@charleighfrederick.bsky.social
Author from Minnesota :) Demon Scout 😈 🍪 Rule 25: Don't Fall for the Target ❤️🗡
@kristysketch.bsky.social
Picture Book Author/ Illustrator Seeking Representation Educator • Maker • Mama 🩷 🎨 Vis Dev @ Nickelodeon, Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures Animation Professor Art Center College of Design #SCBWI Member http://www.kristydraws.com IG @Kristysketch
@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
@carissaminawriter.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Artist. Word Witch. #SCBWI Member. Once upon a time owner of The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop. Books are breath. Stories are life. Words are magic. Love wins 💕 #kidlit #kidlitart #easternup
@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
@menalkhan.bsky.social
✎ South Asian-Canadian #Kidlit #Author & #Illustrator repped by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at Bookends Literary ⟡ Connect with me → https://linktr.ee/menalkhan or www.menalkhan.com
@paulvinelli.bsky.social
Picture Book Writer | MLIS Highlights Foundation Scholar Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
@allisonrozo.bsky.social
DIEGO FUEGO THE FIREFIGHTING DRAGON '25 🐧🐉🔥🌬️ UNIQUE LIKE YOU '25 🔆🇨🇴🫏♻️ Kidlit Author + Artist | Mama of✌️ 🇺🇲 ❤️ 🇨🇴 #SCBWI #12x12PB http://instagram.com/allisonrozo https://www.rozobooksart.com/books Agent: @elisahouot.bsky.social ✨
@monishabajaj.bsky.social
Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education University of San Francisco (views posted here are my own) Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury www.monishabajaj.net Pronouns: she/her/वह
@kazwindness.bsky.social
•📘Out now!: BITSY BAT, TEAM STAR (S&S) •📕Up next: SQUID IN PANTS (S&S) •📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH) Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
@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
@jasonhendr.bsky.social
Definitely not a cryptid pretending to be human or anything. KidLit Author, Illustrator, Designer. JasonHendrickson.com
@jldurona.com
Spooky middle grade author, Nintendo nerd, music and movie friend. #SCBWI #HWA. 🚫AI Troupes are the ropes on which we joyfully swing!
@lisatolin.bsky.social
Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
@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
@shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social
Author/Illustrator of children’s books 😊 📚🎨 https://www.shirleyngbenitez.com/ —Everyone’s a story.
@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
@heatherayris.bsky.social
Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Great Northern Garlic. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
@audreydaywilliams.bsky.social
Writer, creator, laugher, punner, mom-joker, observer. Co-editor of GNOMES & UNGNOMES: Poems of HIdden Creatures (Dec. 2023). @WritersLoftMA.bsky.social 📚 AudreyDayWilliams.com 👻 PlayTrickOrTreat.com
@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/
@robertschechter.bsky.social
Children's Poet. Author of THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE: Poems for Children and Others (Word Galaxy 2023). Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Common Sense Media Selection. Bank Street Selection.
@thoggatt.bsky.social
Writing and illustrating stories for young readers. Fond of books, animals, nature, and baseball. Northwestie. Hamline MFAC, #scbwi #C2C, #12x12
@fiveona.bsky.social
Illustrator and author of children’s picture books. Looking for representation. fionarossillustration.co.uk
@susanuhlig.bsky.social
Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor. I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com. WA state. Owned by cat.
