Jay Whistler
Author, editor, speaker, unrepentent progressive, neurodiverse. You can take my Oxford comma from my cold, dead fists. VCFA WCYA, MFA, MA, lifelong learner. I swear like a sailor.
@debbieohi.com
Writes & illustrates books. 🇨🇦 #CanKidLit. Comics, board games, poetry. Illus in books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Alt-text fan. #Uplift https://debbieohi.com/ What I'm working on: @work.debbieohi.com
@alina-borger.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, VCFA alum, rep’d by EMLA. There was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner. 🏳️🌈 she/her
@lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social
Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse.
@colbysharp.bsky.social
⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@marthabee.bsky.social
Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
@thehornbook.bsky.social
Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@hsmeloche.bsky.social
Poet & author of #yacontemporary RIPPLE, released by Penguin Putnam in 2016. #Pitchwars mentor 2017. #ya #kidlit
@kidlitart.bsky.social
#KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art. Next chat - Thurs, May 29, 9pm EST/6pm PST May topic - Going Places Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
@kidlitchat.bsky.social
#kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news. Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
@cpearsonauthor.bsky.social
Children's book author/full-time word wrangler | former early childhood educator | Repped by Kelly Sonnack | proud bi-peninsula Michigander | carriepearsonbooks.com | she/her
@alicebmcginty.bsky.social
Alice B. McGinty is the award winning author of over 50 books for children and an enthusiastic presenter at schools and libraries!
@ruthexpress.bsky.social
Author-illustrator-cartoonist repped by Jonathan Rosen at The Seymour Agency
@vlorencen.bsky.social
Children's author THE BIG BOOK OF BARF: A SPEWNAMI OF SICK SCIENCE, HURLED HISTORY, AND BODY ODDITIES - Release date: Jan. 28, 2025 - Published by Bright Matter | Random House Children's Books
@suzannelipshaw.bsky.social
Award-winning children’s book author and former special education teacher passionate about growing young minds, engaging readers, and empowering student leaders. http://www.suzannejacobslipshaw.com/
@suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
Children’s and Young Adult Author https://linktr.ee/sumasubramaniam?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=c524d73d-f45a-43cd-ae83-6ace7219ca47
@scbwi.bsky.social
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
@dpilutti.bsky.social
Children's Book writer and illusrator. Lover of vintage signs and awkward toys. Bad at clapping. THE DINOSAUR IN THE GARDEN is out now! FISH DON'T GO TO SCHOOL coming soon
@danniemolguin.bsky.social
Author of BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL. Big dogs are my kryptonite. 🏳️🌈 📚 https://linktr.ee/danniemolguin
@ghostofdavid.bsky.social
Writer | Editor at AngelellaEditorial.com | Co-Executive Editor of The Quiet Ones Literary Magazine | VCFA Alum | 🏳️🌈
@jennbailey.bsky.social
Author, editor, pie baker, Ollie walker, VCFA-WCYA, Maker of the Henry series, Meowsterpieces, and The Twelve Hours of Christmas
@juliewrayh.bsky.social
Plant lover. Pet keeper. Word whisperer. Occasional Cookie Monster. SCBWI, SinC, MFA VCFAWCYA
@karenkrossing.com
#KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor. Latest books: MONSTER VS. BOY. ONE TINY BUBBLE. Repped by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown. VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops. Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️🌈 https://karenkrossing.com
@thequietones.bsky.social
A #Horror and #Dystopian Literary Zine | Exec. Editors: DM Hoffman and Alexis Powell | Subs CLOSED | Next Issue: October 30, 2025 www.wearethequietones.com/links
@novarensuma.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. WAKE THE WILD CREATURES now out from Little, Brown: “Luminous.” “Ferocious.” “Essential.” https://linktr.ee/novaren Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@lilrongal.bsky.social
author of YA books THIS NIGHT IS OURS & WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU copy editor • MFA • poet • traveler • cat mom • player of cozy video games • dreamer 💙✨ rep: eric smith ronnidavis.com insta: lilrongal DA-7887-2919-3492 steam: lilrongal
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now! 🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
@vashleywalker.bsky.social
Children's book author with a background in engineering and artificial intelligence | VCFA | SCBWI | #kidlit | Youth mentor | Rep'd by Kelly Dyksterhouse at The Tobias Literary Agency | ashleywalkerbooks.com
@katebranden.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Wandergirl. VCFA WCYA grad. Fan of cats and wool. she/her katebranden.com/me
@kristyeverington.bsky.social
Kidlit author. ISOBEL ADDS IT UP w/AG Ford, Random House Studio. VCFA MFA. Likes books, tea, cake, and cats. Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social at Jabberwocky Literary Agency. SF Bay Area. 🇦🇺/🇺🇲 She/her www.kristyeverington.com
@rowenaeureka.bsky.social
Accidental activist, recovering perfectionist, & VCFA WCYA grad
@gingerjohnson.bsky.social
Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA. SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
@mkmurphy.bsky.social
Writer, illustrator, animator, and educational software person ✏️🎨 www.flamingoboots.com
@heyjimhill.bsky.social
Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose. VCFA WCYA SCBWI
@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.
@marywalkerwright.bsky.social
@sharondarrow.bsky.social
Poet, Author, Teacher. I write poems, essays, and books for children, young adults, and adults. For over 20 years I was on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts.
@tirzahprice.bsky.social
USA Today bestselling author of the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, knitter, dog lover, cat wrangler. Michigander. 🌈 Latest: IN WANT OF A SUSPECT Up next: A MATTER OF MURDER TirzahPrice.com
@willalex.bsky.social
National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms—mostly for young readers. SUNWARD, my first novel for grownups, is coming soon from Saga Press. He/him. www.willalex.net
@anindita.org
PM at Performant Software. PhD & MFA. Digital Humanities, place, poetics, Elizabeth Bishop, poetry, children's lit. She/her. Lived in Lausanne for over a decade and now relearning the US.