Helen Zax
Children’s poet. Abrams will publish Little Witch’s To-Do List in 2025–the first of three Magical List Books. Co-winner 2021 YorkMix International Children’s Poetry Prize & 2018 MG Katherine Paterson Prize. Poems published in many magazines and anthologies
@debradaugherty.bsky.social
Children's Book Author. Member SCBWI. SCBWI-IL representative for the Springfield area network. Author of The Memory Jar and Cows Can't Be Clowns. https://writing-for-children.webnode.com #authorvisit #schoolvisit #libraryvisit
@ericode.bsky.social
Children's author, poet, and songwriter. Educator. Creativity cheerleader. Jazz pianist. Travel junkie. Ally for equality. Husband and proud father.
@oliversykesauthor.bsky.social
'25 CLiPPA shortlisted & award-winning children's author, poet, writer/performer | #AlfiesFirstFight #WeAreFamily #SavingAnwen | Books @ManMet @Otter-BarryBooks @Collins | Words @Guardian @DailyExpress @Booktrust Website: www.oliver-sykes.com
@dreambeastpoems.bsky.social
I write poems for children, teens and sometimes big people too. I'm also a teacher and art education specialist. #PersonifyThis 📕 🦘My picture book, Out Now: The Klangaroo https://t.ly/TdXh- My Website & Blog: dreambeastpoems.com
@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/ www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk “playful, zingy and warm”. Here for books 📚& active travel 🚴🏃🚶♂️👩🦽➡️. From Scunthorpe to Whitley Bay. @robwaltonwriter on other places.
@tombirdseye.bsky.social
Author of 20 books for young readers, the most recent being my first YA — There Is No Map for This.
@cynleitichsmith.bsky.social
children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, dog mom
@lizgardensalad.bsky.social
Poems, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels. All the world is all of us. 🌏♥️ She/Her www.LizGartonScanlon.com
@mlbphd.bsky.social
13 hard sci-fi novels. Explore thrilling adventures & timeless human connections. Experience a meticulously crafted future where science & imagination collide! P.S. These stories are true, they just haven't happened yet. http://www.michaelbrachman.com
@clairelewiswrites.bsky.social
Hi! I write & illustrate PBs/poems/MG & work for @thebookery.bsky.social 📚 Pub'd: The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press & Tyger Tyger. Debut PB:The Go Away Rain Dance, Feb 26 https://linktr.ee/claire_f_lewis
@scripthavenltd.bsky.social
Thriving independent bookshop, coffee shop, event venue, safe community haven in Worcester, UK! scripthavenltd@gmail.com https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scripthaven 104 High St, Worcester, WR1 2HW scripthaven.co.uk Also on Insta, Facebook and Twitter!
@volpekohler.bsky.social
Marketing + comms pro, speaker / writing, economics, singing, songwriting / #greatlakes fan / #kidlit fiction, poetry @ https://dirigibleballoon.org / #12x12PB #SCBWI / #amquerying #amwriting / views mine CLE ➡️ DC ➡️ CLE https://linktr.ee/volpe.kohler
@marthakidlitauthor.bsky.social
Children's librarian, PB author, past Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Chair. A Ring for a King - just published from Wisdom Tales! My website: https://www.martha-seif-simpson.com/ includes my monthly newsletter. Please take a look and subscribe.
@bookhive25.bsky.social
We're a group of 12 #KidLit creators all abuzz about our books coming out in 2025! www.bookhive25.com Insta & Threads: @bookhive_25 Tiktok: @bookhive25
@ljamstutz.bsky.social
Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary . http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
@katrinaswenson.bsky.social
Children’s author and poet. Poems at The School Magazine, Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, and pending at Highlights’ High Five. My debut picture book, LOVE, GRUMBLE (illustrated by Charles Santoso, published by Little, Brown) arrives in 2026!
@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
@deangloster.bsky.social
Anti-authoritarian. Author of stories for young people, including the YA novel DESSERT FIRST. Former Supreme Court law clerk. Former standup comic. VCFA MFA. Write on. He/him.
