Tracy Smith Schmidt

@featherfully.bsky.social

editor & maker of good trouble at Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨ https://featherflores.com/ she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾 🩷💜💙

@alioop7.bsky.social

Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world. www.alisonweisseditorial.com

@danieledhunter.bsky.social

She/her. Junior Agent, McIntosh & Otis, KidLit!! Queer, disabled. Wife, cat lady, knitter. Ambidextrous optimist. Opinions my own. http://dhunteragent.com/mswl/ #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BrainTumorSurvivor #CerebellarAtaxia #Endometriosis

@jemiscoe.bsky.social

Literary Agent @AndreaBrownLit-Authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.andreabrownlit.com/Team/jemiscoe-chambers-black | https://www.jemiscoe.com/ | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe

@literaticat.bsky.social

literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com

@philbildner.bsky.social

I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈

@elanaroth.bsky.social

Lit agent. Often quilting. Always rewatching a Star Trek series (not Enterprise). Very Jewish. Still not Elena. She/her. elana.me / lowercasequilts.com

@agentemurph.bsky.social

Partner at Aevitas Creative Management and Aevitas Kids & Illustration. Member AALA. Knitter. Gamer. Cats and dogs. She/Her. Views expressed here are my own. Header photo is my backyard in Maine.

@jenazantian.bsky.social

Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)

@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

@emilykaitlin.bsky.social

Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo

@joshfunkbooks.bsky.social

I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading. Books like Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, Dear Unicorn, My Pet Feet, How to Code a Sandcastle, & more. joshfunkbooks.com

@litagentsaritza.bsky.social

✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨ @aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletop nerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨ https://QueryTracker.net/query/Saritza

@tammisauer.bsky.social

Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency tammisauer.com

@marchsoloway.bsky.social

Jennifer#4 @AndreaBrownLit | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | PB+MG+YA+Adult | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨

@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!

@jessicavitalis.bsky.social

Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.

@katrinatangen.bsky.social

Kidlit Author | COMING 2026: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen

@mirandapaul.bsky.social

Yeah, it’s me. 🤣

@lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social

#kidlit writer/Debut PB: MY BACKYARD USED TO BE coming Fall '25, Tilbury House/SCBWI/12 x 12PB /InkedVoices/rep'd by Jen Newens/love to travel, be outside, study languages

@juliefhedlund.bsky.social

Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com

@teresarobeson.com

Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * Want kid lit, diversity, science? I've got books for you! * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * Into: self-sufficiency * Rep: Bookends Literary * teresarobeson.com * NO DMs or MAGA

@alexiaandoni.bsky.social

Children’s book author & illustrator. Child Development Specialist & teacher. Nature-lover & traveler. ‘23 #PBParty finalist | #RUCCL22 mentee | #SCBWIMI | #12x12PB Challenge | repped by @writeloudly

@lskutscera.bsky.social

#MG #PB Author-illustrator MAYA’S TREASURE, Peter Pauper Press / MISADVENTURES OF A MAGICIAN’S SON, Blue Whale www.LaurieSmollettKutscera.com #kidlit #SCBWI #12x12 Finalist #PBparty #50PreciousWords Rep’d by The Purcell Agency Rescue doggies rock!

@mstewartscience.bsky.social

Writes science books for kids. Cares deeply about literacy and science education. Nonfiction advocate. She/her https://melissa-stewart.com

@stephenbriseno.bsky.social

Husband. Dad. 6th Gr. English Teacher. Kidlit author. THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER ('22) QUEEN OF LEAVES ('23) TEXT STRUCTURES FROM PICTURE BOOKS ('23) TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS (‘24) and more on the way! Seeking representation. www.stephenbriseno.com

@jilanne.bsky.social

Children's book author, book blogger: PB/MG, #STEM linktr.ee/JilanneHoffmann HEARTLAND (LBYR '26) THE OCEAN'S HEART (Lerner '26) A RIVER OF DUST (Chronicle '23) Agent: Lori Steel Focus: Earth's wonders+environment, STEAMTeam

@kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social

Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/ WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️ ; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ & Fanfare Book; JLG Gold; CCBC⭐️; BEST CANADIAN POETRY; LUNA'S GREEN PET. Up next: WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️🐠🐟

@heatherstigall7.bsky.social

📚KidLit Author, 12x12, Rutgers 1:1 Plus mentee 2023 #SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator 👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025) 🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023) picture book obsessed, creator of stuff

@rebeccaglevington.bsky.social

Rhyming PB Author & Poet. WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW; BRAINSTORM!; AFIKOMAN WHERE'D YOU GO?; LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, WRITE HERE WRITE NOW, I WILL ALWAYS BE…,FINDING FORGIVENESS (8/5/25), SOME DAYS I’M THE WIND (9/9/25) + more! RebeccaGardynLevington.c

@jpuglow.bsky.social

flower gardener, poet #PB writer inspired by nature & ocean life 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #RA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC | Storied Ink on Substack https://substack.com/@jpuglow https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street

@sylviaichen.bsky.social

TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs

@lindsayleslie.bsky.social

Tickle-fight champion. People-watching connoisseur. Lover of all things snark. Oh, and I dream up picture books! GUS HEARTS THE BUS (July 1, 2025) | SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY | DUSK EXPLORERS | Etc. rep’d by Charlotte Wenger www.lindsayleslie.com

@taratrudel.bsky.social

Songwriter for #kidlit (UNI THE UNICORN) and comedy (The Second City) Composer for film/TV Family music artist -my album Fractured: Fairy Tales Remixed was called "better than Taylor Swift" by one 3yo Recording Academy #12x12PB www.taratrudel.com

@taralazar.bsky.social

Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar

@abicushman.com

Kidlit Author/Illustrator ☔️ SOAKED! 🚗 ANIMALS GO VROOM! 🐻 WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD 🦩 FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY 🐹 THE QUIET FOREST https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list

@sylvialiu.bsky.social

MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | next book: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup story out 2026) | latest book: 🦌 NEAR & DEER | MG sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com

@lisakatzenberger.bsky.social

Mom of twins #KidLit Author of: A LOVE LETTER TO MY LIBRARY CROC & GATOR: Swamp Ranger School I CAN DO IT EVEN IF I'M SCARED IT BELONGS TO THE WORLD IT WILL BE OK Rep: Wendi Gu #12x12PB #Insulin4All #T1Dmom https://linktr.ee/lisakatzenberger

@carriefinison.bsky.social

Writer, reader, rhymer, dreamer. Author of Don't Hug Doug, Dozens of Doughnuts & other picture books that don’t start with the letter D.

@carriejonesbooks.bsky.social

NYT bestselling novelist. Editor. Podcaster. Journalist. Manatee obsessed. Human. Journalist. Founder of the Bar Harbor Story. Mainer. Here are my happy little links: linktr.ee/carriejonesbooks

@marciecolleen.bsky.social

Children's Author of picture books, chapter books, and comics. Former Senior Writer at Epic! Originals. Represented by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary

@rachmakesbooks.bsky.social

Kidlit author-illustrator wondering her way into stories • HOW TO PEE YOUR PANTS: THE RIGHT WAY (Macmillan) • TO CATCH A GHOST (July 1) • rep: Lindsay Auld at Writers House • http://rachelmichellewilson.substack.com • https://linktr.ee/rachelmichellewilso

@jennaleeyun.bsky.social

Author of THE LAST RHEE WITCH (2024) ; THE LAST RHEE WITCH AND THE NINE-TAILED FOX (Disney·Hyperion, May 6, 2025) https://linktr.ee/jennaleeyun

@carolhinz.bsky.social

Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)

@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

@bethvolkmann.bsky.social

M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile. Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees. #SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist elizabethvolkmannauthor.com

@12x12challenge.bsky.social

12 x 12 is a diverse community of picture book authors and illustrators at all levels. You get accountability & support in the goal to write 1 new PB draft each month + more! Registration open now! https://12x12challenge.com/membership.