Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸's Starter Pack
my favorite YA authors, editors, writers and artists to follow!
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@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
@storysorcery.bsky.social
bi // a FL nigga 🐊//gemini // she/her // southerner // trans lives matter always // National bestselling author of THE POISONS WE DRINK & the author of THE BEAST YOU MADE OF ME
@annaksortino.bsky.social
Author of GIVE ME A SIGN and ON THE BRIGHT SIDE (available now!) she/her
@lauravidarte.bsky.social
author-illustrator | BA VisComnDesign PUJ’24 & BA Philosophy PUJ’28 | cross-genre SFF
@madeline-pine.bsky.social
Eventually I'll write a book in every genre. Happiest when it snows. Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social
@nicolezelniker.bsky.social
🌈Author, spoonie queen, bicon 😌Opinions are mine & probably correct ✍🏽EIC at Knee Brace Press 📚Repped by Daniele Hunter 🇵🇸BLM, Free Palestine, et. al
@julianthepoet.bsky.social
Julian Randall Author of REFUSE | PILAR RAMIREZ | THE DEAD DON'T NEED REMINDING & THE CHAINBREAKERS Chicago
@meowlayn.bsky.social
Freelance illustrator ☽ Human-made Fantasy art ✶ Open for commercial work ✶ DO NOT REUPLOAD/USE ✶ 🔞 Patreon, Shop, Commissions ⬇️ meowlayn.carrd.co
@ninamoreno.bsky.social
florida writer still playing pretend 🐊 YA: Don't Date Rosa Santos & Our Way Back to Always | MG: Maggie Diaz series
@annameriano.bsky.social
She/her. Author of LOVE SUGAR MAGIC series, THIS IS HOW WE FLY, and IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS
@sj-fennell.bsky.social
@gayowyn.bsky.social
author of THE DEAD AND THE DARK, WHERE ECHOES DIE, and WHAT THE WOODS TOOK. writing in THE GATHERING DARK and THIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED. your friendly neighborhood lesbian.
@tanyaguerrero.bsky.social
Filipino-Spanish author 🇵🇭🇪🇸Unapologetic Cat Person 🐈⬛ Repp’d by Amy Bishop-Wycisk📚Up Next: CAT’S PEOPLE, Delacorte/Penguin Random House (April 1, 2025)
@jowellington.bsky.social
author of THEIR VICIOUS GAMES & THE BLONDE DIES FIRST | pop culture anthropologist | hannibal enthusiast | fan of the vroom vroom F1 | rep: Stuti Telidevara & Pete Knapp Website: joellewellington.com Newsletter: finalgirlinterrupted.substack.com
@kaylsmoon.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling Author of Phantasma 🥀and other romantasy books 🥀 Happy Little Book Demon 🥀
@iliibra.bsky.social
She/They, I'm a queer freelance illustrator from Germany, OPEN for commercial work starting July 2025 | Next Con: Dokomi | currently looking for rep ♥ https://ilibra.carrd.co/
@andreonthemic.com
Audiobook Narrator | (he/him) | 🪴🪴🪴 | SAG-AFTRA #UnionStrong 💪🏾 | Latino 🇧🇷 & Non-binary 🏳️🌈 | NYC 🌃 | Audie, Earphone, SOVAS winner 🏆 | I💜Media 📺🎮📚 | Repped by Atlas Talent 🗯️ | ALSDJSantana@gmail.com | Linktr.ee/andreonthemic
@perpetualpages.bsky.social
Eloquent enby • Latinx bibliophile 🇲🇽-🇺🇲 • B.A. in Creative Writing • Non-Binary/Trans/Pan/AroAce • THEY/THEM 🔗 https://perpetualpages.carrd.co/
@ambsmcbride.bsky.social
🥀Award Winning Author/Folklorist/ Hoodoo/ Poet/Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner, National Book Award finalist.🏳️🌈 🥀Cozy (Virginia) Country Living
@zoehanamikuta.bsky.social
author of GEARBREAKERS duology | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS | upcoming: THE COVEN TENDENCY (4.1.25/Hyperion) 🖤 rep: Laura Rennert/ABLA preorder a lovesick necromancer horror book: zoehanamikuta.com
@tashiebhuiyan.bsky.social
26 | new yorker | author of COUNTING DOWN WITH YOU + other YA novels | up next: I’LL PRETEND YOU’RE MINE (6/3/25) | rep: Pete Knapp and Stuti Telidevara. tashiebhuiyan.com 💘
@rmromeroauthor.bsky.social
🧿 Award-winning and international bestselling author 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (10/14/2025, LBYR) 📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
@mayagittelman.bsky.social
full of love poems and rage fil-am & jew-ish out next: Why on Earth (Feb 2025) out now: Night of the Living Queers, Lofty Mountains, Fiery Deeps reviews & criticism at reactor mag they/she
@junescribbles.bsky.social
#1 UK bestselling fantasy author | out now: DARKER BY FOUR, JADE FIRE GOLD | THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINGS (2025) | SEAsian 🇸🇬| cancer survivor | highly caffeinated 🏳️🌈| bonus features: https://www.junecltan.com/darkerbyfour
@crystalwrote.bsky.social
author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷 💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA 📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES 🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA 🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS 🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025) 💌 Contact: crystalwrote.com
@shvetathakrar.bsky.social
Desi mythopoetess. Author of Nebula Award finalist STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES. Also INTO THE MOON GARDEN (Audible). https://shvetathakrar.com/
@bycrandall.bsky.social
Bestselling YA Author. Queer. Fat. Neurodivergent. THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE (Out Now). They/She.
