026) #12x12PB #kidlit
@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
@stephaniegibeault.bsky.social
Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault 🐇💨🐕🐶🐩🐵🐝
@laurennsimmons1.bsky.social
#Kidlit writer, loves Jesus. Articles/stories pub'd in Cadet Quest, Deaf Devo, Focus on the Family, Keys for Kids/Unlocked devotionals, Kosmeo, Pure in Heart Stories, and The Old Schoolhouse.
@jessyoonwrites.bsky.social
I write things. I eat things. BLACKPINK: A Little Golden Book Bio (pre-order now!) JEONG IS JEONG, THE LEGEND OF BAN-DAL coming ‘26 jessicayoon.com Rep: Brent Taylor
@jerroldconnors.bsky.social
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our sixth year of picture books in 2025. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh! Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.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
@jesslongthorne.bsky.social
❤ music, tech, TV, sports, Kid & Adult Fiction, Teacher-Librarian, Love to learn and connect with others, she/her/hers
@cblumenfeld.bsky.social
K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee
@ttorrible.bsky.social
#PB writer and poet, TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring '25), PBChat Mentee, #SCBWI, #12x12pb, #picturebooks, #poetry, #kidlit @pbbuds.bsky.social triciatorrible.com torriblepuns.com
@pbbuds.bsky.social
We are a happy bunch of #KidLit authors with #PictureBooks set to bloom! #SCBWI #12x12PB
@dellarossferreri.bsky.social
Children's writer of board books, picture books & early chapter books Rep: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency Upcoming: THE MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press, Aug2025) Illos by Tim Bowers Now booking K-3 school visits. https://www.dellarossferreri.com
@kidsdotradio.bsky.social
Studies show kids thrive with media designed for their growth and well-being. That’s why Kids.Radio/app offers kid friendly music, podcasts, audiobooks, jokes, prizes and more, all free from harmful algorithms. With Kids.Radio, they can have control.
@pbrisingstars.bsky.social
We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder. www.pbrisingstars.com
@leewind.bsky.social
Author, Blogger, Make the World a Better Placer. Out to empower Queer Youth and their allies. Out now: LOVE OF THE HALF-EATEN PEACH (epic Gay love story inspired by real history) and THE GENDER BINARY IS A BIG LIE (nonfiction ages 11+)
@christinevanzandt.bsky.social
Picture book author: MILKWEED FOR MONARCHS (Beaming Books, 2024) and A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERPANTS (QuartoKids, 2021). Represented by Liza Fleissig. Developmental editor and author mentor at Write for Success Editing. Small-biz owner.
@secottrill.bsky.social
Illustration, graphics & words for KidLit. Designer/AD by day. #SCBWI #12x12PB #KidLit #authorillustrator S.E.Cottrill www.secottrill.com
@mdwillustration.bsky.social
🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls 🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia 👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB ⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention 📍Indiana ✨michelledwoodillustration.com ✏️michellewooddraws.com 📒 Seeking representation
@grubreport.bsky.social
I write things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books out in 2025: NOT LIKE EVERY DAY and ZEB AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
@teresarodrigues.bsky.social
Wife. Mother. Reader. Kidlit writer. Lover of 🧀, 🍫, ⚽️, & Peloton. Rep’d by @christietellsastory at @thecatagency; WHERE THEY GATHER (Atheneum, Spring ‘26)
@judieofferdahl.bsky.social
📝 Children's Book Author (SCBWI/#12×12PB), 🍎Teacher, ☔ Washington Alum, 4ever 🏈 Seahawks & ⚾️ Stan Musial fan
@janalyssa.bsky.social
#kidlit writer, debut PB THE SHABBAT FLOOD Spring 2026! Screenwriter/author. Writer on PJ Library’s Beyond the Bookcase podcast. Instructor in screenwriting dept at NYFA. Pasta enthusiast, 6-year old wrangler, friend to all dogs but esp. Taco. She/her
@sarahskolfield.bsky.social
Picture book writer rep'd by Mara Cobb, avid field hockey player, reluctant runner, wannabe farmer. #SCBWI, #12x12, PBRisingStars '22, Mentee, PBParty '23 Finalist sarahskolfield.com
@lpiotrowski80.bsky.social
Biracial debut picture book author with a passion for sharing her heritage through children’s literature. Former Peace Corps volunteer. Rep’d by Tina Schwartz of the Purcell Agency.
@jenniferkmann.bsky.social
Author/Illustrator of Children’s Books. Most recent: THE CAMPING TRIP, MAPLE AND ROSEMARY, CLIMBING THE VOLCANO Coming soon: THE RIDING LESSON
@judycampbellsmith.bsky.social
She/her. Picture book author. Baseball for Breakfast (2026), Ice Cream Everywhere (out now!) & AJ's Neighborhood. #PBPowerHour #SCBWI #BackMatterBreakDown Rep: Shari Maurer
@julieblaho.bsky.social
#Kidlit writer rep’d by Gaby Cabezut. #seymouragency. Coordinator, #SCBWI Creative Connections group in Italy #12x12 #writing #BookSky #Writers
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@robinbwechsler.bsky.social
Children's author, freelance editor/writer. An avid reader, walker, baker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder. Cat lady. Likely drinking tea. 12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member. Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader.