Awesome Authors to Follow
This is a group of authors I've known for a while and can vouch for, many of whom have agents and are published (or soon-to-be published!)
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@casiebazay.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
@jonipopewrites.bsky.social
MG/YA writer. Storymakers Guild member. Bookworm 📚🐛. Maker of amigurumi. Loves sloths 🦥. Nerd. “Have courage and be kind.” She/Her
@loftilylotfi.bsky.social
YA writer. founder & host of LitTea Podcast. Probably drinking tea. #PitchWars YA Mentor 💜♠️🇮🇪🇫🇷🇪🇬🇹🇷♠️💜
@taralundmark.bsky.social
Author writing YA from somewhere in my daydreams 💛 17 at heart Rep'd by @Charmstrong.bsky.social at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency www.taralundmark.com
@carrietalick.bsky.social
Published author, Yale Writer’s Workshop alum, wife, bonus mom, traveler, observer, forever weaving stories. Agented by Ali Herring at SpencerHill.
@jsamtaylorauthor.bsky.social
Author of fantasy steeped in folklore | Up Next: HELGA THE FAIR (Atheneum, Summer 2026) | Out Now: MADSI THE TRUE, BEING ACE, WE ARE THE FIRE (as Sam Taylor) | Repped by Sandra Proudman of Gallt Zacker Literary Agency | 🖤🩶🤍💜 www.sjtaylorbooks.com
@shanayoungdahl.bsky.social
Poet and YA author, latest: A Cage To Welcome (Poetry), As Many Nows As I Can Get (YA) Up next: A Catalog of Burnt Objects (Dial/Penguin Teen) Associate Professor at Lindenwood University, Opinions all my own🧡
@heathertruett.bsky.social
✒️Author of KISS AND REPEAT🖋 | AuDHD | Managing Editor @ Southeast Review | she/her
@halligomez-author.bsky.social
MG and YA author. LIST OF TEN (2021 Union Sq & Co.) AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award Winner. Rep’d by East West Literary. Website: Halligomez.com
@jfkillsdarlings.bsky.social
Author of kissing books. Rep'd by Laura Bradford. Owned by dog. Costume designer. Pun enthusiast. Dilly-dallier.
@samanthajoyce.bsky.social
❤️🔥NOT TODAY, SATAN (Entangled Teen) releases November 4, 2025❤️🔥
@subity.bsky.social
Dad, MG author, dragon rider | THE LAST SHADOW WARRIOR ~ Percy Jackson meets Beowulf | VALOR WINGS ~ Dunkirk with dragons (2024) - both from @Scholastic | Find me at subity.com
@vvmontalban.bsky.social
Award-winning author of A TALL DARK TROUBLE, THESE VENGEFUL WISHES, MIDNIGHT'S VICIOUS TOLL (PRH 2027) Contributor in NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books) Rep: Madwoman Literary 🇳🇮🇨🇺 She.Her
@justinemanzano.bsky.social
YA Author of The Keys & Guardians Series 🗝 , Never Say Never 💕, Editor-in-Residence at @Write_Hive, Director of Operations @IKnowWhySheStayed Neurodiverse Spoony, Mama, Wife, Geek, Badass. She/Her 🏳️🌈
@authorsoniahartl.bsky.social
Author | Unlikable Female Character | Collector of books, puzzles, and grudges | Out now: Rent to Be | Rep: Becca Podos
@msannettemc.bsky.social
Author of THE REHEARSALS & FOR TWICE IN MY LIFE (Little, Brown) | repped by Kimberly Whalen | prob crying at a sitcom right now
@yvettewrites.bsky.social
Brit by birth, New Yorker by design. Author of GLITTER GETS EVERYWHERE and THE HOUSE SWAP (JLG Gold Standard Selection) Rep'd by Elizabeth Bewley. #mgauthorcade yvetteclark.com
@kristyacevedo.bsky.social
Author of THE WARNING series with Sourcebooks Fire. English teacher for 24+yrs. Gardener. Not a hologram. Rep: @herringali.bsky.social she/her https://linktr.ee/kristyacevedo
@jengelmattern.bsky.social
MG author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ Ginger Clark Literary Agency
@pjmacwriter.bsky.social
Writer. Screenwriter. Author. Dragon Rider. My personal website is https://pjmacwriter.com/ I'm a writing beast. And I make good trouble. Looking for her champion for her books and screenplays.
