@pbrisingstars.bsky.social
We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder. www.pbrisingstars.com
@gennie.bsky.social
📖📚 Picture books 👧🧒 Parenthood 🧠🎉 Learning Through Play Represented by Katie Bircher at Sara Crowe Literary https://www.genniegorback.com/
@lisagerin1.bsky.social
Picture Book author for children. Tucson AZ #kidlit #SCBWI New picture book coming in 2026! Cat & cacti wrangler. School visits- https://lisagerin.com Author of ROSALIND LOOKED CLOSER: AN UNSUNG HERO OF MOLECULAR SCIENCE 50 * 5-star reviews on Amazon!!!
@hannahlagrone.bsky.social
Mom of 2 toddler boys, poet and picture book writer, former ESL/bilingual teacher #12x12PB #PBparty finalist #50preciouswords winner
@susancorry.bsky.social
PB Writer: susancorry.com | Winner: #50PreciousWords 2025 | 12x12 | SCBWI #PictureBooks #KidLit Photography Buff, Neurodiversity Ally LaLaLander, she/her | 🌿 “Put yourself in the way of beauty.” —Cheryl Strayed
@janebexley.bsky.social
Bestselling Author / Illustrator featured on @NPR.org and Last Week Tonight w/John Oliver Momx4 with a soft spot for delightful wordplay #PBparty 2025 finalist #kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI janebexley.com
@mermaidwriter.bsky.social
Kidlit writer (PB focus), poet, gemologist-in-training, nature-lover, crafter, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra, ND 🍰💜💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying Poems published in The Dirigible Balloon and more
@cbmwrites.bsky.social
Twin mom. PB Writer. Travel junkie. Broadway enthusiast. Collector of all things Wizard of Oz. I #12x12PB I #SCBWI I #50PreciousWords winner 2025
@robynnhyde.bsky.social
Children's author of #kidlit #pb Editor - Debut Journeys Author of Mirror Me Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI Canadian living in the UK https://linktr.ee/robynn_hyde
@joyceraywriter.bsky.social
#VCFA #SCBWI Writer. Reader. Traveler. PB, MG, YA, Poetry #AmSubmitting www.joyceraybooks.com
@maryloveswords.bsky.social
*jazz hands* MaryKuehner.com Early lit librarian. Storytime pro. PB author seeking representation. Neurospicy (OCD/ADHD). “She reads a lot of shouty books.” - that one kid at Storytime. She/her. Mug by Bob Shea.
@jordynblue.bsky.social
Writer. Fundraiser. Crafter. Chaos-Wrangler. Etc. www.jordynjefferson.com
@loribuffalo.bsky.social
Writer of books, stories, songs, poems, and blog posts. Come see what I've scribbled!
@katiemoon-author.bsky.social
Author-illustrator braving the query trenches. Focused mainly on humor with a sprinkle of heart. Illustration HM #PBParty2024.
@abbiewjames.bsky.social
#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA, poetry. #SCBWI. MG novel coming spring 2026! Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist. Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. She/her abbiewernerjames.com
@milifayart.bsky.social
Story Artist, Illustrator, Author, Globe Trotter 🌎 On art and writing. ✍🏻 Staying positive most of the time. 💕 ☀️ 😊 https://milifay.art
@liaukidder.bsky.social
Aspiring Children's Picture Book Author #SCBWI member and Oregon Chapter Great Critique Co-Coordinator, #12x12 member, formally agented. Ready for query PB witch series, giants and mice, dragons and gnomes in rhyme and a young king meets a wizard in prose
@tanackerwohlers.bsky.social
Artist, Must be outdoors, Lover of imagination and youthfulness. An illustrator and author of PBs and working on MG pieces as well.
@anitatran.bsky.social
Storyteller | Author | Illustrator | Creator SCBWI | 12x12 | kidlit www.anitatran.com
@wmdcurtis.bsky.social
Picture book author, songwriter, member of SCBWI, Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA), ASCAP, and Actors' Equity, versatile, funny, and serious, seeking representation
@svtworks.bsky.social
Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |No 🧌, no TMI.
@raelenevanhorn.bsky.social
PB Author/ Illustrator; MG Writing, Teacher #50PreciousWords 24’ Honoree; #PBParty 25’ Honorable Mention SCBWI-SFNEB Team
@jrickerwhalen.bsky.social
Kidlit author, YS librarian, Purdue grad, #SCBWI, #12x12, 2022 #PBParty Honorable Mention, 2020 #PBCritiqueFest winner, Cheesehead, and Intense Sports Fanatic.