@lizzhuerta.bsky.social
Author of The Lost Dreamer & worker who likes to watch the sun rise.
@adriannacuevas.bsky.social
Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS. https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
@hannaalkaf.bsky.social
That mom friend. Malaysian author of YA and MG. All my book titles are too long for social media bios.
@v-e-tirado.com
horror afrolatine 🇩🇴 award winning author. I write a lot. https://linktr.ee/vetirado
@lilymeade.bsky.social
Homeless novelist. Author of: THE HEX GIRLS: A ROGUE THORN 🐾 (Aug 26 2025) and THE SHADOW SISTER 🦋 (out now!). Here for books, equality, and Taylor Swift. @LilyMeade on most other platforms. Learn more: lilymeade.com
@thegabecole.bsky.social
Award-winning & New York Times Bestselling author of THE WICKED BARGAIN, MOST ARDENTLY, THE DIABLO’S CURSE & more. Trans masc. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him) 🔗 lnk.bio/thegabecole
@sassinsf.com
Award-winning author, figure skater, & typewriter tinkerer ⛸️ Ana on the Edge ✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines ⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG 📚 Just Shy of Ordinary ✡️ Shabbat Is ... (9/2/25) rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/matokah | 📍SF + VT
@tiffliao.bsky.social
Executive Editor @ Random House Books for Young Readers. 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her. Banner art by Diobelle Cerna.
@janaemarksbooks.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of middle grade books. Latest release: A SPLIT SECOND.✨💜 janaemarks.com
@rosiesrambles.bsky.social
New York Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN + more. Just another new social media profile hahahahaa :') 🇬🇭
@msmirelle.bsky.social
🇲🇽 award-winning artist and writer for kidlit and animation. Author/illustrator of MAGIC and RIVER OF MARIPOSAS. Website: https://www.mirelleortega.com/ Instagram: @msmirelle Newsletter: https://mirelleortega.substack.com/
@laekanzeakemp.bsky.social
Author of AN APPETITE FOR MIRACLES & OMEGA MORALES AND THE CURSE OF EL CUCUY. Pura Belpré Honoree. Chicana. Rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
@nataliasylv.bsky.social
Author of novels: BREATHE & COUNT BACK FROM TEN, RUNNING & more. Pura Belpré & Schneider award honoree. Disabled Latina immigrant. 🇵🇪🇺🇸Bookings: @hownowbooking
@laurataylornamey.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. 🇨🇺out now: With Love, Echo Park https://linktr.ee/laura.taylor.namey
@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
@jgv.bsky.social
award winning author of FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES FROM THE SUN, ANDER & SANTI WERE HERE, and CANTO CONTIGO ✌🏽🇲🇽 up next: FUTBOLISTA (04.15.2025) and THIS IS HOW WE ROLL (fall 2025)
@theadamsass.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Part Nora Ephron, part John Carpenter | Represented by Michael Bourret, DG&B
@markdoesstuff.bsky.social
#1 NYT Bestselling Author of YA and MG | Rep'd by @dongwon | Latinx | They/Them | Profile image by @dariusvoncel
@tracydeonn.bsky.social
#1 NYT, #1 Indie, Intl. Bestselling Author of The Legendborn Cycle. 📚 ALA CSK & Ignyte Award Winner. Story Warrior. Black Bene Gesserit. Fandom-raised.
@wordsiren.bsky.social
2025 Lodestar (Hugo) Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2026), & WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026) | she/her 🇯🇲
@shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social
Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling author of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN and HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD. Winner of Astounding & British Fantasy Awards. Unhealthily into monks, eunuchs, monsterfuckers shelleyparkerchan.com/learn-more
@mishiiarts.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Artist. Drinker of boba. Fighter of otters. 🔞 Do not tag me in KidLit stuff. This is an 18+ account. Webcomic - https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/a-flair-of-fate/list?title_no=951660
@sandraproudman.bsky.social
YA Author www.writesandrawrite.com Salvación (Out 5/20/25) Preorder: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/salvacion-9781250895080/ Relit (Out Now!) The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!) Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker www.readsandraread.com
@wickedjamison.bsky.social
award-winning author of I FEED HER TO THE BEAST duology ✨ bio.link/wickedjamison they/them
@aaronhaceves.bsky.social
He/him. Author of THIS IS WHY THEY HATE US. Latino. Aqueerius. Harvard '15. Columbia MFA '20. UT Austin Professor. #FreePalestine
@lilliamr.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold. https://www.lilliamrivera.com
@alechiadow.bsky.social
Locus, BSFA, Ignyte Finalist. Chef. Librarian. Author of 7+ acclaimed books. Next: Their Just Desserts, 5/13/2025. Later: Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 2/3/2026. Bostonian in Germany.
