Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective
We lift up and support neurodivergent storytellers, making more room for authentic stories in children’s literature, to help young readers be seen and create increased empathy and understanding by neurotypical readers.
https://ndkidlit.org
@chrismixart.bsky.social
Children's Illustrator / Author, member CBIG-NYC, SCBWI, Vermont Arts Council, Teaching Artist for schools, libraries and creative aging.
@elenitwehner.bsky.social
Autistic & ADHD Mom of 3 Autistic kids (she/her). Raising neurodivergent kids to be empowered & confident is everything. Debut board book series ROSCOE & IVY - MY DINOSAUR SHOES and THE CLEAN-UP MONSTER Portfolio: EleniTWehner.com
@queserabee.bsky.social
Writer/Laugher/Fighter/ND/Human-Sized Muppet (She/Her/Ella) 🐈🐕 ⚽️ 🌱 🍵 🧶 💤 | dysautonomia | chronicillness | EDsurvivor |
@meakamey.bsky.social
books books tea doggo books 📖 💜💗💙 she/ her /hers Avatar by Tasha Black Banner by @beccabeean.bsky.social
@limaleigh.bsky.social
📚 MG pirate adventure fantasy in progress 🏴☠️ 🌈 Neurodivergent and queer characters 🎶 Singer / Songwriter 🎹 🎤 Slam Poet ⚡️
@jenhb.bsky.social
YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
@thetobiasagency.bsky.social
A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction. https://thetobiasagency.com/
@annmrose.bsky.social
agent: The Tobias Literary Agency & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author | opinions are my own | she/her rep: Eva Scalzo layout: Ana Scribe
@writequeryhook.bsky.social
I built Write Query Hook to champion authors. Daily alerts. Smart agent-matching database launches May 2025. Your query process secret weapon. We handle the chaos so you can focus on the Craft. It starts here: www.writequeryhook.com
@disabilitydaily.bsky.social
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day! Subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, or Spotify, and tell your friends! Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨ AccessibleHigherEd.com DisabilityDaily.podbean.com
@thatwriterguy.com
NYT Worstselling Author SFF📚, Satire, Comedy, Absurdist, 😺 Waiting for a Hit on Corncob 🌽 TV https://michaeltilford.substack.com/ https://patreon.com/ThatWriterGuy42
@rachelgozhansky.bsky.social
#KidLit Illustrator and Writer: SCBWI, 12x12. Womens' Lax Official. Graphic Designer (data and presentation design). Dog mom. Enthusiast of technology, fantasy fiction, movies, boardgames, the outdoors RachelGozhansky.com
@michaelbeachy.bsky.social
🎞️Currently making cartoons, primarily in backgrounds, storyboards and writing assistance. Open for commissions in Animation. Let me make you a music video or animated trailer. he/him https://linktr.ee/michaelsensea
@alisongreenmyers.bsky.social
@sarahkapit.bsky.social
Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran www.sarahkapit.com
@k8cosgrove.bsky.social
If Mister Rogers had a baby w/ Cyndi Lauper. KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR 🌈 Rep: Mark Gottlieb Trident Media Group k8cosgrove@IG she/her https://linktr.ee/k8cosgrove?fbclid=PAAabMQUP9aLIDiOylx1JASn-n7ENDVrSKlbPdNyvIGdtGs6qfXIhmjM1BMTk_aem_AQY1
@fidgetsandfries.bsky.social
NYT #1 Bestseller | Speaker | Autistic Storyteller & "Autism Mom" | Consultant | Disrupting norms with a dash of humor | Pie Slayer Represented by Annette Bourland of Bourland Strategic Advisors
@samara-cole-doyon.bsky.social
Author of Magnificent Homespun Brown, Magic Like That, Next Level. International Literacy Award Winner. Lupin Award Winner. Poet. Mom. She / her / hers
@steveasbell.com
Author/Illustrator of FLAP YOUR HANDS: A Celebration of Stimming! (Lee and Low, 24) 😺 Cartoonist of Stimmy Kitty comics 📚 Featured at 2024 National Book Festival https://www.steveasbell.com
@sydneydunlap.bsky.social
SCBWI member, teacher, animal lover, anti-trafficking advocate. Award-winning author of IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY and forthcoming RACING THE CLOUDS (2/18/25). Rep: Ann Rose/The Tobias Agency https://sydneydunlap.com/
@sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social
Actor/singer/author who tells stories onstage & on the page. ND. Works/teaches at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social #Kidlit author: ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES, 2023. Rep: Mara Cobb at Martin Lit. staylorwrites.com https://linktr.ee/sjohnstontaylor
@sarahmcdavis.com
✏️Creating #kidlit for curious kids! 📚1st #ChapterBook Mystery out now! 🐙OCTO, PI, AND THE MISSING EGG🔎 📓Contact me for #STEAM Author Visits! 🌉Based in Pittsburgh, PA
@sarahkurpiel.bsky.social
Picture book author/illustrator. A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC (2024). ♿ She/her. linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
@sallyjplabooks.bsky.social
ALA Schneider Award winning children's author, inclusivity advocate, autistic, anovelmind.com, sallyjpla.com. Loving kindness. We all shine with different lights.