@lcroylewrites.bsky.social
Children’s author seeking representation. Instructional designer, mom, & former educator. Cat-lover 🐈. #scbwi #12x12pb
@brittanypomales.bsky.social
Children’s Book Author Rep: Stefanie Molina at Ladderbird SM & Publicity for The Little Press Preorder IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
@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
@mariettaa.bsky.social
Author and illustrator of: Wombat And The Family Tree Jack The Library Cat 🐴 Equestrian Instructor 🐶 Dog mom Supporter of 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 Rep's by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black Andrea Brown Literary Agency https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
@professoraixa.bsky.social
Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
@staceybyer.bsky.social
Kidlit writer & illustrator. Made in the Caribbean 🇬🇩 🇧🇧. Creator: #sweetshoutout series #PBParty Judge Rep'd: McIntosh & Otis Preorder WILL & KRILL (Beaming Books 2025) https://staceybyer.com/books
@beccamcmurdiebooks.bsky.social
☀️Author ☀️BUILDING A BEAK (Page Street, 2024) ☀️JUST A SHELL…OR IS IT? (Abrams, 2026) ☀️JUST A PUDDLE…OR IS IT? (Abrams, 2027) ☀️Rep: Joyce Sweeney www.beccamcmurdie.com
@calliebdean.bsky.social
Writer, Musician, Researcher, Mom. http://calliebdean.com Rep: Karly Dizon @ Fuse Literary
@bjkidd.bsky.social
Children's writer. Former Texan who now lives in Wisconsin. Former South East Area Rep for SCBWI-Wisconsin.
@alexdistasi.bsky.social
writer & artist IG: AlexDiStasi_illustrations alexdistasi.my.canva.site seeking representation
@mdwillustration.bsky.social
🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls 🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia 👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB ⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention 📍Indiana ✨michelledwoodillustration.com ✏️michellewooddraws.com 📒 Seeking representation
@elisaincleve.bsky.social
✏️ Picture book & MG author 📚 Seeking representation 🎨🦄🧠 Creative braining 🧘♀️ Meditating for calm 🐉 Qi gong for health
@k8demaiowrites.bsky.social
KidLit Author FIONA AND THE FORGOTTEN PIANO is OUT NOW! https://linkin.bio/katedemaio She/Her
@kathyhjermstad.bsky.social
PB writer, SCBWI member, CBA graduate, scrapbooker, grandmother, crazy cat lady 😸 "Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other's prose." --Logan Pearsall Smith
@rosecappelli.bsky.social
Poet, author, lover of children's literature; member 12x12 and SCBWI
@jessieleh.bsky.social
Author/ Illustrator Naturalist/ Educator Artist, Curriculum Writer, Maker, Mom #12x12pb | #scbwi | ‘24 #pbparty HM #kidlit #pb #nf melding science & nature with art, magic & whimsy. Founder of public nature school. www.wineberrywoodpress.com
@jsaywell.bsky.social
#Pb-writing word nerd and animal lover. Catch me gambolling through meadows or looking for animals to feed 🔎 #scbwi
@jodimoore.bsky.social
Award winning #kidlit author of WHEN A DRAGON MOVES IN series (Flashlight Press, pics by Howard McWilliam, professional critiquer, illustrator, collage artist, SCBWI, Storyteller Academy, audio-describer for live theater events.
@macylanewrites.bsky.social
Writer, creative, traveler, foodie, lover of my family! Soon to be dwelling in this badass bus. The
@heatherlee.bsky.social
KidLit writer. Nurse Practitioner. Grateful for my benevolent cat overlords. SCBWI Member | 12 x 12 | Inked Voices | RACWI News Editor
@katiemcenaney.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
@olgasmithart.bsky.social
Illustrator of children’s games and books. Creator of Animal Action Cards. Learning to write picture books. Cincinnati OH. #SCBWI member. #12x12 Portfolio: http://www.OlgaSmithIllustrator.com #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
@jesseannabornemann.bsky.social
Poems in Highlights, Spider, The School Magazine, & The Dirigible Balloon. University staff writer. Wife of Eric and mom of ages 10 and 5.