Middle Grade / YA Historical Fiction Authors
Building a community for Historical Fiction authors and writers in the children's book market, primarily in middle grade and YA.
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@jrbarr.bsky.social
@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
@dianezahler.bsky.social
writer of middle-grade fiction about princesses, magic, and bubonic plague http://www.dianezahler.com/
@jennymosswrites.bsky.social
Novelist & ex-NASA engineer. Also write as Jennifer McKissack. WINNIE'S WAR. SHADOW. TAKING OFF. SANCTUARY. ~ Rep: Trish Lawrence at Aevitas Creative Management https://www.jenny-moss.com/
@jenguyorjowett.bsky.social
Author | Teacher | Living as a character in my own story; plot still to be discovered #DogEaredBookAward creator #bookposse Books: #IntoTheShadows #WordsThatMend
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.
@leahp88.bsky.social
Writer of kidlit, historical fiction, poetry. Amanuensis in a past life. Yes to the Oxford comma. leahpileggi.com
@sflayzell.bsky.social
I write queer stories & edit books sometimes https://sflayzell.com/ Debut novel Cottonopolis out now, a sapphic middle-grade story set in 1840s Manchester https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/cottonopolis-paperback-pre-order Views my own
@jacobsw.bsky.social
I write books, mostly #kidlit. My most recent book is WHAT ROSA BROUGHT. It's the true story of my mother's escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna. He/him. https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com
@maykenalanna.bsky.social
I write fantasy & speculative fiction for kids. 📚 My blog about Paris & published short stories 👉 https://www.maykenbruenings.com/ Trilingual swimmer 🏊🏻♀️ and SCBWI member. I love cows and Brittany.
@jessieatkin.bsky.social
Author, storyteller, writer, reading aficionado, Star Wars enthusiast, Mets devotee, Slytherin, student, sister, twin 🖤🤍💜 http://www.jessieatkin.com/
@andrewvargaauthor.bsky.social
YA Historical Fiction author of the Jump in Time series. Total History Geek. Canadian. www.andrewvargaauthor.com #TimeTravelAuthors Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/yk68h2nd #HistoricalFiction Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/5n8cnfk5
@ericalyons.bsky.social
Kidlit author. 📚On a Chariot of Fire, LQ📚Mixed-up Mooncakes, Quill Tree Out next: 📚Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake, Apples&Honey Press Nat. Jewish Book Awards finalist Sydney Taylor Notable Ima to 5 + 🐈⬛ 🇭🇰 Rep’d by Caryn Wiseman https://www.erica-lyons.com
@mnwendell.bsky.social
MG author | LIGHT AND AIR (2024) Holiday House Books | Rep’d by Michelle Hauck at Storm Literary | Retired English/Childhood Education professor | grandmother https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell
@diannesalerni.bsky.social
Author of Middle Grade books, THE TONTINE CAPER, THE EIGHTH DAY, JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS, ELEANOR, ALICE & THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS, THE CARREFOUR CURSE. Rep'd by Sara Crowe Literary. https://diannesalerni.com/ She/her
@jandersoncoats.bsky.social
YA/MG author. Newest: The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024); A Season Most Unfair (2023). Forthcoming: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
@christinadg.bsky.social
Edgar® award-winning & USA TODAY best-selling author.📚 Recovering attorney & soccer mom. ⚖️⚽️ Has a dog that can open doors.🐕
@jenniferlgadd.bsky.social
Author; free-lance editor; retired reading teacher; proponent of tea & scones; more left wing than you could possibly imagine; Living blue in red Kansas; still masking; she/her. https://jennifergadd.wixsite.com/jenniferlgadd
@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
@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
@emmapassauthor.bsky.social
Award winning author of children's, YA & adult fiction. WW2 romance THE GIRL FROM NORWAY out now. Reader/editor w/The Literary Consultancy. Lead Writer w/@writingem.bsky.social's Beyond the Spectrum. AuDHD/ME/CP. Owned by a greyhound. Knitter. No DMs plz!
@aaronparnas.bsky.social
J.D. from GW Law ⚖️ | Attorney | Your go-to news source | Strategist | Views are my own | Retweets ≠ endorsements All other platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronparnas
@jrbarr.bsky.social
Author. Middle Grade Historical fiction novel GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING available now: https://shorturl.at/q76s5; THUNDER AND MERCY coming 2026 w/ @astrapublishing. Rep'd by TracyMarchini / BookEnds