MituMalhotra.bsky.social
Doodles, Designs, Writes for Children & Young Adults @vcfawcya @cbigNYC
Picture bks, Illus. MG, YA verse & prose. mitumalhotra.com https://www.instagram.com/mituart/
@vedasdogdayaftnoon.bsky.social
I do off-leash adventures for dogs. Sober vegan punk with NO tolerance for sexism/racism/homophobia.
@rebeccaesk.bsky.social
Writers House. She/her. Open to queries as of 1/1/2025. https://www.rebeccaeskildsen.com/
@maureencharles.bsky.social
Kidlit Writer • MFA VCFA • Slave to cats • Mom to Shak • Co-Author of MUSIC MAVENS: 15 WOMEN OF NOTE IN THE INDUSTRY (Chicago Review Press 2023)• Social Entrepreneur/Cofounder at Love of Aging
@charlottewenger.com
she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine 🌻 www.charlottewenger.com www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
@agenthawk.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Upstart Crow Literary, repping books for kids and teens. Periodically open to unsolicited queries, details here: UpstartCrowLiterary.com
@kidlitcraft.bsky.social
a resource for children's book writers. podcast. classes. craft articles. https://www.kidlitcraft.com/links
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@cynleitichsmith.bsky.social
children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, dog mom
@padmatv.bsky.social
THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
@erinentrada.bsky.social
Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: Hamline MFAC | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
@veerawrites.bsky.social
Award-winning author of The Night Diary, Amil and The After, How To Find What You’re Not Looking For, and more! Rep: Sara Crowe Literary. Faculty—VCFA, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program. www.veerahiranandani.com
@marcellapixley.bsky.social
Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (forthcoming Candlewick 2025). TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
@lynfairchildhawks.bsky.social
Author, educator, Gen X. There’s room for all of us at the table. RESIST💙Author of @nervesofsteel, How Wendy Redbird Survived & Teaching Macbeth. Book Pipeline & Writer’s Digest 1st Place Winner. VCFA WCYA alum. Fan of Greg Hawks. https://www.lynhawks.com
@leeandlow.bsky.social
Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. 2025 Lee & Low Books.
@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.
@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.
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
Founded by Lori Steel, SteelWorks Literary represents authors, illustrators, and graphic novelists for the children's and YA markets, and beyond. https://steelworksliterary.com https://QueryManager.com/LoriSteel
@kellydhouse.bsky.social
Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
@as-king.bsky.social
Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com. She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
@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.
@fuse8.bsky.social
Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Five. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
@arielbbooks.bsky.social
I have the voice of illustrated characters. Picture and Chapter Book Author & rep by @mccarthylit 📚 She/Her https://www.arielbernsteinbooks.com
@michaelleali.bsky.social
Award-winning author. THE CIVIL WAR OF AMOS ABERNATHY | MATTEO | THE TRUTH ABOUT TRIANGLES. Rep by Sara Crowe. He/him/his. 🏳️🌈
@jennbailey.bsky.social
Author, editor, pie baker, Ollie walker, VCFA-WCYA, Maker of the Henry series, Meowsterpieces, and The Twelve Hours of Christmas
@amberlough.bsky.social
Writer. American in Germany. That’s me in the orange backpack, straddling the world.
@beckererine.bsky.social
My debut novel CRUSHING IT (a Junior Library Guild Selection) is out now from Penguin. VCFA grad, marketer by day, kidlit author by night. 🌈 https://linktr.ee/beckererine
@jacquilipton.bsky.social
Author, Law Professor, Senior Literary Agent, @TheTobiasAgency. #VCFA #SCBWI; #HWA ; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022). jlipton.com
@neglet.bsky.social
Author of kidlit; musician; feline fanatic; crafter. VCFA grad. Author/arranger site: dianetelgen.com.
@theericageorge.bsky.social
author. educator. animal advocate. 📍Cape Cod 🌊 | New Jersey 🍅 WITTY IN PINK (Entangled Teen, 2024) Rep’d by @lizaroyceagency
@tmbees.bsky.social
Writer | Librarian 🏳️🌈 PhD YSJ | MFA VCFA ‘22 | MLIS UIUC ‘18 Printz 2020 🥔 I write books about misunderstood women, spooky stuff, and trauma.
@christiemegill.bsky.social
Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost. Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
@erincaseywestin.bsky.social
She/her Associate Agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency Currently closed to queries www.erincaseywestin.com / www.galltzacker.com Profile photo by DMOimages
@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!
@debbimichiko.bsky.social
#kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1) https://debbimichikoflorence.com
@authorgracelin.bsky.social
Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
@novarensuma.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. New novel WAKE THE WILD CREATURES from Little, Brown on May 6, 2025. https://linktr.ee/novaren Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
@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
@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.
@geneluenyang.bsky.social
Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer 🧧American Born Chinese 🏀Dragon Hoops 🐢Secret Coders 🗡Books of Clash 🦸🏻♂️Superman Smashes the Klan 👊🏼Shang-Chi 🐵Monkey Prince ☁️Avatar
@dowphumiruk.bsky.social
Mom, wife, retired peds MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Emerging Voices & Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, usually posts #kidlit art/sketches ≈wkly, art marketing. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.
@lindacamacho.bsky.social
Senior Literary Agent @ Gallt & Zacker Literary; wise-ish Latina; children's VCFA MFA and Cornell alum. Loves TV and giving unsolicited advice. She/her. (Profile Image: Marjorie Buell)
@jengennari.bsky.social
Kidlit author! STIFLED (2026!), MUFFLED, MY MIXED-UP BERRY BLUE SUMMER. Teacher, editor, word lover. Earth fan. Tree hugger. www.jengennari.com
@yvonneventresca.com
Enthusiasms: #productivityforcreatives, purple pens, #schneagles, libraries Award-winning author of YA novels PANDEMIC & BLACK FLOWERS, WHITE LIES, along with tween, teen, & adult short stories. #VCFA grad. Repped by Liza Royce Agency. YvonneVentresca.com
@lauriewallmark.bsky.social
Award winning children’s book author. (THE QUEEN OF CHESS / GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE / CODE BREAKER, SPY HUNTER / and more. Repped by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency. www.lauriewallmark.com
@keklamagoon.bsky.social
Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
@armyvet5.bsky.social
Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
@cbignyc.bsky.social
CBIG, Children’s Book Illustrators Group, is a NYC based group of illustrators and author-illustrators who create work for children’s publishing. Website: https://www.cbig-nyc.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbignyc/