Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoice-Winner #KidLitVibes-Winner #50PreciousWords-HM #KidlitChuckleChallenge-HM Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @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.
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker Web App): www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Jennifer Westecott @authorjen78.bsky.social I am the mind behind the romance novel Heartbreak Falls.
I have always believed that stories have the power to transport us beyond our reality, and into worlds filled with emotion, mystery, and meaning.
https://booklocker.com/books/14112.html
Baba Yaga Fella 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 💙 @souvorkin.bsky.social 🇺🇦 Made in Odesa
Supporting the fight for freedom 🌻
I fly and deliver 🔥 to ruzshists
Invading Vatnik destroyer 🧨💥🩻🦴
Vote 💙 to save 🇺🇸
I Live in a Wooden Hut on Chicken Legs
#NAFO #FELLA #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #NAFOFellas
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2060
TBR: 6965
2026 Reading Challenge: 202/200
Alan D Thomas @alanthomasd.bsky.social A musician with a passion for real estate building dreams you can live in and songs you can feel.
Wouter Onrust @wouteronrust.bsky.social Dutch Frisian tax advisor/ fiscaal jurist: no cure no pay; freelance redacteur/journalist 🏳️🌈No crypto or ❤️scams 🔒
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Moksh @mokshstudios.bsky.social I am creating a bold new superhero universe.
A villain first universe with disposable superheroes.
Launching first comic: “Moksh: Origin I – The Quest” soon.
https://linktr.ee/mokshstudios.by.mugafi
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Andrea Kulish Wilhelm - Studio A @avlstudioa.bsky.social Pysanky • Graphic Design • Peace
Stand With Ukraine
Studio A at Pink Dog Creative
River Arts District, Asheville, NC
WizardBeWitch @wizardbewitch.bsky.social Enlightenment comes from your awareness, perception, and integrity because you assemble it in your highest vision, always act as if no one is watching the reflection of who you are, Without Free Will, you cannot choose the light
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Evie Richner @evierichner.bsky.social Children’s book writer and illustrator. Artist. Teacher.
www.eviewoltilrichner.com
@annieq7.bsky.social @annieq7.bsky.social 
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
IslandTwinArtists @islandtwinartists.bsky.social Hi! We're Dori and Kate! 💕 Identical twins, kidlit author-illustrators, educators, SCBWI members, bakers, nature lovers, moms of super kids and pets, neurodiverse 💞
✨ Joyfully seeking representation ✨
www.IslandTwinArtists.com
Dannye Chase is writing gay vampires @dannyechase.bsky.social Queer writer of romance & spec, she/her * The Vampire Haven queer romantic erotica series * Weird writing prompts: http://DannyeChase.com/blog
Marta Pilosio Illustration @martapilosio.bsky.social Italian author-illustrator with a passion for books, folktales, fairytales, legends and history. SCBWI member. Represented by Erzsi Deàk at Hen&ink Literary.
Kristin Varner @kristinvarner.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, author and graphic novelist based in the Seattle area. DOG TROUBLE (First Second) out now! Horse nerd. Cheese enthusiast. Rep’d by Teresa Kietlinski at https://bookmarkliterary.com/
https://www.kristinvarner.com/
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Cat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️nonbinary trans person,
they/them (Ex: “They are a friend”), Millennial, atheist, autistic, trauma survivor, volunteer,
🇨🇦ally to 💙Democrats
🇺🇸resources:
momsrising.org
swingleft.org
blackvotersmatterfund.org
fieldteam6.org
iwillvote.com
indivisible.org
Kids Comics Studio Anthology @kcsanthology.bsky.social Kids Comics Unite Studio members are up to something exciting as we create an anthology of kids comics coming in 2025!
Kickstarter: http://kck.st/4jEJkdv
Check us out at: https://kidscomicsunite.com/anthology/
Jared Goring 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @jaredgoring.com I write, and more. No AI here. Many labels apply, including but not limited to: Canadian Ukrainian nonbinary bi/pansexual polyamorous anticapitalist autistic etcetera...
Possible content:📖📷🐈🐕💩😂🏛⚧️🆒️🛠🔞 etc.
DMs open, all feedback welcome!
<3
SoniKomi Publishing @sonikomi.bsky.social Welcome to SoniKomi Publishing, where we bring stories to life through our innovative sound books! Designed with embedded audio, our books create an interactive and immersive reading experience that fosters a lifelong love for books in children.
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Katy Tanis @katytanis.bsky.social Illustrator, Children's Book Author, Explorer, Lemur Lover, Rollersport Enthusiast, Textile Designer, ADHD.
