Zoë Marriott's Starter Pack
A little list of the loveliest bookish BlueSky people - whether writers, booksellers, editors or publishing people, readers or reviewers.
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@zdmarriott.bsky.social
@goldsborobooks.bsky.social
An award-winning independent bookshop with branches in London (23-27 Cecil Court) and Brighton (22b Ship Street) The book collectors bookseller.
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
Award-winning author of the SCOTT JERICHO thrillers (KILLING JERICHO; JERICHO’S DEAD; BURYING JERICHO) and YA novels, including THE BOY I LOVE, BROKEN HEARTS AND ZOMBIE PARTS, and THE OUTRAGE among others https://linktr.ee/williamhusseyauthor
@whatsfsaid.bsky.social
Author of the Varjak Paw books, Phoenix and TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected - libraries, literacy & reading for pleasure. http://www.sfsaid.com/
@nataliehaynes.bsky.social
Bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist✍🏻 NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: Pre-order now for September 2025. Posts by N and team. https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
@gillianredfearn.bsky.social
Deputy Publisher, Gollancz. Hugo nominated editor of diverse and original voices. Chaotic neutral. She/her. Editor by day, supervillain by night . . .
@effjayem.bsky.social
SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴🌈🏳️⚧️ Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now!
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
@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
@kitdewaal.com
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Henry Allen. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
@kathyswriter.bsky.social
#Writer #Author #WritingCommunity KathySteinemann.com: #WritingTips Facebook.com/KathySWriter Kathy Steinemann is a writer who loves #words, especially when they're frightening or futuristic or funny. Author of The Writer's Lexicon series.
@lizkessler.bsky.social
@emmashevah.bsky.social
English teacher. Reader. Undercover Alien. Vest-selling author (got to make a living). Seven Middle Grade and chapter books. First YA tbp Sept 2025 with David Fickling Books. Repp'd Jessica Hare at The Agency. Likes words and Asia and skies.
@kittyjohnsonbooks.bsky.social
Author, published by Lake Union Publishing. Part-time artist, dog-owned. Loves walking and my Norfolk home. https://www.kittyjohnsonbooks.com/
@rhiantracey.bsky.social
Writer History Nerd Neurodiverse Author of the Bletchley Park Mystery series
@jennaburtenshaw.bsky.social
Dog lover. Tea drinker. Author of the Wintercraft series. In the middle of writing something new.
@bopicicka.bsky.social
🐣 • cottage core with a knife • senior commissioning editor at headline eternal + headline fiction
@agentkateshaw.bsky.social
Literary agent in the living room, mother in the kitchen, asleep in the bedroom. Beagle-owned. www.theshawagency.co.uk
@mharrisonauthor.bsky.social
Author: 13 Treasures, A Pinch of Magic, Twice Upon a Time, There’s A Beach in My Pants & more. www.michelleharrisonbooks.com
@beccamascull.bsky.social
Bestselling author of 3 names: #RebeccaMascull & #MollieWalton historical fiction & #HarperFord romcoms. Currently writing novel number 16. Also award-winning teacher. 😍📖💖 https://linktr.ee/beccamascull
@sheenawriter.bsky.social
Award-winning author of novels for children and adults. Royal Literary Fund Fellow, writing tutor, bookworm, animal lover. First Term at Fernside out now from O'Brien Press.
@bridgeanne.bsky.social
Writer of books for children, represented by Anne Clark https://www.anneclarkliteraryagency.co.uk & for adults, represented by Charlotte Colwill https://www.colwillandpeddle.com. Occasional columnist for 'The Tablet.' website https://anneboothauthor.com
@fedstrg.bsky.social
Federica not F(r)ederica. Press Office at Headline. She/Her. Views my own
@rachelwardbooks.bsky.social
Writer of cozy crime series, The Supermarket Mysteries, plus psych thrillers, and YA (Numbers). Now non-fiction, Write Your Cozy Mystery. Takes photos of Bath, draws, paints, wrangles dogs.
@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!