@gkuhny.bsky.social
Children’s picture book author: How Happy Is a Lark? Intro for children to fun of language & sparks imagination. Book 2 presales spring 2025 Into the Thicket, a boy finds an injured baby rabbit. 🚫DMs authorgailkuhnlein.com
@robertmford.bsky.social
Writer, community builder, & devoted tea drinker 🍵✨—on a mission to find the stories that connect us, spark empathy, and make the world a bit kinder (one cuppa at a time). https://robertmichaelford.substack.com/
@polaseklj.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying CANSCAIP WFCC PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest 1st place MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24
@juliefhedlund.bsky.social
Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com
@joshfunkbooks.bsky.social
I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading. Books like Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, Dear Unicorn, My Pet Feet, How to Code a Sandcastle, & more. joshfunkbooks.com
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; little-boy mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
@adamrex.bsky.social
Author and illustrator of all the books you like. No, not that one. No, not that one either
@mstewartscience.bsky.social
Writes science books for kids. Cares deeply about literacy and science education. Nonfiction advocate. She/her https://melissa-stewart.com
@philbildner.bsky.social
I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
@shannonhale.bsky.social
NYT bestseller of 50 books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, BEST FRIENDS, DIANA & NUBIA, ITTY-BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4, wife of 1. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
@bottomshelfbks.bsky.social
author of The Blur, Real to Me (Knopf/PRH) | Lift, Drawn Together, more (LBYR) | Green Lantern Legacy (DC) | A Lotus for You (Parallax) | WNDB board | Hamline MFAC faculty
@thatlauraruby.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social
kids and young adult book author. The horrors never cease but neither do I. Founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her) blessed stressed depressed ✌🏽 Prettyokmaggie.com
@priscillag.bsky.social
Disabled writer 💪🏼 Artist 🖌️ Kidlit devotee 📚 Geek 📡 she/her Rep’d by: ✨Emily Keyes✨ @esckeyes.bsky.social 👉🏻 http://priscillagilman.net 👈🏻
@naomimilliner.bsky.social
Grateful for family, friends, readers, and books, including my own: SUPER JAKE & THE KING OF CHAOS, ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS, and THE TROUBLE WITH SECRETS (coming in April 2025!). I enjoy mentoring children and adults, and connecting with other writers.
@sedgeberg.bsky.social
I’m a children’s picture book writer. I’m inspired by nature & wildlife. I love to paint with watercolors and draw. @ #SCBWI, #12x12PB, @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
@lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social
Lyrical picture books about science and nature: ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL A STONE IS A STORY I AM WE: A STORY OF CROW SURVIVIAL ('25)
@kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
@carolinelperry.bsky.social
Picture book author www.carolinelperry.com Links: https://linktr.ee/carolinelperry 📘I Am Not Happy! 🇦🇺 (S&S, ‘25) 📙The Memory Cake 🇲🇹 (Holiday House, ‘25) 📕 Messi’s Magic ⚽️ (Scholastic, ‘25) 📗Nighty Knight 🏰 (S&S, ‘26) 📚 The Corgi and the Queen, out now!
@kfriedmaneverham.bsky.social
Otterly happy author of OTTER OUGHTA KNOW (Scholastic, 04/24). Art by the fabulous Michael Robertson. A new book for the littles coming soon! CHESED (PJ Publishing, 10/25). Gorgeous art by Gabby Grant. I'm repped by agent extraordinaire Joyce Sweeney.
@denadavisbooks.bsky.social
🌺🇬🇷 Pre-pub #KidLit author, disability advocate, library board member, former teacher, optimistic realist #SCBWI #CBA #12X12 #50PreciousWords Winner ‘22 #PBParty Participant, she/her 🌺🇬🇷
@hunderdown.bsky.social
I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org I do have opinions about other things and will share them as well.
@toniaistired.bsky.social
Educator Mom I march with an amazing New Orleans area dance team of adult women who own lots of purple wigs and glitter Reader of all kinds of books but particularly romance
@tinashepardson.bsky.social
Children’s author of picture and chapter books. Former award winning educator for 33 years. Creator and host of the Lil’ Leaders Poscast: Conversations with Kids. Represented by Sharon Belcastro at The Belcastro Agency. TinaShepardson.com #12x12 #SCBWI
@pbsoar.bsky.social
Welcome to PB Soar! We're a group of picture book authors and illustrators with debut books that came out in 2024 and beyond. Our stories have just begun! Come SOAR with us!
@kristimahoney.bsky.social
PB author 🦙 ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS (Out now!) 🦉OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS (Gnome Road, Spring 2026) 12x12 PB, SCBWI, PBSoar rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
@shelleyjohannes.bsky.social
Author|illustrator|designer from Metro Detroit. Books include: BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER SERIES | MORE THAN SUNNY | THIS JOY! | March 2025: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? with Marcy Campbell Book, prints, tees + more: linktr.ee/ShelleyJohannes