📘*🦉🦉 Love Under the Stars
📘*🐧🐧 Edward & Annie
📘*🦁🦁 Love in the Wild
Repped by @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: https://www.daughterearth.com
Haley Grunloh @haleygrunloh.bsky.social An illustrator and zoology fangirl from New Haven CT 🏳️🌈🐌 Pratt 2013, CSUMB Science Illustration 2024 http://www.haleygrunloh.com
Waffle Man (Victor M) @waffleman2.bsky.social
If you wanna get your hands on the first issue of Waffle Man you can find it here
Waffle-man.com
D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social Self-published/free-lance writer. Fantasy blogger/reader. Card gamer/TCG collector. You name it and I probably dabble in it.
For business inquiries: dchart013@outlook.com
https://linktr.ee/D.C._Hart
Make Art That Sells @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Outstanding online art + illustration courses from top art agent + illustrator Lilla Rogers. 30k+ students in over 100 countries. #MakeArtThatSells
Online art courses to boost your portfolio 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/
Laurie @lauriesplace42.bsky.social I create stationery that uplifts, inspires connection, and raises the world’s frequency—one handwritten note at a time. Check it out at BeautifulPapersPlus.Etsy.com
Nina Crittenden @ninacrittenden.bsky.social kid book maker. tea drinker. minnesotan. ice out. ninacrittenden.com
Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social An Illustrator! In Honolulu! Probably drinking coffee.
Rep'd by @ksonnack.bsky.social
www.adventurefun.club
📗: Anything? Anything! (Summer 2027)
Jen de Oliveira @jendeoart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator
🦦PIP AND PALS (out now!)
🐧REGGIE series
💭Cocreator of Sunday Haha
📚Rep’d by Ammi-Joan Paquette, ACM
jendeoart.com
jendeoart.substack.com
Privacy x GarWu @garwuprivacypublications.com 👯♀️ Lauren and Alea 🦸♀️
👩💻 Privacy attorneys 👩⚖️
📚 Turning our love for privacy and security into #kidlit, #picturebooks and resources 📚💙🍎👩🔬
Thoughts are ours, not legal advice
SCBWI Member | 12x12 PB
MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com- J @jzems.bsky.social @jzems.bsky.social
Jennifer K. Mann @jenniferkmann.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Children’s Books. Most recent: THE CAMPING TRIP, MAPLE AND ROSEMARY, CLIMBING THE VOLCANO, THE RIDING LESSON. Coming soon:GOOD MORNING, MORNING!
Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Art admirer. Friend of gardens and growing things. Indie bookseller. Debut board book: WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP (Sourcebooks Aug 2025). Rep'd by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
https://www.clairewrennbobrow.com
📎The Ghost Army of Fellas! @angelalangford81.bsky.social WE are what WE learn!📎
#nafo #ukraine #nato #russianwar #putin #standwithukraine #nafofellas #russianinvasion #fellas #paperclip
Connie fellarina @peckcon.bsky.social Freedom and democracy. 🇺🇸🇺🇦NAFO. A joyful US bastard. #NAFO #fella
Natalie Eliza @natalieeliza.bsky.social Design | Tech | Crafts | Fitness
Tatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social illustration + surface design, based in South Carolina. Telling stories with pictures. Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.tatjanamaiwyss.com/
Dr. Melinda Perle Simmons (she/her) @melindaperle.bsky.social Education & outreach, Oceanography, Biology, Marine Science, Science Communication, & DEI. My beliefs are my own. She/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally BLM 🌊🦠 🧪🧬🔬Read banned books. Born & raised blue in a red state. Degrees from UCSB, UCSD, UCSC, yet still learning.
John Seckman @jseckman.bsky.social 
Suzanne Fiore Murata @remgarden.bsky.social Illustrator and creator of small things.
Remgarden.com
Susan Poliwka @susanpoliwka.bsky.social 
Julie West @juliewest.bsky.social Illustration, products, toys & licensing
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US and UK
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shop.juliewest.com
Kelsey E. Gross @kelseyegross.bsky.social #kidlit author. FALL: A SEASONS STORY (August 2026, Beach Lane), SPRING: A SEASONS STORY (spring 2028, Beach Lane), WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) & SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024) from Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. #12x12PB #SCBWI kelseyegross.com
Phyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by @KTerrette.bsky.social at Martin Literary.
Books:
THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️
CLAUDE 🎨🐶 3 Starred Reviews
THE DAY KINDNESS CAME🌲🐻
Illustrated over 30 children’s books.
Website - https://www.phyllisharris.com
Whitney L-P 🩷💜💙 @whinknee.bsky.social She/Her
Children’s book Art Director and designer.