@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
@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
@hbmichaels.bsky.social
Kidlit Author, Illustrator, Playwright GOLDA AND EZRA series - Capstone CHILDREN OF HOOVERVILLE - YouthPLAYS Member of 12x12, SCBWI and Kids Comics Unite www.holliemichaels.com 🎉PBParty Finalist 2025
@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
@kidlitart.bsky.social
#KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art. Next chat - Thurs, May 29, 9pm EST/6pm PST May topic - TBA Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social
I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖 #PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/ Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
@hellomeridth.bsky.social
🌟Kidlit writer & artist (they/them/elle) 🧳Rep: Allie Levick at Writers House 📕 DOOR BY DOOR, Crown BFYRs (🌟 Booklist & Lammy Award Finalist) 🧦 Here to steal your left sock 🕸️ https://linktr.ee/Meridth #ProtectTransKids
@denisegallagher.bsky.social
Author. Illustrator. SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator LA/MS Region. Loves to draw. Loves really weird animals. Denisegallagher.com
@tonnyef.bsky.social
K-2 Music Teacher, kidlit author (repped by Joyce Sweeney), Debut PB 2026, Happily married woman of faith, #PBJamz multimedia blog of #PB (picture books) and #Jamz (music) www.tonnyefletcher.com
@phaeacrede.bsky.social
Picture book author | Rat enthusiast 🐀 | https://linktr.ee/phaeacrede
@dedradavis.bsky.social
PB & YA writer | #SCBWI | #CouragetoCreate @thewritersbarn The Verge member| #chronicallyill | #PsoriaticArthritis |2023 Austin SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Mentorship Finalist | Imagination Library of Waco board member |
@phyllisharris.bsky.social
Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by Kristen Terrette @ Martin Literary. Books: THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️ CLAUDE 🎨🐶 2026 Illustrated over 30 children’s books. Website - https://www.phyllisharris.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
@dianamurrayauthor.bsky.social
Author of over 25 children's books including the bestselling Unicorn Day series, and Jr. Library Guild Selections such as City Shapes and Goodnight, Veggies. dianamurray.com
@dtdelosh.bsky.social
Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
@autumnleaflet.bsky.social
Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
@heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social
Award winning Illustrator of Picture Books represented by East West Literary- books with Simon and Schuster, Flamingo PRH, and Harper Collins Heatherbrockmanlee.com
@amymwrites.bsky.social
writer, mama, educator, budding Illustrator - writing essays & picture books and supporting my #kidlit & #cnf peeps #neurospicy #chronicillness #feminist
@erinrew.bsky.social
Aspiring children's book author/illustrator navigating life with two little ones, a growing menagerie, and a love of travel. (She/Her) #amwriting #amquerying #SCBWI #12x12 https://erinrew.com
@ajirving.bsky.social
Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK (Knopf BFYR, 5.20.25) Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
@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
@chiaracolombi.com
Scruffy-looking word herder. PB + YA author. 🚀 ROCKET SHIP, SOLO TRIP (Viking, '24). ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS (Viking, '25). 🇮🇹 | 🏳️🌈🩷💚💙 | She/Her | Photo credit: Lauren Barkume www.chiaracolombi.com
@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
@kellyconroy.bsky.social
Children's Writer, Rhymer, Reader https://linktr.ee/KellyConroy Rep'd by Sarah Stephens | SCBWI | 12x12 You Are My Everything - Tiger Tales '24 I See You In The Stars - Familius '25
@mmarshallauthor.bsky.social
Children's writer, book blogger (The Picture Book Buzz), poet, editor, bird watcher, photographer, nature lover ... #SCBWI #12x12 #Cybils Judge linktr.ee/MariaMarshall_
@ttorrible.bsky.social
#PB writer and poet, TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring '25), PBChat Mentee, #SCBWI, #12x12pb, #picturebooks, #poetry, #kidlit @pbbuds.bsky.social triciatorrible.com torriblepuns.com
@sandrasalsbury.bsky.social
Author-illustrator of BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD and SPRECKLE’S SNACK SURPRISE
@patriciatoht.bsky.social
Children’s author, poet, Rhyme Doctor, reader, former bookstore owner and library associate. https://www.patriciatoht.com/
@randilynnmrvos.bsky.social
SPRINKLE KINDNESS EVERYWHERE Picture book author, cat lover, ballet dancer, francophile
@jenseggio.bsky.social
You can find me with my head in the clouds, nose in a book, heart on my sleeve and hands busy with a pencil. Children’s book writer-illustrator rep’d by Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary. NYPL After-School Tutor. Pro-LGBTQA+, anti-book banning, She/Her.
@suzylevinson.bsky.social
Children's Author + Poet 🦁 ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams) 🦖 DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra Books '25) Rep: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency 😎👍 www.suzylevinson.com
@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
@larissadelliott.bsky.social
Picture book author repped by @charlottewenger.bsky.social. Sometimes writer of YA & MG. Wife. Mommy. Band director. 🇵🇭🇺🇸. She/her. #12x12pb. #Kidlitart on IG @ larissa.d.elliott. ADHD is my superpower.
@sarahollyackerman.bsky.social
children's book author of THE GABI THAT GIRMA WORE (Little, Brown 2024), NOT JUST THE DRIVER (Beach Lane Books, April 9, 2024), CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT TONIGHT (Fall 2024), school librarian
@vivianeelbee.bsky.social
#Author of I WANT MY BOOK BACK and TEACH YOUR GIRAFFE TO SKI. #kidlit #SCBWI Repped by Christie Megill at CAT agency
@jessjhernandez.bsky.social
Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
@amandadavisart.bsky.social
Author-Illustrator | Educator | Mom 🐶🐶👶🏽 🇺🇸 30,000 STITCHES (‘21) 🌙 MOONLIGHT MEMORIES (‘23) 💙 SOMETIMES STORMY (‘25)
@withoutaladder.bsky.social
Writer. Illustrator. Wild Feminist. Book lover. 1 wife, 3 kids, 3 cats. (She/her) http://withoutaladder.com/portfolio/ http://instagram.com/withoutaladder/
@acurleywrites.bsky.social
@noshesthebear.bsky.social
Children’s Book Author IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE (Beaming Books) • INVENTIONS TO COUNT ON (Abrams Appleseed) • Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette danamiroballi.com Instagram: noshesthebear #KIDLIT #CHICAGO
@jessicawhippl17.bsky.social
Author of ENOUGH IS… Tilbury House '23, illus. Nicole Wong | I THINK I THINK A LOT Free Spirit Publishing '23, illus. Josée Bisaillon | Repped by Emily Keyes | website: authorjessicawhipple.com | also poetry | https://linktr.ee/JessicaWhippl17
@katethompson.bsky.social
Children’s author of Yetis Don’t Exist, All I Hope For You, Superheroes Don’t Get Scared and Superheroes Always Fight Back… Or Do They? Rep’d by Jo Williamson at Antony Harwood. More info here: https://www.katethompson.co.uk Insta: @katethompsonwrites
@noranickumbooks.bsky.social
Author, STEM, ocean, islander. 🌊 SUPERPOD: SAVING THE ENDANGERED ORCAS OF THE PNW (‘23) 🕳️THIS BOOK IS FULL OF HOLES (’24) 🫧 THIS BOOK BUBBLES OVER (‘25) 🐋 12 DARING GRAYS (‘26) 🦍WILD MEDICINE (‘26) She/her. Rep: Lynnette Novak www.noranickum.com
@buffysilverman.bsky.social
Author of nonfiction and poetry books for kids, lover of nature and photography. Check out my new book: STARLIGHT SYMPHONY. Visit me at www.buffysilverman.com
@natashazimmers.bsky.social
Picture Book Writer (TINY HIKER- Orca Book Publishers 2026) Nature Adventurer Outdoor Educator Teacher https://linktr.ee/natashazimmers
@lisavperron.bsky.social
Author: Patterns Everywhere (Lerner '23) My Love for You (S&S '23) Tell Me About Space/Oceans (S&S '23/'24) All the Rocks We Love (RiseXPenguin '24) Wonder Why (Harper Kids '25) + more Rep: Tricia Lawrence, EMLA https://lisaperronbooks.com
@karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social
Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
@andrewchacket.bsky.social
Picture book author & elementary educator Up next: IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026) SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027) https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
@marrillu.bsky.social
𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 https://linktr.ee/marrillu 🌐 https://marrilluillustrations.com/ 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎r www.focusedartists.com
@midnightatelier.bsky.social
Webpage : www.MidnightAtelier.com Instagram : @ midnight_atelier Represented by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency.
@kateywrites.bsky.social
Bookish mom, kidlit author, taller than expected Latest: WOVEN OF THE WORLD Coming soon: REINDEER REMAINDERS ‘24 WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH ‘25 Website: https://www.kateyhowes.com Repped by Essie White: https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/katey-howes
@zombicatures.bsky.social
THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection, Fall #2025debuts) Co-RA @SCBWIRockyMtn.bsky.social #kidlitartinstructor at www.cuddlefishacademy.com #aapi #rosebudauthor Rep: @annmrose.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social www.stanyan.me
@brianlarossa.com
Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture & Chapter Books). Adjunct at The City College of New York (Design Criticism). Writer (Fiction). Speaker (SCBWI et al). Born ATL. Live NYC. He/Him. 💙❤️ www.brianlarossa.com The 523rd person to join Bluesky.
@lkliterary.bsky.social
Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
@lbontigao.bsky.social
Author-Illustrator, SARI-SARI SUMMERS(Candlewick '23), Illustrator, AT THE END OF THE DAY, KAILANI'S GIFT, SEASHELL KEY Series('24), THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT('23), YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY('22), JACK & AGYU('20) https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
@vanessakaybooks.bsky.social
Picture book author. Figuring this wacky world out one picture book, one haiku, one overanalyzed nursery rhyme at a time.
@faithpray7.bsky.social
PNW author+illustrator | THE DAY WE GOT LOST | Repp’d: @mollyoneillbooks faithpraybooks.com https://linktr.ee/faithpray7
@bgowriter.bsky.social
#Kidlit #poet from the PNW. Words in LADYBUG, BABYBUG, THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS HELLO. #SCBWI. #80s kid. Member of The Poets' Garage. http://briangeneolson.weebly.com https://willowcroft.blog/2021/04/09/five-things-friday-mini-interview-with-author