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@michelechollow.bsky.social

Author and journalist. My MG historical novel is about Mary Anning's first major fossil find. As a journalist, I write about health, climate, animals, aging, and autism. Animal lover and reader of banned books, actually all kinds of books. Happily married.

@dawnsimon.bsky.social

MG and PB writer. VCFA WCYA. Dog and chicken lover. I'm represented by Jennie Kendrick at Red Fox Literary. https://www.dawnsimon.com/

@erinmcguire.bsky.social

Illustrator • Author • Teacher • Art Director The Spy in the Museum -> Available for preorder! http://erinmcguire.com Clients- Disney, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Penguin Random House Agent- Lindsay Auld, Writers House

@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

@malcolmschmitz.bsky.social

Author, artist, game dev. Querying middle grade trans thieves; writing adult short fic about lacemaking orcs, nebbish unicorns, trans sky captains, and more. Half of VaporwaveGothic Studios; worked with Black Chicken Studios and small indie teams.

@doucette515.bsky.social

Author | Poet | San Diego Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti @Open Book Lit | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET/6pm PT] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for American History ‘24 | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH

@jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social

Author of many genres and books! Rep: Holly Root Out now: 💖 Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love Coming soon: 🏕️ Hallie’s Rules (summer 2026)

@kristinlgray.bsky.social

Author, reader, sunshine seeker BAHA recipient 🤟 Former RN 🩺 Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space Studying copyediting and planes ✈️ MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶 Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA

@chrishoucknihart.bsky.social

writer | middle-grade fiction | history lover | book hoarder #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade

@refe.blue

Writer, dinosaur photographer. Author of FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST, a Page Turner Award winner and Bram Stoker Award nominee, and the bestselling WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID pb series. Rep: Marie Lamba, Kristyn Benton.

@labyrinthrat.bsky.social

Spec fic author and middle grade novelist. Cuban-American ceterosexual enby. They/them. Debut MG novel BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED is a Norton and BSFA finalist!!! https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat

@dterkwrites.bsky.social

Mom of 2, Elementary Educator, & #Kidlit Writer Member of the MG Narwhal (MG Hub) #amquerying MG Contemporary https://danielleterk.wordpress.com (she/her)

@mariatureaud.bsky.social

Author of THIS HOUSE WILL FEED (Kensington, 1.27.26), BENEATH, IT SLEEPS (Kensington, 2027) & THE LAST HOPE IN HOPETOWN (Little Brown). From 🇮🇪 #RevPit #writingcommunity #kidlit #horrorwriter #historicalfiction https://linktr.ee/maria_tureaud

@illuhaus.bsky.social

Hello, I am a Kidlit Illustrator based in Vienna, VA and SCBWI member. Rep'd by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary. https://kimyoungju.com/ https://www.instagram.com/illuhaus/ #kidlitart #kidlt #kidlitillustrator #illustration #artist #scbwi #midatlant

@claudiecb.com

Co-founder & Art Director @ Hologram Ghost @hologramghost.bsky.social Award-Winning Illustrator // Indie Game Dev Canadian 🇨🇦 ASD🌈♾️ she/her http://claudiecb.com

@cwallenbooks.bsky.social

Writing long stories for kids and short stories for former kids. MG fantasy puzzle mysteries: ✨RELATIVELY NORMAL SECRETS ✨THE SECRET BENEFITS OF INVISIBILITY ✨TALES OF THE FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS President-Elect of the League of Utah Writers cwallenbooks.com

@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

@lozzakidwriting.bsky.social

Writer, Edinburgh Children's Writing Page. www.lozzawriting.com Published in The Toy, Parakeet Mag, Brian Moses Blog Spot, Northern Gravy. Forthcoming in Little Thoughts Press and The Online Anthologies.

@juliehampton20.bsky.social

#kidlit author/illustrator/architect Debut PB: Betty Builds It (West Margin Press). STEM/robots 🤖 Yes, thank you, I will have another cup of coffee. Thrift store junkie. Activist/Feminist. 💙💙💙 Just trying to hang on right now. #PostcardsToVoters #crochet

@elisastoneleahy.com

Peruvian-American author of middle grade books (TETHERED and MALLORY📚), library event specialist, mom to the coolest kids, vacuumer supreme for my scruffy dog 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇪

@lynnekelly.bsky.social

USA Today bestselling children’s author & sign language interpreter, mom of 2 dogs and 1 human SONG FOR A WHALE THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS THREE BLUE HEARTS coming Fall ‘25 lynnekellybooks.com #SCBWI Houston

@kurtkirchmeier.bsky.social

Canadian - fantasy/horror writer + nature photographer - author of THE ABSENCE OF SPARROWS, THE SHADOW ROAD & THE RAVENOUS SKY (Bloomsbury 2025). Short fic in Grain, Shimmer, Weird Tales, etc. rep: @herringali.bsky.social - he/him www.kurtkirchmeier.net

@angelinevwriter.bsky.social

Querying MG writer. PhD in Musicology. Believes in equal rights for everyone. She/her.