@nessharbour.bsky.social
Author. 📚♿️PhD. Academic. Programme Leader BA Creative Writing. Uni of Winchester. SoA. Always looking for the positive in a complicated life
@lucycoatswriter.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Myth witch. Classical Association Prize 2017. Latin Programme Poetry Prize 2022. Bridport Poetry Shortlist 2024. Holy rage Feminist/Animist. 🐝 🐍 Lover of owls & goddesses. ADHD/ND & ME\CFS🥄 Free 🇵🇸 💗💙💜 Threads: @lucywriter Web: lucycoats.com
@kathlangrish.bsky.social
I write children's & YA fantasy novels, and moonlight as a folklorist. I blog at https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/
@isabelashdown.com
Author, mother, dog hugger, friend. Writing coach & Royal Literary Fund mentor. "Ingenious" (Sunday Times) 📚 "Fiendishly Clever" (Red Mag) 📚 "Delivery was late" (Amazon reviewer) Latest mystery thriller out now with Orion 👉 www.isabelashdown.com
@whisperingpages.bsky.social
A bookworm, blogger and general fangirl. Other hobbies include learning Japanese, origami and watching far too much Gilmore Girls. Autistic. She/her thewhisperingofthepages.co.uk
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
@suemoorcroftauthor.bsky.social
#1 bestselling, award-winning author represented by Juliet Pickering of BlakeFriedmann, published by Dialogue Publishing, Avon Books UK and Choc Lit UK. President Romantic Novelists' Association.
@chadwickwriter.bsky.social
Best selling author of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages. William Marshal super-fan. Recovering chocaholic.
@christinacourtenay.bsky.social
Aka Pia Fenton. Author - timeslip/time travel, historical romance - Vikings! 1/2 Swede, chocoholic, history buff. Repped by Lina Langlee, The North Lit Agency.
@mrdanthompson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, creative non-fiction and stories for the media.📚🖥️📰 ✍🏻 Creative Writing Alumni University of Cambridge. Interested in writing of all kinds including for the screen, stage, prose, poetry and VSS.
@ambercaraveo.bsky.social
😻 Literary agent at Skylark Literary - www.skylark-literary.com. Loves sunny days, folklore, children’s books, YA books, all books! (She/her)
@emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social
Writes fiction & non-fiction, teaches, blogs @ This Itch of Writing https://linktr.ee/emmadarwinwriter
@amandageard.bsky.social
Author of R&J pick THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE and THE MOON GATE, lover of big books 📚 Pub: Headline/Hachette. Agent: AM Heath www.amandageard.com
@londonbessie.bsky.social
Writer type. Making it up as I go. 📖. #TheTwelve out now. Other books #TheIllusions #TheGifts & #Bearmouth. Fond of wanders. Lover of books, films, art & wildlife. Nerd.
@alicenuttallbooks.bsky.social
My debut THE ZOMBIE PROJECT is coming out in January 2025! Writer, word witch, feminist werewolf and coffee thief. She/her
@elencaldecott.bsky.social
I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
@sallynicholls.bsky.social
Author of books such as 'Ways to Live Forever', 'Things a Bright Girl Can Do', 'The Button Book', 'A Chase in Time'. 'Godfather Death' and 'Yours From the Tower' out now. Lives in Liverpool with husband and two kids, Quaker, bridge-player, woolly liberal.
@eveainsworth.bsky.social
Award winning working class author. Writes children’s books and adult romance/suspense. Safeguarding Lead. Part time Lady Stardust. Somebody I Used To Love - 2024 Pieces of Us - 2025 Loves football, fudge and fascinating fascinations.
@susannakearsley.bsky.social
writer • time traveller • professional procrastinator • respecter of readers • settler on lands of the Anishinabek Nation • she/her • susannakearsley.com
@samuelburr.bsky.social
Author of the instant Sunday Times and USA Today Bestseller, THE FELLOWSHIP OF PUZZLEMAKERS 🧩 Proud #BookSky recruit 💙📚 https://linktr.ee/samuelburr
@joannanadin.bsky.social
Professor of writing books, Sunday Times bestseller, Manic Pixie Essex Girl. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons. https://joannanadin.com/ https://instagram.com/jonadin
@davegoodman.bsky.social
Bestselling thriller and SF novelist/short fiction writer | A RELUCTANT SPY from @headlinebooks.bsky.social & in development with Carnival Films | SF at Clarkesworld & Analog | Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social | https://www.davidgoodman.net/links/
@louisemumford.bsky.social
Thriller writer. New book THE FESTIVAL out now. (HarperCollins). Co-Chair of Crime Cymru. Welsh 🏴 Agent: Kate Shaw. Committed insomniac. Care Bear devotee. Website: www.louisemumfordauthor.com
@vikkipatis.bsky.social
Author of queer dark novels, aka Victoria Hawthorne. Scottish with an English accent. Owned by golden retrievers. Views mine. Not on Twitter. 🏴🏳️🌈🇵🇸 she/her https://linktr.ee/vikkipatis
@franceshardinge.bsky.social
Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
@rowancoleman.bsky.social
Sunday Times and NYT best selling novelist and screenwriter. Also Stella Hayward THE GOOD BOY coming 2025 Amateur quantum physics nerd. Loves Brontes. Loves Horror. Loves dogs. Am #ADHD #Dyslexic #Feminist she/her. Supports 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️rights fan of equality.
