Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social What fresh hell is this
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelKupperman
Art 4 Sale: https://michaelkupperman.com/shop
Pete Venters @peteventers.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, world builder. Pretty much neck-deep involved with Magic: The Gathering for the last 30 years.
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Herr Donkey Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social Author of The League of Regrettable Superheroes
http://instagram.com/calamity_jon/
https://linktr.ee/calamityjon
Jinjer Markley, illustrator @jinjermarkley.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and color nerd in Minneapolis
Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social #Kidlit author repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
Ramin Skibba @raminskibba.bsky.social Science/Health/Climate/Tech/Policy Reporter, Editor, and Communicator. Previously: Staff Writer at WIRED; freelance writer; former scientist. Muppets & Star Trek fan. My newsletter: http://raminskibba.substack.com
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our LP The World is To Dig is here. Multi-night stands right now in Milwaukee Madison Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC / NEW YEARS EVENTS in Montclair and New Haven! www TMBG com for detes and tickets.
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
Andrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social 🌳 Parent | ♡ Book Lover |📍Upstate NY
🖼️ Author + Illustrator
✨ Finding you the best children’s books
💻 Portfolio: andreawickert.com
📖 IG: instagram.com/librarymusthaves
🍄 Shop: shop.hedgerowgeneral.com
Doc Shaner @docshaner.bsky.social Writer/Artist for DC Comics. He/him.
https://docshaner.bigcartel.com- E elliottkalan.bsky.social @elliottkalan.bsky.social
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com best-selling & award-winning comics idiot, beautiful giantess // buy SIMPLICITY on sale now // mattielubchansky.com // @nogodsnomayors.com // temporalculturewar.com // bass faithvoid.bandcamp.com // she
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer, fuck genAI
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Betty Jiang @bettyjiang.bsky.social Thoughts and vibes purely my own
Beth Campbell @beth1campbell.bsky.social I love great books. Creator of Authors' Studio - Advocate for student voice and connecting students with authors/illustrators.
Teacher librarian. Member of #BookPosse
https://authorsstudio.com
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Joanna Ho @joannahowrites.bsky.social NYT Bestselling author • Intl speaker • Educator. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. We Who Produce Pearls. The Silence that Binds Us.
demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon.bsky.social no thanks
John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social Co-author & illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE, w/ Leigh Bardugo (2025). 2026 Pura Belpré Honor Book Winner. 4x Hugo Award Winner. 6x Locus Award Winner. Inkpot Award Winner. Cover Artist. International Man of Lotería. He/him.
linktr.ee/johnpicacio
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
John Martz @johnmartz.bsky.social Illustration, comics, fonts, book design, crosswords. Art Director at Large, Tundra Books. https://johnmartz.com/
Drew Weing @drewweing.bsky.social Cartoonist. What I'm working on: The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo, a webcomic and graphic novel series. He type person.
https://www.drewweing.com/
Find me other places: https://linktr.ee/drewweing
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
Ryan Pequin @ryanpequin.bsky.social Three word phrase guy. Work in animation. 
Frank Bannister @frankbannister.bsky.social Video editor and film junkie and part-time psychic investigator
James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at @reactorsff.bsky.social; publicity, prize, & more for @ursulakleguin.com. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX.
https://reactormag.com/author/molly-templeton/
Henry Herz @henryherz.bsky.social #Author of 14 picture books (I Am Smoke) & many #MG, #YA & adult short stories - #fantasy, #scifi, #horror. #Editor of 10 #anthologies (Combat Monsters). henryherz.com
Agent: Laurie McLean (Fuse Literary)
Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social 🖍 Illustrator
🌷Represented by the Bright Agency
🐛 AuDHD | Chronically (ch)ill
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 | 🚫 AI
🌐 Website: wrencraftt.art
🌷 Insta: @wrencraftt
ToiVarg @toivarg.bsky.social Freelance artist | Commissions: Closed | ru/eng | Pricelist - http://toivarg.carrd.co
Contact: toi.varg@gmail.com
Support: http://boosty.to/toivarg
Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social
www.amithaknight.com
She/her
Lauren Pettapiece @pettapiece.bsky.social picture maker. Book designer at Candlewick Press.
https://www.laurenpettapiece.com/
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Jennifer Marmor @jennifermarmor.bsky.social Podcast producer: Judge John Hodgman on the Maximum Fun network. Also a very uncool mom. she/her
Aaron Miller Illustration --> GenCon! @aaronbmiller.com Fantasy illustrator. https://www.aaronbmiller.com/links
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
Em Gilliam @emgilliam.com draw • write • paint • play • design
Picture book author & illustrator
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Corinna Luyken @corinnaluyken.bsky.social author/illustrator THE ARGUERS (May ‘25)• THE BOOK OF MISTAKES • ABC & YOU & ME • MY HEART • THE TREE IN ME • IN THE DARK • PATCHWORK • ADRIAN SIMCOX • NOTHING IN COMMON • SOMETHING GOOD
www.corinnaluyken.com
https://linktr.ee/corinnaluyken
Audrey Helen Weber @audreyhelenweber.bsky.social picture book maker
gouache, watercolor, and acrylic paintings on paper
represented by Hannah Mann at Writers House
www.audreyhelenweber.com
Jess Hannigan @jesshgn.bsky.social 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗 𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗, 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖑
🕸️ Spider in the Well 🐻 The Bear Out There
Zack Rock @zackrock.bsky.social I write and illustrate books about animals in pants. linktr.ee/zackrock
Winona Nelson @winonanelson.com Illustrator, Concept Artist, and Author. 2-Spirit queer Ojibwe Native American. Working on Cut Flowers, a rock & roll horror-comedy graphic novel. Teacher with SmArt School. Rep'd by Jacqui Lipton at Tobias Literary Agency
www.cutflowerscomic.com
Tom Booth @tomwilltell.bsky.social Author/illustrator & designer for screens large & small, and co-founder at Made Up Games.
DreamWorks | Netflix | Supercell | PRH | Walker | HarperCollins | Simon & Schuster and more.
For more, visit tom-booth.com
Brian Lies @brianlies.bsky.social NYT bestselling children’s book author and illustrator. Caldecott honoree. Visiting author. Gardener, woodworker, fan of “how to” videos and making stuff like pickles, cheese and kimchi. 
by Chris Harding @bychrisharding.bsky.social Making books! with Emmy winning writist, illustrationer, cartoonman, animationary, and expert fibber.
ByChrisHarding.com
Suzanne Kaufman @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social Artist/Author/lover of children’s books/Illustrator of #1 NYT bestseller All Are Welcome
Littlest Bookshop @littlestbookshop.bsky.social Tucson’s favorite independent children’s bookstore!
Erica S. Perl @ericaperl.bsky.social Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Greg Pizzoli @gregpizzoli.bsky.social Maker of picture books, comics, early readers and screenprints. Preorder my new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721979/earl-and-worm-1-the-b
Kate Berube @kateberube.bsky.social NY Times bestselling illustrator & author of picture books • HANNAH & SUGAR • MAE’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL • JOHN’S TURN • WILLOW THE WHITE HOUSE CAT
Erin Vest @swordandsnore.bsky.social illustrator!
say hello • erinvestart@gmail.com
art home • https://erinvestart.com
art shop • https://erinvest.bigcartel.com
A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Eli Minaya @badking.bsky.social Collage Artist, Magic the Gathering Artist, Fiction Cover Artist, Comic Cover Artist, Private Commissions. More at Bad-King.com
Chris @cpark.bsky.social Mixed Korean-American Illustrator / Author / Dad
www.chrisdpark.com
Rep’d: @essiewhite.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social
Raul the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social New York Times bestselling Illustrator and 4x Pura Belpre award winner. Creator of the World of Vamos books and the Snips. Published by Harper Alley and Little Brown Ink.
Lauren Hoffmann @mrshoffy.bsky.social 📚Picture book connoisseur
😻Animal adorer
😆Comedy nerd
🎃Halloween zealot
🥄Spoonie
🧕Hoodieholic
💳Library Evangelist
♻️Recycling enthusiast
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. Writing Star Trek: Zero Point for IDW Comics.
Billy Martin @thebillymartin.bsky.social Good Charlotte guitarist and freelance illustrator.
AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com 3D artist, animator & illustrator. Click & hold #art to see some of my work
>>🦆WATCH 'DUCKS'🦆>> https://youtu.be/L8vZbIeAdAw
moonjam.com
instagram.com/moonjam3D
ducksfilm.com
https://ko-fi.com/moonjam
Steph Cherrywell @stephcherrywell.com They/them. Author, librarian, text game creator. UNBOXING LIBBY and THE INK WITCH are out now! Represented by @marielamba.bsky.social. See my projects at stephcherrywell.com.
@sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social The atlas-eater with a jaw for news :: journalism, art and comics :: Formerly: Providence Journal, Tampa Bay Times, Boston Phoenix, Boston magazine, Bloomberg. Now: Flaming Hydra :: married to @josie.zone :: EMAIL ME: si AT arrr DOT net
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Ward Jenkins @wardjenkins.bsky.social Storyboard Artist (MLP:FIM, Ada Twist, Camp Snoopy) & Children’s Book Illustrator. SPACE CASE: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs out now!
[he/him] Absolutely NO AI.
wardjenkins.com
I share things, too: #wardsmorguefile
Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com Freelance book editor and crowdfunding consultant https://glog.glennf.com/editing-services Eisner-nominated How Comics Are Made. hcwm.ink/HCW Two-time Jeopardy! champ. Latest book: That One Matt Bors Comic http://kck.st/4ttpVAQ My store: Aperiodical.net
Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Kevin Nowlan @knowlan.bsky.social Funny book drawer.
Larry Elmore @larryelmore.bsky.social Fantasy Artist
Website: https://larryelmore.com/store/
eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=elmoreart
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarryElmoreFantasyArtist
Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com Defiance posting. Vibes: Enraged 🔴
Not a Democrat anymore.
Columnist @ Dame Magazine, bylines @ The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar and more. Black, millennial, feminist, tired. Going to keep fighting anyway. Pay me for ideas: patreon.com/gothamgirlblue
Tony DiTerlizzi @diterlizzi.bsky.social Author & Artist. #1 New York Times bestselling co-creator of THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES. The Emmy-winning WONDLA now streaming on AppleTV+.
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Worlds of Words Center @wowlit.org Books, Stories, Reviews, & Currents for educators focusing on global literature for young people. Housed in the University of Arizona College of Education.
https://wowlit.org
Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social she/her
Art Director/Illustrator
(artists: please don't send your portfolios to my personal email)
www.jwahlgren.com
Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social Keeper of sketchbooks. Loser of pens. Author of THE YEAR I STOPPED DRAWING, coming this fall from Abrams Books.
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Board member, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee (conservation nonprofit). Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
rk post ➡️ SCGCon Fort Worth @postrk.bsky.social MtG Artist
rkpost.net