@rosariomwrites.bsky.social
Author of many things IG: rosariomwrites | t1d 💌: https://substack.com/@rosariomartinez?r=1pade&utm_medium=ios
@nicolemhewitt.bsky.social
MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
@artgardner.bsky.social
illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND www.melissagardnerart.com Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social @galltzacker.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
@mwduff.bsky.social
Author of HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? illustrated by @taylorbarron.bsky.social Queer Kidlit Mentorships, psych prof, probably in a tide pool 🦑, excels at typos, reads a lot, them/them, No GenAI 🖖 www.meghanwilsonduff.com
@meeratrehan.bsky.social
Author of Snow and The View from the Very Best House in Town. Dark chocolate nonpareils are my writing vitamins. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
@mattforrestvw.bsky.social
KidLit author, poetry writer, voice actor, Moxie drinker, dad, son, hubby, human. http://mattforrest.com
@laurenspieller.bsky.social
LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace! YA author w/ S&S I love dogs like it's my job She/Her
@laurashovan.bsky.social
(she/her) Poet, Educator, Middle Grade Author. Vermont College of Fine Arts WCYA faculty. WELCOME TO MONSTERVILLE is out now!
@lauraparnum.bsky.social
Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
@kathysquill.bsky.social
Author, ASL interpreter, storyteller, trainer, librarian. Keeper of spreadsheets & dreamer of dreams. Rep by Shania Soler @metamorphlitag.bsky.social she/her
@katefussner.bsky.social
📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025) 📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins) ✍ DVMentor '22 ✍ MFA Lesley ‘21 🏳🌈Queer she/her rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary
@krsilverstein.bsky.social
Award winning children's book author, public speaker and disability activist. I champion misfits, underdogs and that weird kid nobody wanted to sit next to at lunch. (Spoiler alert: I qualify as all of the above.) LGBTQIA+ally No hate - just love
@kchowrites.bsky.social
Middle grade. Hiking enthusiast. Miracle (Ottaviano/LBYR) Title tbd (2026, Ottaviano/LBYR) Rep: Andrea Cascardi SCBWI AZ ARA https://linktr.ee/kchowrites
@halligomez-author.bsky.social
MG and YA author. LIST OF TEN (2021 Union Sq & Co.) AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award Winner. Rep’d by East West Literary. Website: Halligomez.com
@federicoerebia.bsky.social
PEDRO & DANIEL Lammy Award - Winner MA Book Award - Longlist Ohio Book Award - Finalist Crystal Kite Award - Honor Book Américas Award - Commended Book Linktree: linktr.ee/FedericoErebia Website: FJEbooks.com
@emilydeibert.bsky.social
Middle Grade Author of BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT (Random House Kids, out now!) 🏒🇨🇦🏳️🌈 More info here: https://bit.ly/3EOkGZ2 Represented by Kurestin Armada/Root Literary emilydeibert.com | she/her
@cthomasbooks.bsky.social
Author and stuff. Now: STREETLIGHT PEOPLE | next: IT’S YOU EVERY TIME | Rep: Ann Rose @ The Tobias Literary Agency (📚) ; Alec Frankel @ IAG (🎬)
@cassfederman.bsky.social
Creator of graphic novels and picture books for kids! ND mom to a PDA kid💪 Rep: @marchsoloway.bsky.social 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CassFederman 📚GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! (Random House, 2025) 📚AQUAMANATEE (DC, 2025) 📚STORY SPINNERS (S&S/Aladdin, 2025)
@jbradley.bsky.social
Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
@keilavdawson.bsky.social
Author & educator📚Keila charges $5 to answer "Where are you from?" 📚NO BRAIN THE SAME '26📚Out now: ⚜️ YUMBO GUMBO & El gumbo más delicioso 🌏 NO WORLD TOO BIG 🚘 OPENING THE ROAD 📢 NO VOICE TOO SMALL 👑KING CAKE BABY 📚 🔗 https://www.keiladawson.com/
@lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social
Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com
@authorsabb.bsky.social
We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
@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
@brettbobculbert.bsky.social
HUSBAND 😊 DOG PAPA 🐶 ACTOR 🎬 INSTA https://www.instagram.com/brett.culbert?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Lift spirits 💫 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4028190/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Currently on - 🎥 Netflix-Rebel Moon - 🎥 ABC-General Hospital