@sallywrites.bsky.social
MG author: Toby and the Silver Blood Witches, Max and Monty with Collins Primary Winner of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2022 Owned by three-legged rescue dog ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/SallyDoherty
@fleurhitchcock.bsky.social
Author of crime for kids. Murder at Wintertide latest in a long line of titles with @nosycrow.bsky.social Wed to a 'Sperimental archaeologist. West Country UK Expert Children's Bookseller - she/her. #kidlituk @AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
@portybelle.bsky.social
Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea! www.portobellobookblog.com
@ruthwarewriter.bsky.social
Still writing books... still drinking coffee... still making stuff up as I go along. The Woman in Suite 11 available to pre-order now at linktr.ee/ruthwarewriter Find me at ruthware.com
@janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social
Writer (Secrets of the Bees out in Jun 2025; Black Crescent, White Hare, Sea Gate etc), publisher (GRRM, Hobb, Feist, Lawrence, Heartfield, Kaner, ex Tolkien), allotmenteer. History. Morocco/Cornwall. Covid is airborne 💙📚 #Writing #Books #FBPE
@bellapagan.bsky.social
Publisher @UKTor. Love fiction with a speculative spin, science fiction & fantasy. Wordsmith. Professional geek. ‘Cat person’. Info: https://shorturl.at/rRID9
@bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Author, Creative Writing & English teacher, entrepreneur, #Curae prize, editor, mum of 3 lads. Rep. @keslupo Maass Agency, NYC. Wilts, Wales, Southern US https://linktr.ee/bookwormvaught?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=00043ddf-6cad-43e1-8c8a-d89
@debharkness.bsky.social
Professor. Novelist. Feels too much. Never enough children, islands, mourners, gossips & vegetables. Warms the stars. Essentially a spy. She/her. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES 🧙♀️SHADOW OF NIGHT 🌚 THE BOOK OF LIFE 📖 TIME'S CONVERT 🕰️ #TBBO🐦⬛
@kesalisbury.bsky.social
Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her https://www.kesalisbury.com/
@essiefox.bsky.social
Dangerous is my latest novel. A dark historical crime mystery, featuring Lord Byron in Venice and a spate of Vampiric style killings. Is he innocent or guilty? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dangerous-riveting-historical-BESTSELLING-Fascination/dp/1916788440
@dorothykoomson.bsky.social
📚Award-winning, Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Writer ✍🏾 l Reader 📖 | TV & Film Lover 📺 | Podcaster 🎙️| Latest book Every Smile You Fake out now 📚⚡️
@mattlibrarian.bsky.social
Librarian, Antifascist, South African American. Grumpy GenX Ask me about my liberal agenda. www.TeenLibrarian.co.uk Signal: mattlibrarian.01
@terriwindling.bsky.social
Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for my novel The Wood Wife) and others. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint. US born & raised, now living on Dartmoor (Devon, UK).
@eliistender10.bsky.social
I write books, films and make podcasts. Happily mediocre
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and cat 📖 Reframing Women Printmakers 📖 How To Survive Camping 📚 91/52 http://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com https://www.instagram.com/big.bearded.bookseller
@sarahpinborough.bsky.social
Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
@annamazz.bsky.social
Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe. Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
@davidhheadley.bsky.social
M.D. DHH Literary Agency, Goldsboro Books & Capital Crime. Literary agent, award-winning bookseller & festival founder.
@runalongwomble.bsky.social
Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
@robinhobb.bsky.social
Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn!
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her. linktr.ee/stephanieburgis
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@zdmarriott.bsky.social
Novelist, RLF Fellow, PhD Candidate at the Open University. Working class autistic spoonie. Aro/ace. She/they. Very proud to be represented by @agentkateshaw.bsky.social. THE MOONLIT MAZE is coming from @headlinebooks.bsky.social 2025! No dms pls.