@dianaurban.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning author (she/her) 📚 UNDER THE SURFACE 📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS 📚 LYING IN THE DEEP 🎮 Freelance video game writer
@katchowrites.bsky.social
NYT & international best-selling chaos machine 📚 GUMIHO series | ONCE UPON A K-PROM 🔜 WISH UPON A K-STAR (Disney, April 29, 2025) 🇰🇷🌈 📱 tiktok/IG katchowrites https://www.katchowrites.com/links she/her
@sonorareyes.bsky.social
award winning and bestselling author of THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL and THE LUIS ORTEGA SURVIVAL CLUB they/them
@what-eats-owls.bsky.social
doodler, demi, NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of LITTLE THIEVES, THE MERCIFUL CROW, & more ✨ Next up: HOLY TERRORS (Little Thieves #3) She/her. Rep: Victoria Marini
@niadavenport.bsky.social
Award-winning author of THE BLOOD TRIALS. Next up: LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (YA; July 2025) and OUR VICIOUS OATHS (Adult; Oct 2025). She/Her.
@recitrachel.bsky.social
yallwest | yallfest (book festival producer) reader's digest | paste | teen librarian toolbox/slj (freelance book media coverage) teen librarian she/her
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@teenvogue.com
The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨ Sign up for our politics newsletter: http://tnvge.co/PZWnEym
@victoriaying.com
Senior VisDev artist at studio MDHR Harvey award winning Author and Illustrator of Graphic novels. HUNGRY GHOST, Artist for DC and Marvel. Film Credits: Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Big Hero 6, Moana. Views are my own Linkin.bio/victoriaying
@definitelyvita.bsky.social
afro-🇵🇷. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ bard class brawler. writer. work @ Abrams, Black Mask Studios, DC comics, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Macmillan, Marvel comics, Realm, Valiant, Vault. Repped by Susan Graham. Pro-Danny ✊🏾🍉 https://linktr.ee/definitelyvita
@wendyxu.bsky.social
bestselling, award nominated comics person. teaching artist via AAWW. MOONCAKES, TIDESONG, INFINITY PARTICLE. more tk. agent: Linda Camacho. opinions my own. she/they no crypto, no nfts, no ai https://linktr.ee/artofwendyxu
@djolder.bsky.social
Writer of books and comics. Story architect for STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ✨ he/him https://www.danieljoseolder.net/
@johannamation.bsky.social
👻 BUY THE GHOSTKEEPER GN!👇 theghostkeeper.carrd.co Illustrator ✦ Comic Artist ✦ Writer ✦ Cottage-Goth ✦ TTRPGer ✦ 💖💜💙 Rep: Laurel Symonds (KT Lit) 🌎 Portfolio: johannamation.com
@missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com
YA/Romance Author/Anthologist. LGBTQReads founder. Choices writer. Macaron aficionado. Next up: COME AS YOU ARE (Wednesday Books, 5/27/25) and FOR THE REST OF US (Quill Tree, 9/2/25). Rep: Patricia Nelson. She/her. Update your website.
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
librarian, archivist, historian, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere bookjockeyalex.com
@cxorlando.bsky.social
reactor mag's resident book nerd. they/them 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 nyc https://linktr.ee/christinaorlando
@dezinpub.bsky.social
Editor Extraordinaire | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | ✏️STEPPING UP | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Demi-Bi Afro🇩🇴 | #LatinxInPub | Rep’d: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
@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.
@ngoziu.com
NYT bestselling graphic novelist. DC Comics, The New Yorker. │rep'd by @chelseberly, business q's @grohac ngoziu.com
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award & Int’l Latino Book Award winning author| VANISHING DAUGHTERS, Thomas & Mercer| GHOSTS OF WHERE WE ARE FROM, Atria/Primero Sueño| LOTERÍA & CHICAGO SAGA, Hachette| School of the Art Institute MFAW, PhD English candidate | Rep-Lane Heymont
@kosokojackson.bsky.social
USA TODAY Bestseller • 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner & Fellow • THE MACABRE, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WITCHCRAFT (@harpervoyagerus, 2025 & 2026) • WME Repped Screenwriter • Film/TV: Mary Pender, WME #scriptsky, 🍉
@shellyromero.bsky.social
Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency • PW Star Watch Honoree• Bi Final Girl • she/her 🇭🇳 Website: shellyromero.com Links: https://linktr.ee/shellyromero No AI “art” or “writing,” Crypto, or NFTs.
@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
author of NYT bestsellers “Cemetery Boys”, “Lost in the Never Woods”, “The Sunbearer Trials” and “Celestial Monsters”. currently writing: “Cemetery Boys 2: Espíritu” just Some Guy. https://linktr.ee/aidenschmaiden