Elyssa Gavin
Kidlit author, copyeditor, reader, wife, toddler mom. National Board Certified (former) Teacher. Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency.
@kelseyegross.bsky.social
#kidlit author. WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) and SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024), both #picturebooks from Paula Wiseman/ Simon & Schuster. Coming fall 2026: FALL: A SEASONS STORY (Beach Lane). Member #12x12PB & #SCBWI. kelseyegross.com
@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social
OH FFS, do I have to Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
@jodieapeseche.bsky.social
Artist, author/illustrator, SCBWI, Courage to Create, Writers' Loft Hudson, MA, avid gardener, hiker, and fundraiser. Former teacher, librarian, and environmental specialist. Current dog mom! https://jodieapeseche.weebly.com
@andrewmersmann.bsky.social
All about #volunteering and #service projects. Author of “Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference” Resetting my world so it’s more sunsets, dogs, monkeys, and kid lit and less…everything else.
@mariakidlit.bsky.social
#Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast Parent Bunny person #Scbwi Nature Foodie
@alexiaandoni.bsky.social
Children’s book author & illustrator. Child Development Specialist & teacher. Nature-lover & traveler. ‘23 #PBParty finalist | #RUCCL22 mentee | #SCBWIMI | #12x12PB Challenge | repped by @writeloudly
@evelynbookless.bsky.social
Children’s Author - mostly picture books JINX! - out now. Order here: https://bit.ly/3WDJUPD or wherever you buy your books CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (2021) CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE PLASTIC SCENE (2019) www.evelynbookless.com
@noshesthebear.bsky.social
Children’s Book Author IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE (Beaming Books) • INVENTIONS TO COUNT ON (Abrams Appleseed) • Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette danamiroballi.com Instagram: noshesthebear #KIDLIT #CHICAGO
@imaginationsoup.bsky.social
Writer, book reviewer, school visit coach, publicist, soon-to-be author, fmr teacher & lit trainer, passionate about kidlit, SEL, representation, & reading! M.Ed. https://imaginationsoup.net
@joelauriawx.bsky.social
Serving the viewers of western MO and eastern KS for almost 30 years as evening meteorologist for FOX 4 TV #mowx #kswx #kcwx
@mehpoeting.bsky.social
Boston based educator, editor, poet, & prose dabbler 🧐| Author of 6 poetry collections 📚| Holder of 3 graduate degrees worth of debt (MFA, MATS, PhD)🎓| Installer of rage in racists ✊🏾 https://www.mehpoeting.com
@teresarobeson.com
Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * Want kid lit, diversity, science? I've got books for you! * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * Into: self-sufficiency * Rep: Bookends Literary * teresarobeson.com * NO DMs or MAGA
@mollymcghee.bsky.social
Reader. Novelist. Fiction nerd. Pro-worker. Anti-billionaire. I teach at Columbia. Extremely online for almost two decades.
@dsallenauthor.bsky.social
Damara Allen (she/her) Wife, mother, and writer of #middlegrade #horror | #MGnarwhals | #PitchWars '21 alum | rep'd by @esc_key | The Skeleton Flute (Aladdin Books 2024) | The Undead War (Aladdin Books 2026) | www.dsallenauthor.com
@kaeltudor.bsky.social
I write books for kids. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱 https://linktr.ee/kaeltudor
@reesaguerra.bsky.social
Spooky Fantasy writer for kids Member of #SAGAFTRA #Celiac #Middlegradefantasy Unless I'm familiar with you, please no DM's.
