The Writing Barn
✍️ We go beyond craft classes to transform pre-published writers into career authors with varying tools and community offerings to suit YOU.
Craft + Community + Connections = a Thriving Literary Life!
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Find all of your favorite Writing Barn instructors and panelists from past webinars, WSS, Confabs, Pitch & Plays and more!
@bonnieadamson.com
Illustrator; writer of various things; former #SCBWI IC and ARA; co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P; art and books at bonnieadamson.com Represented by Sara Crowe Literary.
@gloriaamescua.bsky.social
Award winning author Child of the Flower-song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua, Pura Belpre Author Honor, Américas co—winner, etc. Upcoming Abuelita’s Song 2025 #picturebooks #biography #fiction #latine #kidlit #socialjustice
@alambsinclair.bsky.social
Author, NatGeo Explorer, Educator Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency ashleylambsinclair.com #kidlit
@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
@jowhittemore.bsky.social
Children’s author, food lover. Oh…I have space to say more? I write books about superheroes, girls who code, and kids who are just trying to survive middle school. Repped by Jenn Laughran at ABLA
@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/
@jennrhubbard.bsky.social
Scientist, writer, concerned citizen. Posts + reposts will probably be a mix of the serious and the absurd.
@kirstensquires.bsky.social
SFF writer. Inventor & destroyer of worlds. Curious dreamer. Rebel with a cause. If found without books & music, send help. Rep: Holly Root
@nancytupperling.bsky.social
Children's Author, Poet, Librarian, Believer. #SCBWI. Repped by Anne Marie O’Farrell Inspired by my multicultural family & the world around me. Soli Deo gloria! https://www.nancytupperling.com/ & latest book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714096/
@brendamaier.bsky.social
Children’s author, gifted education specialist, and mom of five. Hobbies include traveling, tricking kids into thinking for themselves, and reading way past my bedtime. brendamaier.com
@lislhdbooks.bsky.social
Children’s book author and speaker who lives on a family-owned cranberry farm. New PBs for fall: STILL THERE WAS BREAD and EACH DAY IS A GIFT. Repped by Jennifer Mattson at ABLA.
@nancytandon.bsky.social
Middle grade author of THE WAY I SAY IT (Charlesbridge) and THE GHOST OF SPRUCE POINT (Aladdin). Supporter of literacy in all its forms. Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
@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.
@jennagrodzicki.bsky.social
Award-winning author of books for kids. Library Media Specialist. I SEE SEA FOOD: SEA CREATURES THAT LOOK LIKE FOOD (2019, Millbrook Press), THE STORY OF PRINCESS DIANA (2021, Rockridge Press) Rep: Vicki Selvaggio www.jennagrodzicki.com
@andreaywang.bsky.social
2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
@darshanakhiani.bsky.social
@sarahhammond.bsky.social
Children's author | Creative writing teacher | A Brit abroad | SCBWI-IL network rep | www.sarahhammond.org
@rituhemwrites.bsky.social
Children's Author LION OF THE SKY: HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray MG Novel in Verse '24 THEIR STORY IS OUR STORY: Chronicle Books NNF PB '26 Represented by Rubin Pfeffer
@picturebookgold.bsky.social
Picture book authors & illustrators • Follow us and join the fun! • #KidLit #PBGold Banner & logo art by Molly Cranch
@kristiwrite.bsky.social
Author of middle grade novels and picture books. Repped by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary. Asst Editor of KidLitCraft.com. Member of SCBWI, 12x12Challenge and MGPies. Dog and cat super fan.
@alysoncgreene.bsky.social
Writer, mom, part-time mermaid #momswritersclub Alysongreene.com 📍Corpus Christi, TX Alysongreene.com
@meredithcounts.bsky.social
I write, slowly, in SE Michigan. I’ve worked in higher ed, marketing and a titch of journalism but now I seem to be an archives and museums person. I make two tweens try new foods and listen to Bo Diddley.
@deborahhopkinson.bsky.social
Mostly I write books. I try to inspire young people to read like historians, weigh evidence, and think critically.
@thewritingbarn.bsky.social
✍️ We go beyond craft classes to transform pre-published writers into career authors with varying tools and community offerings to suit YOU. Craft + Community + Connections = a Thriving Literary Life!
@tarajhannon.bsky.social
Kidlit Author Illustrator - BIRTLE early graphic novel series (AMP Kids) THE ONLY GHOST IN SCHOOL & THE ONLY GHOST AT SUMMER CAMP (Penguin Workshop Aug 2025) www.tarajhannon.com
@essiewhite.bsky.social
Educator, writer, literary agent, artist and documentary enthusiast. Powered by children, and what matters most to them Founder- stormliteraryagency.com
@marchsoloway.bsky.social
Jennifer#4 @AndreaBrownLit | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | PB+MG+YA+Adult | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨
@pragmaticmom.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com). Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
@dellarossferreri.bsky.social
Children's writer of board books, picture books & early chapter books Rep: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency Upcoming: THE MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press, Aug2025) Illos by Tim Bowers Now booking K-3 school visits. https://www.dellarossferreri.com
@meganlacera.bsky.social
Co-Creator of The Wild Ones/Los Bravos and Zombies Don't Eat Veggies/Los zombis no comen verduras with Jorge Lacera. Creative strategist and visionary. www.studiolacera.com
@annielynn215.bsky.social
AnnieBirdd Music, LLC licenses 🏆 winning curriculum-based songs for #Schools, #Homeschool #Radio, #TV, #Podcast #Kidlit #Kidlitart #TheResistance #Muppets #SCBWI Member #paralegal www.annielynn.net
@heatherraybooks.bsky.social
KidLit Writer. Expert at finding wonder. My child says I'm too curious. Sports fan.
@jenraudenbush.bsky.social
Author of IN THE PALM OF MY HAND, illustrated by Isabella Conti. Picture books, MG, & poetry. #SCBWI #Inked Voices #12X12
@joannewongart.bsky.social
📚Children’s book illustrator based in Hong Kong 👵🏼 I talk about my kid a lot. Www.joannewong.co.uk
@shiras24.bsky.social
Publishing, parenting, cycling, and thrifting in upper Manhattan. ND, bi, and very Jewish. Married to a scientist - questioning is our love language.
@cafecliche.bsky.social
Author of THE VALLEY AND THE FLOOD, THE MEMORY EATER, and the forthcoming THRALL (spring 2026), co-creator of The Bridge Podcast, and #1 cheese popcorn enjoyer. She/her
@katjabookdragon.bsky.social
Educator//Author//Equine Guru Www.scribblersden.org Reserving my Chaos I'm worth the risk 🏳️🌈she/her https://linktr.ee/katiepasserotti
@bhfindley.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. They/she/any 🏳️🌈 Rep: Aiden Siobhan at Laura Dail Literary
@deborahkovacs.bsky.social
@sharynvane.bsky.social
Writer/reviewer/advocate. She/her/hers. https://linktr.ee/sharynvane
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
Librarian. Author. Suburban Choctaw. Doer of Many Things. Discover my books & more at stacywellswrites.com
@skwenger.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Adventurer #kidlit #12x12PB #scbwi #thewritingbarn #educator #sciencegeek #author CHICKEN FRANK, DINOSAUR (2021) Upcoming PBs (MIT Kids Press 2027, 2028)
@arlarke.bsky.social
Storyteller - #kidlit writer - science librarian - so many ideas - not enough time @ar_larke on Twitter