@meowdemeow.bsky.social

Rep by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social '23 Las Musas Books Hermana '20 LatinxinPub mentee I write MG, PBs, poetry, & much more. #MGPies SCBWI EFAFreelancers WriteGirl volunteer #Queer she/her, cats + dogs

@msteelewrites.bsky.social

sunburned ginger · middle-grade author · children’s playwright · school librarian · two-time Friedrich von Trapp · #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy 🔗 https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites

@shanatargosz.bsky.social

NY Times Bestselling Author. The Underwild: River of Spirits (Aladdin/S&S). Oregon Literary Fellow. Rep: Andrea Morrison, Writers House. Fountain pen & ink collector. Made of tea & Ghibli vibes ✨📚 https://linktr.ee/stargosz

@wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social

MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow linktr.ee/wendyparrisauthor www.wendyparris.com

@amaliejahn.bsky.social

Kidlit Author Rep'd by Ann Rose MG 2024: TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD (Holiday House) YA 2023: A WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPS (Kirkus ⭐️) YA 2021: PHOEBE UNFIRED TED speaker | potter | anxious | neuro diverse | accomplice https://linktr.ee/AmalieJahn

@dsallenauthor.bsky.social

Damara Allen (she/her) Wife, mother, and writer of #middlegrade #horror | #MGnarwhals | #PitchWars '21 alum | rep'd by @esc_key | The Skeleton Flute (Aladdin Books 2024) | The Undead War (Aladdin Books 2026) | www.dsallenauthor.com

@rajanilarocca.bsky.social

2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans. Rep: Brent Taylor www.RajaniLaRocca.com

@jeaniewogaman.bsky.social

Art & Anthropology. Artist. Illustrator. Writer. #KidLit. Posts are my own. jwogaman.weebly.com

@ryanjamesblack.bsky.social

Writer from Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦THE DARK TIMES OF NIMBLE NOTTINGHAM, coming August 26,2025 from Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books. Rep: Pete Knapp, ParkFine&Brower https://linktr.ee/ryanjamesblack https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/?text=The+dark+times+of+nimble

@pgbellwriter.bsky.social

Children's author and screenwriter. New fairytale whodunnit, The Beanstalk Murder, out now! The Train To Impossible Places trilogy. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. Wales based. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell

@stephcampisi.bsky.social

Aussie writer in SoCal. She/her. Latest: SPARKLE PIGS. Next: FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. AKA Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman. Rep: @ultraliterary www.stephaniecampisi.com | www.broomsticklers.com | www.hazelgraves.com

@quinettecook.bsky.social

Storyteller | Weimaraner Mom | Gardener | MFA in Writing for Children & YA Hamline University | SCBWI RAE | HWA | seeking representation www.quinettecook.com

@maryaverling.bsky.social

Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Putnam Young Readers. Next: THE BURN BEAST (Fall 2026) Rep'd by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA

@joannarowewrites.bsky.social

Writing my place in this world-MG YA author. Humor & Horror. Wife. Mom. SoCal. Shop: https://linktr.ee/joannarowe

@bjkidd.bsky.social

Children's writer. Former Texan who now lives in Wisconsin. Former South East Area Rep for SCBWI-Wisconsin.

@llavoieauthor.bsky.social

Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Next PB: COUSINS! (5/27/25) Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie

@ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR #memoir | Words in NYTimes, Huffpost, Newsweek, Insider | WIPs w/♿️ rep #MG #PB #A | Boy mom-Reluctant omnivore-Sitter of wheelchairs-Denverite | Rep'd by Esty Loveing-Downes, ArtHouse Literary www.ryanraeharbuck.com

@jesuswrites.bsky.social

Indie author and publisher of #KidLit 📚 I write GameLit and Horror for kids 👻🎮

@k8demaiowrites.bsky.social

KidLit Author FIONA AND THE FORGOTTEN PIANO is OUT NOW! https://linkin.bio/katedemaio She/Her