@lisalschmid.bsky.social
MG Author | HART & SOULS | OLLIE OXLEY AND THE GHOST Co-Host-Writers With Wrinkles Podcast | Rep'd by @literarylesliez.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/lisaschmid.author
@saraduran.bsky.social
hugger of trees / writer of books #amquerying YA fantasy 🏴☠️👑🧜🏿♀️ https://linktr.ee/saraduranauthor
@juliehauswrites.bsky.social
I write PBs! | IF MY SISTER WERE A WORM (Holiday House ‘26) | Yeehoo Press Star Award '23 | SCBWI Most Promising Fiction MS 24' | Rep’d by CoCo Freeman https://hauswirthwrites.wixsite.com/juliehauswirth
@kericronin.bsky.social
Historian of Visual Culture. Human-Animal History. Writer. Pteridomaniac. Kayaker. Has a chronic illness you probably haven’t heard of. 😷 🍁 🏳️🌈 🌱 she/her https://kericronin.com/ https://instagram.com/kericronin/
@authorjaymehunt.bsky.social
she / her || 29 || dog mom 🐕 Adult fantasy romance author ⚔️❤️ #booksky || 2025 goal: 35/100 💙📚 The complete Marked trilogy is out now! 🔥 authorjaymehunt.com/books
@sdrwriter.bsky.social
Author and Playwright | Now querying PENROSE — 84K Speculative Fiction | 2023/2024 StoryStudio Novel In A Year Cohort | BLM, LGBTQIA+ Ally | Democracy Over Tyranny
@michellehazen.bsky.social
Author | Editor & Writing Coach | Rep: Eva Scalzo, Speilburg Lit & Naomi Davis, BookEnds Lit Loves fanfic, trashy teen TV, great books, rock climbing, New Orleans, and people who get too excited about things https://linktr.ee/MichelleHazenAuthor
@v-ananya-author.bsky.social
Indian. Reader. Writer. Historian. Photographer. Poetess. Mother. 28. Married. Fantasy-addict, romance-lover. Author. Instagram/Threads- v_ananya_author. Koo. Reddit. Website: https://www.v-ananyawrites.co.in/
@stephcampisi.bsky.social
Aussie writer in SoCal. She/her. Latest: SPARKLE PIGS. Next: FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. AKA Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman. Rep: @ultraliterary www.stephaniecampisi.com | www.broomsticklers.com
@maririchards.bsky.social
Author/Illustrator, Toy Designer, Mom, Artist, Rock Collector, Book sniffer | Illustrator of the Archie and Pip series | She/Her | Represented by @AdriaGoetz @KTLiterary https://bio.site/MariRichards
@camillew.bsky.social
Illustrator/author; csacbi👩🏻🎓, BESEA 日🇯🇵英🇬🇧ミックス🌟 she/her 🚫No AI/NFT🙅🏻♀️ #UKKidLit #kidlitart www.camillewhitcher.co.uk instagram.com/milly_of_bunston
@melissaescobarart.com
Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl! Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency. Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/ Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart
@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
@kerisagreenebooks.bsky.social
Author + Illustrator I AM BOTH, Macmillan, April 9 2024 THE IMPOSTER, Gnome Road, March 5 2024 LEGENDARY CAKES, Macmillan, Winter 2025 Rep’d by Caryn Wiseman & Aashna Avachat at Andrea Brown Literary Agency https://linktr.ee/kerisagreene
@andreabrownlit.bsky.social
A full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we are biased). We LOVE books and their creators!
@theartofadriane.bsky.social
Just keep drawing 💫 • Children’s book illustrator #kidlit • TUGGOAT (‘24), Coco book series • Rep’d by James McGowan at BookEnds Literary Portfolio • Classes • Socials ⤵️ https://linktr.ee/theartofadriane
@lilistrations.bsky.social
Mexican-American Author and Illustrator ITS TIME FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Summer 2025 Rep'd by: Sophie Sheumaker @ BookEnds Literary Lilistrations.com #kidlitart #kidlit
@muakata.bsky.social
♾️🌈 Children’s Books Illustrator | TTRPG https://links.muakata.com/
@patnlewis.bsky.social
Illustrator/cartoonist; he/him. Lover of vintage toys, tiki mugs, 1960s Disneyland, nachos, cats. AGENTS OF S.U.I.T. 3 out now from Macmillan/First Second! patnlewis.com
@brianlarossa.com
Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture & Chapter Books). Adjunct at The City College of New York (Design Criticism). Writer (Fiction). Speaker (SCBWI et al). Born ATL. Live NYC. He/Him. 💙❤️ www.brianlarossa.com The 523rd person to join Bluesky.
@devpetty.bsky.social
Children’s Author. Devout Californian. Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA www.devpetty.com
@batslangley.bsky.social
A NYC based illustrator, fine artist and designer. Creator of GUS. New book: “Jackie and the Books She Loved”. Website: https://www.batslangley.com/
@kslivensky.bsky.social
Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Was @paleopaws on the old place. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. www.KatieSlivensky.com
@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
@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
@catherinehapka.bsky.social
Still out here writing for kids and YA rep: Katherine Latshaw at Folio Literary Management Horse enthusiast, cat magnet, music fan, night owl, swing state voter, lazy gardener She/her catherinehapka.com
@lacarterbooks.bsky.social
Children’s Book Author/Illustrator 📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL (July 1, 2025) 📘 YETI Book 2 (Summer 2026) 💼 Rep’d by Lane Clarke #kidlit #kidlitart linktr.ee/lacarterbooks
@loritecler.bsky.social
Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom 🐾; DC area sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; proud University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡 https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
@rhiannonoliver.bsky.social
Children's Poet, Actress & Workshop Leader. South Wales. Dysgu Cymraeg. Debut children's poetry collection publishing Spring 26 with Firefly Press Actress represented by Shelley Barrett Management Happiest eating chips by the sea