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@joycewanbooks.bsky.social
@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
@nekomori-art.bsky.social
She/they | Chinese-Indonesian illustrator & tea drinker | Not available for commission. 🚫 AI/NFT ⭐️ Shop: http://mush.house/nekomori ⭐️ Wallpapers: http://ko-fi.com/nekomori/shop ⭐️ Other links: http://nekomori-art.carrd.co
@anooshasyed.com
award-winning author/illustrator for children’s books, character designer & art educator📚 ✎ resources, books, & more links ↓ https://www.anooshasyed.com
@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.
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social
kids and young adult book author. The horrors never cease but neither do I. Founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her) blessed stressed depressed ✌🏽 Prettyokmaggie.com
@jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social
Illustrator, Comic, & Cover artist drawing animals & IP for clients/she/her/ace/ ❤️ anime 📚 & gardening 🪴 Anime📚Comics Feed https://bsky.app/profile/jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social/feed/popculture Work account: @jlmeyerart.bsky.social
@charlenedraws.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat 🎨 CharleneChua.com ✏️ charlenedraws.bio.link 🚫AI/NFT
@boygirlparty.bsky.social
Artist, children’s book author / kidlit illustrator, Boygirlparty Etsy. She/her 💌 i love snail mail, indie rock, fountain pens, wilderness. vegetarian, scbwi, RISD alum. BLM, love is love, read to kids, save our parks. 🧿 ↙️ http://linktr.ee/boygirlparty
@ibramxk.bsky.social
National 📙 Award-winning Historian • 10 NYT Bestsellers such as STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING and HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST • FAMU alum 🐍 • MacArthur Fellow. 🦁🌱 ibramxkendi.com
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
@portersqbooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
@scottlava.bsky.social
I am a painter and a creator of comics and children's picture books. Hug Machine and Zombie in Love. Also, video games at Double Fine Productions. linktr.ee/scottlava
@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
@phonemova.bsky.social
🇲🇽|Illustrator&Kidlit| Concept Art/character visdev Repped by @fullcirclelit www.linktree.com/phonemova Lorcana✨ Macmillan,Scholastic,HarperCollins,S&S,LBBYR,Disney Books,Penguin Random House🖍️ DIEGO FUEGO 07/2025
@yukfunwow.bsky.social
Lucy Cheung (she/her) and Patrick Gildersleeves (he/him). Illustration/design duo based in Portslade, on the south coast of England. We just like making stuff. yukfun.co.uk/insta/ It’ll be Patrick posting here usually
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@meghunt.bsky.social
Illustrator and mentor working in kids books, packaging and character design. Let’s work together. Repped by Lara Perkins at ABLA and Scott Hull Associates. http://www.linktr.ee/meghuntillo http://www.meghunt.com
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and cat 📖 Reframing Women Printmakers 📖 How To Survive Camping 📚 91/52 https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
@katemessner.com
NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: HISTORY SMASHERS: EARTH DAY & THE ENVIRONMENT www.katemessner.com
@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
@studiojjk.bsky.social
[𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠-𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚌𝚎-𝚔𝚊𝚑] 📘Graphic Novelist 🥈Natl Book Award finalist 🔴TED speaker 📙NYT Bestseller 🎓BFA RISD + 3x Honorary Doctorates 🙋🏻♂️he/him
@lisayee.bsky.social
New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
@arcasian.bsky.social
she/her | chinese-canadian artist making cute things and writing stories all links: arcasian.carrd.com shop: arcasian.com
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@ginaperry.bsky.social
KidLit Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends ‘25. / TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH!, MINI DOODLES / AVEN GREEN illustrator / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
@studiohoffmann.bsky.social
Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor #Kidlit Rep’d by Jennifer Laughran at ABLA Other: Rep’d by i2iart 🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle every Thurs on Insta 📘 Preorder PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY (Out 9/2) 🚫 No AI Art https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.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🌈
@kylelukoff.bsky.social
"Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?" "No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
@shannonhale.bsky.social
NYT bestseller of 50 books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, BEST FRIENDS, DIANA & NUBIA, ITTY-BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4, wife of 1. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
@wardjenkins.bsky.social
Storyboard Artist (MLP:FIM, Ada Twist, Camp Snoopy) & Children’s Book Illustrator. First graphic novel: SPACE CASE by Stuart Gibbs - out Aug. 19th! [he/him] wardjenkins.com I share things, too: #wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH (Holiday House). LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press). #KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.” Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social Www.Authorkellymangan.com #NoAIArt
@bottomshelfbks.bsky.social
author of The Blur, Real to Me (Knopf/PRH) | Lift, Drawn Together, more (LBYR) | Green Lantern Legacy (DC) | A Lotus for You (Parallax) | WNDB board | Hamline MFAC faculty
@mdashow.bsky.social
Illustrator, character designer, kidLit artist & gameDev art director. Available for work and seeking representation. Tetris-level ability to pack refrigerator & expert recollection of 80's new-wave song lyrics. He/him. https://linktr.ee/mdashow
@dansantat.bsky.social
NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('24 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
@mollyoneill.bsky.social
Literary agent at Root Literary. Builder of bookmakers. Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. mollyoneillbooks.com
@ksonnack.bsky.social
Children's Agent. Reader. Mama. Header art by Marissa Valdez.
@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!
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; little-boy mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
@fuse8.bsky.social
Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Five. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.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
@boringstorybook.com
Author/illustrator living in the Cleveland area. https://briankirbystudio.com SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster | #skypitch pitch party organizer | #pbchat picture book club
@joycewanbooks.bsky.social
💖Author & Illustrator of 30+ Children’s Books w/ Over 2 Million Books in Print 💖Cute Stuff Lover, Collector, & Creator 💖Repped by Teresa Kietlinski of Bookmark Literary Learn more: https://linktr.ee/joycewanbooks