@nptwrites.bsky.social

Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden. RIVER OF CROWS | MIRROR OF WOLVES | STONE OF SERPENTS nptwrites.com/links | shop.nptwrites.com/ | nptwrites.itch.io | books2read.com/NPTwrites

@peacezodanou.bsky.social

🤎✊🏾Writer❤️‍🔥🇹🇬📚❤️‍🔥#KDrama #KPop stan. #Anime watcher.❤️‍🔥Here for #BVM in #sff books and movies.❤️‍🔥 #WTMP Mentor❤️‍🔥 #MG #YA #Adult 🩵🩷🤍💜🤍💚 #PeaceZWrites Rep: TBD Host: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bEJ8tAWgwUNO38268tmSQ?si=L7c1S4_kSB278rJbMPCqkQ

@philmcandrew.bsky.social

Illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. Making books, comics, zines, & more. Made stuff for MAD Magazine, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, Ahoy Comics, etc Buffalo, NY If I see AI images, I block you linktr.ee/philmcandrew

@rekhasalin.bsky.social

Children Illustrator passionate of storytelling, colors. I love telling exciting stories through pictures #scbwi member Www.rekhasalin.com Repped by ASH literary Newsletter- https://rekhasalin.substack.com/

@rcarterhall.bsky.social

Fantasy/science fiction author for MG/YA/adults. Loves cats, tea, & books of all sorts. Member of SFWA, SCBWI, Codex, Furry Writers' Guild. Blue dot in a red state. Still masking because the pandemic isn't over. She/her. https://linktr.ee/reneecarterhall

@sguillory262.bsky.social

Author, teacher, runner. Obsessed with dogs. NOWHERE BETTER THAN HERE out now. GUS AND GLORY coming 2025! www.sarahguillory.com

@darcymarks.bsky.social

Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things. www.DarcyMarks.com Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3 Order Afterlife: https://bit.ly/44t4MKB IG: https://www.instagram.com/darcy.marks/

@effies.bsky.social

SFF/middle-grade fiction writer. Strategy/marketing consultant. Bagel the Dog's human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled with #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories

@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

@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

@pollyf.bsky.social

Author of LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (2023), ITCH (2020), some short stories. No dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts, no sesame, all the books. She/her. www.pollyfarquharauthor.com https://bookshop.org/shop/PollyFarquhar

@katievenit.bsky.social

she/her. Kidlit author in WI 🎪FORTS, Viking 🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney, Seymour Agency https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit

@karalareau.bsky.social

#kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady • WITCHYCAKES chapter book series launching August 2025 via Random House! 🌙🧁🐚💙• repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette • she/her https://linktr.ee/karalareau

@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

@tracybadua.bsky.social

Author, lawyer, devourer of caffeine and chocolate Latest: THEIR JUST DESSERTS Out soon: GHOUL SUMMER www.tracybadua.com

@sallyhochwriter.bsky.social

🙋🏼‍♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma www.sallyhoch.com

@jessicaricole.bsky.social

MAGIE AND THE SOULES 2026 Author/Illustrator of all things whimsical, magical, and charming Rep'd by @jenazantian #MG #KidLitGN

@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)

@awkwardsauce.bsky.social

they/them illustrator, mustard yellow enthusiast, certified ankle biter 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️

@barisnoel.bsky.social

🏴‍☠️ 🇳🇱 🇮🇩 MG/YA Author | Rep’ed by Eva Scalzo | Hit me up for MG/YA ARC reviews!

@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

@dylanmeconis.bsky.social

I make comic books and the occasional loud noise. She/they 🏳️‍🌈 Portland, Oregon dylanmeconis.com

@hisiheyah.bsky.social

Writes and draws comics and other things. ✒️🎨LU & REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY (May 27, 2025) 🎨ANTARCTICA: THE MELTING CONTINENT (2022) https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/preorder-for-lu-and-rens-guide-to-geozoology-by-angela-hsieh-hardcover

@amitha.bsky.social

Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA. Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social www.amithaknight.com She/her

@andycomics.bsky.social

I make nonfiction comics Books: Spices & Spuds, Pests & Pets, Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, This Land is My Land, Spring Rain Co-editor: Cartoonists for Palestine Contributing editor: The Nib (RIP) Teach at CCa, Stanford, TAW andywarnercomics.com

@albyceewilliams.bsky.social

They/them. Kidlit author, drawer of things, general menace. My debut MG novel WHERE THERE BE MONSTERS is out May 6, 2025