Website: whitlpdesign.com
Mom to a NB 8 year old and two black cats. Passionate about books, workers rights, equity, safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals, anti-racism, and picture book art.
Enrique Morales @emphenomenalx.bsky.social Comic book writer, creator of PHENOMENALX comics. Catdad, bookworm, and lover of film & pineapples on pizza. Check out my collaborations on Patreon.com/XUniverse
Erinn Pascal Potters (she/her/hers) @erinnpascal.bsky.social NYT #1 bestseller & Eisner-nominated book editor
Children’s, graphic novels, comics & pop culture
Author Stewardship Manager @ PJ Library (@pjlibrary.org)
WFH/freelance. Sometimes Cala Spinner. #ArtByHumans #WritingbyHumans
www.erinnpascaleditorial.com
Poutine Khouylo @breizh4azov.bsky.social Україна це не окраїна
🇺🇦🇨🇵🇬🇪🇪🇺🇮🇱
#NurembergForPutin #FrenchNafo #NurembergPourPoutine
#MakeRussiaSmallAgain
mastodon : http://rivals.space/@alanhodin
SCBWI SF North and East Bay Region @scbwisfneb.bsky.social Welcome to SCBWI SF North & East Bay!🤗 Follow us! Facebook and Pinterest: SCBWI CA/San Francisco North & East Bay Region Instagram: scbwinortheastbay
Sophie Benmouyal @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Sue Hall @communityworks.bsky.social Writer, book lover, author, grower on a hill in southern Portugal.
I write about #women #cults, #environment, #travel #growing #literary #festivals #history & #life.
suehall.net
Jaime Formato @jaimeformato.bsky.social 💫Writer, teacher, mom, geek💫
📕 ROLL FOR INITIATIVE
🍎 3rd Grade ELA
✍️LitKids Magazine Mentor
🔥Tiefling Rogue
Alice Stuart @aliceillustrates.bsky.social Creator of non-fiction and activity books and all round pretty cool dude (They/Them)
Also daylight as a postdoc in reimagining nature finance.
🪲🏳️🌈🦕♾️
www.ko-fi.com/alicestuartillustration
Patrice Simon @patricesimon.bsky.social 😘 💖
Ian Rodrigues @ianwrites.bsky.social Writer of poetry and books for children of all ages. 12x12 and CANSCAIP member. Atheist. Vegan. POC. Trail runner. Leftist. He/Him. 🇨🇦
Nicola Smith @nicolasmithdraws.bsky.social 🇿🇦South African Artist & children’s book illustrator ✏️
🎨 SCBWI Member
https://www.scbwi.org/members/nicola-smith
Aubrey Allie @aubreyalliewrites.bsky.social ■BOY Mom ■Wife ■ #SCBWI ■Writer 📚 #WIFYR (Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers) BOOK CLUB Host 📋 President VZC Library Board 📒 #WritingCommunity #12x12PB
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Brittnie Brotzman @brittniebrotzman.bsky.social KidLit Author & Illustrator | Seeking Rep | Wife and Mother | Proud Cat Lady - But Dogs are Awesome Too
Mindy Alyse Weiss @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
Chris Naish - Admiral Wonderboat Comics @admiralwonderboat.bsky.social cartoonist 💚 freelance designer 🐢 (he/him) 🏳️🌈
👾 Get my new comic here: https://ko-fi.com/s/09a1deb8f8
Robert Schechter @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.
Bonnie Adamson @bonnieadamson.com Illustrator; writer of various things;
former #SCBWI IC and ARA; #pbparty26 Illustration Showcase;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social Illustrator - Children's books, pattern and product. Animals and wildlife.
Repped in the US by WendyLynn & Co.
Elizabethsparg.com
Ronni Runyon - Illustrator 🌷 @ronnirunyonillo.bsky.social See the world as a kid again!
Children's book illustrator, SCBWI member
ronnirunyonillustration.com
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
Hayat Baloch @mehayat.bsky.social Just a historian girl trying to make her way in the world.
Balochistan
Eric Nichols @ericnichols.bsky.social Industrial Design Director at Motivo, designer of 100s of products/experiences, CAD surfacing expert, sound designer, audio engineer and SF musician currently in: Black Hole Empire
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
Tag Gregory @tagwritesbooks.bsky.social Tag Gregory is the author of #NewRelease 'Time Rocks’, The ‘Time Adventure’ Series, ‘Rooms For Romance’ series & 'The Stylite Chronicles' #IndieAuthor #MMRomance 🏳️🌈www.TagGregoryWrites.com
Ana Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social teacher, author, abuela and vovó. Kids are my life. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇺🇸🍮
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com