@kathleea.bsky.social
Loves YA horror. Agented. Cats, tea, K-Pop and British detective shows. YA gothic horror, THE RESURRECTIONIST out October 7, 2025 from Roaring Brook Press. Kathleensallen.wordpress.com
@laurarueckert.bsky.social
Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her https://linktr.ee/LauraRueckert
@jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social
Author of many genres and books! Rep: Holly Root Out now: 🐍Monstrous Coming soon: 💖Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love
@alysawishingrad.bsky.social
Author of fantastical novels for adventurous readers: The Verdigris Pawn (JLG), Between Monsters and Marvels (Crystal Kite Finalist) Rep: @litagentmarini / Highline Literary #mgauthorcade https://linktr.ee/Agw408
@writingwithreed.bsky.social
📚 Multi-genre author 💗 Mom of teens 🐊 Florida 🐶 Puppy power https://linktr.ee/writingwithreed
@maryaverling.bsky.social
Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Putnam/Penguin Young Readers. Agent: Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
@wordsofrablack.bsky.social
Author of queer adult fantasy, professional computer wrangler, cheese devourer They / them Repped @RebeccaPodos
@atruebooks.bsky.social
Author of small-town Romance & award-winning Historical Fiction. Out now: Meet Me in Ivy Falls & Finding Love in Ivy Falls! Book 3 in Ivy Falls series out June ‘25! https://amytruebloodauthor.com
@jessicaburkhart.bsky.social
Author of 30 books. Game writer at Crazy Maple Studio. Prev: Choices at Pixelberry. Working on screenplays. 📚 SADDLEHILL ACADEMY, CANTERWOOD CREST & more. Rep: Josh Getzler. She/her. 🏳️🌈 http://www.Linktree.com/jessicaburkhart
@charmstrong.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency #WritingCommunity ⭐️ Above all else, be kind and have empathy for others. ⭐️ 👉 Links: https://linktr.ee/cathiemlla
@kellydevos.bsky.social
Coffee addict | Writer | FAT GIRL ON A PLANE | EAT YOUR HEART OUT and GO HUNT ME available from PenguinTeen.
@mistywilsonwrites.bsky.social
Author of the YA romance FALLING LIKE LEAVES (2025) & the award-winning MG graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL (2022); teacher & RN; @mistywilsonwrites on IG; Rep: Daniel Lazar; she/her
@niclesperance.bsky.social
Author, editor, book monster Up next: A SPELL TO WAKE THE DEAD (Putnam/PRH, August 2025) Rep: Kathleen Rushall, ABLA | She/her nicolelesperance.com
@natalisimmonds.bsky.social
Author. Out now: WHILE MY BABY SLEEPS, MY DAUGHTER'S REVENGE, GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST (TV adaptation in the works), THE BLOOD WEB series as Caedis Knight. Agents: @amandapreston.bsky.social & @keslupo.bsky.social Follow #SimmondsWritingTips
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.
@joymccullough.bsky.social
Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)
@ellenhopkins.bsky.social
NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister
@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
@chrystaldgiles.bsky.social
Author of books for young people. 📚 Take Back the Block 📚 Not an Easy Win 📚 We Are Joy (2026) linktr.ee/chrystaldgiles
@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
@dianaurban.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning author (she/her) 📚 UNDER THE SURFACE 📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS 📚 LYING IN THE DEEP 🎮 Freelance video game writer
@metuiteme.bsky.social
Writer, editor, terrifying bog witch, werewolf of productivity 💀🍁 Ottawa dweller w prairie roots and maritime daydreams. she/her Three spooky YA books on shelves now! Latest: THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY Rep: Jacqui Lipton + Lane Heymont @ Tobias
@casiebazay.bsky.social
YA Author. NOT OUR SUMMER (Running Press). Contributor in AS WE CONVENE (Inked in Gray). Freelance Writer/Editor/Proofreader. Nature Lover. Chikasha saya. Repped by Ali Herring. *NO DMs* https://linktr.ee/cbazay